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name: skills-sh-marketplace description: This skill should be used when searching, discovering, or installing skills from the skills.sh marketplace (Vercel's open agent skills ecosystem). It applies when the user wants to find skills for AI agents, browse the skills leaderboard, install skills to Claude Code or other agents, or explore what capabilities are available in the skills.sh directory. allowed-tools: [Bash, WebFetch]

Skills.sh Marketplace

Search, discover, and install skills from skills.sh - the open agent skills ecosystem by Vercel.

Quick Start

Copy# Browse top skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills[:10]'

# Install a skill to Claude Code
bunx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills

# List available skills in a repository
bunx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list

Commands

Browse Skills

Fetch the skills leaderboard from skills.sh:

Copy# Get all skills (ranked by installs)
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills'

# Get top 20 skills with formatting
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq -r '.skills[:20] | .[] | "\(.name) (\(.installs) installs) - \(.topSource)"'

# Check if more skills are available
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.hasMore'

Search for Skills

Filter skills by name pattern:

Copy# Find React-related skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.name | contains("react")))'

# Find skills from a specific author
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.topSource | startswith("expo/")))'

# Find authentication-related skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.name | test("auth|login|session"; "i")))'

List Skills in a Repository

Preview what skills are available before installing:

Copy# List skills from a repository
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --list

# Examples
bunx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --list
bunx skills add expo/skills --list
bunx skills add anthropics/skills --list

Install Skills

Install skills to your AI agent:

Copy# Interactive install (prompts for skill selection and agent)
bunx skills add <owner/repo>

# Install specific skills
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --skill <skill-name>

# Install to a specific agent
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --agent claude-code

# Install globally (user-level, not project-level)
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --global

# Install all skills to all agents without prompts
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --all

# Skip confirmation prompts
bunx skills add <owner/repo> --yes

Supported Agents

The skills CLI supports installation to:

Examples

Discover Skills for a Specific Use Case

Copy# Find frontend/UI skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.name | test("ui|frontend|design|react|next"; "i"))) | .[0:10]'

# Find testing/QA skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.name | test("test|qa|quality"; "i")))'

# Find deployment/DevOps skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq '.skills | map(select(.name | test("deploy|cicd|workflow"; "i")))'

Install Popular Skills

Copy# Install Vercel's React best practices
bunx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-best-practices --agent claude-code --yes

# Install Expo's mobile development skills
bunx skills add expo/skills --skill react-native-best-practices --agent claude-code --yes

# Install Anthropic's official skills
bunx skills add anthropics/skills --all --agent claude-code --yes

Check What's Trending

Copy# Top 5 most installed skills
curl -s "https://skills.sh/api/skills" | jq -r '.skills[:5] | .[] | "[\(.installs | tostring | (5 - length) * " " + .)] \(.name) from \(.topSource)"'

Popular Skill Repositories

Creating Your Own Skills

Initialize a new skill:

Copy# Create a skill in the current directory
bunx skills init

# Create a named skill directory
bunx skills init my-custom-skill

This creates a SKILL.md file with the standard frontmatter structure.

Environment Variables

Notes

• Skills are ranked by anonymous install telemetry
• The CLI clones repositories temporarily during installation
• Skills are installed to agent-specific config directories
• Use --list to preview before installing
• Always use bunx instead of npx per project requirements