Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .claude/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a codex
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .agents/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a cursor
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .cursor/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a gemini-cli
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .gemini/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a github-copilot
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .github/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a opencode
OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
Install the "distribute-skill-to-all-agents" agent skill from https://github.com/davidondrej/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents into .opencode/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distribute-skill-to-all-agents", then confirm the skill loads.
OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
Skill name
distribute-skill-to-all-agents
GitHub stars
4.1k
Token cost
~929 tokens
SKILL.md length
372 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
51
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT
At a glance
Distribute global skills across Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Hermes, and Cursor.
Works in 5 steps: Author in ~/.agents/skills//SKILL.md,… → Verify the Claude symlink (one-time check) → Copy to Hermes; Claude and Pi are… → …
Distribute this skill
SKILL.md covers Skill locations, Workflow, Update an existing skill and Pitfalls, plus 1 more section
Calls rsync
What it does
Distribute Skill To All Agents is an agent skill from davidondrej/skills. Distribute global skills across Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Hermes, and Cursor. Use for "distribute this skill", "sync skills across agents", or after creating or updating a global skill.
Its SKILL.md is about 930 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring. The repository describes itself as: access to david ondrej's personal agent skills. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
Distribute this skill
Sync skills across agents
Updating a global skill
Example prompts
“distribute this skill”
“sync skills across agents”
“/distribute-skill-to-all-agents”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
1Author in ~/.agents/skills//SKILL.md, following effective-agent-skills.
2Verify the Claude symlink (one-time check)
3Copy to Hermes; Claude and Pi are covered by symlinks
4Symlink into Cursor (skip if it already exists)
5Verify matching byte counts at all five locations
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 387c2b8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
rsync
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use rsync, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Distribute Skill To All Agents loads about 929 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 372 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Always· name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs· the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~929
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
distribute-skill-to-all-agents
description
Distribute global skills across Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Hermes, and Cursor. Use for "distribute this skill", "sync skills across agents", or after creating or updating a global skill.
Distribute a Skill Across All Agents
A global skill must exist at all five locations on the user's machine, directly or via symlink, for every agent to discover it.
Skill locations
Codex / OpenAI Agents:~/.agents/skills/ is canonical. Author skills here first.
Claude Code:~/.claude/skills/ → ~/.agents/skills/; covered automatically.
Pi Agent:~/.pi/agent/skills/ → ~/.agents/skills/; covered automatically. The nested /agent/ is required, not ~/.pi/skills/.
Hermes Agent:~/.hermes/skills/ is an independent copy; only Hermes needs copying.
Cursor (IDE + CLI):~/.cursor/skills/ is a real folder that does not reliably read ~/.agents/skills/. Add one symlink per skill. Never use ~/.cursor/skills-cursor/; it holds Cursor's built-ins.
Workflow
Author in ~/.agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md, following effective-agent-skills.
Verify the Claude symlink (one-time check):bash
ls -la ~/.claude/skills
# Expect: ~/.claude/skills -> ~/.agents/skills
If it is a real directory, copies have diverged — ask before touching.
Copy to Hermes; Claude and Pi are covered by symlinks:bash
If a real Cursor copy exists and differs, compare versions and ask before replacing.
Verify matching byte counts at all five locations:bash
for p in ~/.agents/skills/$SKILL ~/.claude/skills/$SKILL ~/.pi/agent/skills/$SKILL ~/.hermes/skills/$SKILL ~/.cursor/skills/$SKILL; do
echo "$p: $(wc -c < $p/SKILL.md) bytes"
done
All five numbers must match. If Claude, Pi, or Cursor differs, investigate the symlink before proceeding.
Update an existing skill
Re-copy from ~/.agents/skills/ to ~/.hermes/skills/; Claude, Pi, and symlinked Cursor skills update automatically. cp -r overwrites by default. Use rsync -a --delete when nested files may have been removed:
bash
rsync -a --delete ~/.agents/skills/$SKILL/ ~/.hermes/skills/$SKILL/
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Pitfalls
~/.pi/skills/ is the wrong global location. Pi loads from ~/.pi/agent/skills/; skills in the former are invisible orphans. Confirm with the user before deleting them.
Do not copy into the Claude or Pi symlinks. They already point to ~/.agents/skills/; copying there errors with "are identical". Only Hermes is independent. Do not replace it with a symlink unless the user asks.
Project-local skills can override global skills on collision (later-discovered wins), including ./.pi/agent/skills/ or .pi/skills/ inside a repo. This workflow handles only global distribution.
Hermes and Cursor load skills at session start. Restart running sessions to discover a newly distributed skill.
Filename casing matters on case-sensitive volumes: use uppercase SKILL.md.
When not to use this skill
Project-specific skill: use repo-local ./.claude/skills/, ./.pi/agent/skills/, etc.
Single-agent edit (e.g. Hermes-only): patch that file directly without propagating.
Global removal: confirm with the user first; deletion is destructive. Remove with rm -rf from ~/.agents/skills/ (covers Claude and Pi) ~/.hermes/skills/, and the ~/.cursor/skills/ symlink.
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Distribute Skill To All Agents this skilldavidondrej/skills
A guide to creating and managing Claude Code skills with auto-activation: skill-rules.json triggers, hooks, enforcement levels, YAML frontmatter and progressive disclosure.
Scores SKILL.md files on a nine-dimension rubric, then improves them in a keep-or-revert loop with independent judge agents, test prompts, git history and human checkpoints.
Explains how to write Claude Code slash commands: Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, arguments, file references, bash context and interactive prompts.
Distribute global skills across Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Hermes, and Cursor. Distribute Skill To All Agents is an agent skill from davidondrej/skills. Distribute global skills across Codex, Claude Code, Pi, Hermes, and Cursor.
When should I use Distribute Skill To All Agents?
Distribute Skill To All Agents fits situations like: distribute this skill; sync skills across agents; updating a global skill.
How do I install Distribute Skill To All Agents in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents in davidondrej/skills) into .claude/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Distribute Skill To All Agents in Codex?
Run `npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skill-authoring/distribute-skill-to-all-agents in davidondrej/skills) into .agents/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Distribute Skill To All Agents in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill distribute-skill-to-all-agents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents, .gemini/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents, .github/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents and .opencode/skills/distribute-skill-to-all-agents in your project.
What does Distribute Skill To All Agents need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Distribute Skill To All Agents needs the command-line tools its instructions call (rsync).
Does Distribute Skill To All Agents access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Distribute Skill To All Agents safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Distribute Skill To All Agents use?
Distribute Skill To All Agents is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Distribute Skill To All Agents use?
About 929 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Distribute Skill To All Agents?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Distribute Skill To All Agents: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 796 stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Darwin Skill Optimizer (alchaincyf/darwin-skill, 6.2k stars) and Claude Code Command Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Distribute Skill To All Agents?
davidondrej (a GitHub user) maintains it in davidondrej/skills, which has 4,112 GitHub stars. The repository holds 51 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: davidondrej/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
