Agent skill

Qai Appbuilder Docs

by qualcomm in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder

QAI AppBuilder technical documentation retrieval. An agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Qai Appbuilder Docs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill qai-appbuilder-docs -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install qualcomm/qai-appbuilder qai-appbuilder-docs --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/tools/skills/knowledge-skills/qai_app_builder .claude/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
qai-appbuilder-docs
GitHub stars
246
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
225 words
Files
16
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

QAI AppBuilder technical documentation retrieval. An agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.

  • Works in 4 steps: Analyze: Identify the user's intent and… → Select: Look up the Document List below.… → Execute: Call the read tool with the… → …
  • Tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis
  • SKILL.md covers CRITICAL: and 文档列表
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Qai Appbuilder Docs is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. QAI AppBuilder technical documentation retrieval. Find guides on installation, Python/C++ APIs, and model deployment examples. QAI AppBuilder is a rapid AI application development framework designed to simplify the deployment of QNN models on NPU (HTP) across Qualcomm(高通) Windows on Snapdragon, Android, and Linux platforms. This tool is highly suitable for deploying classic models (all types of models except large language models can be deployed via QAI AppBuilder), such as realesrganx4plus, inceptionv3, beit…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files (for example `docs/01_introduction.md`, `docs/02_env_setup_win_linux.md` and `docs/03_env_cpp_py_config.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Speech recognition and synthesis, Technical documentation and Diffusion and image models. It works with C++, Python, Linux and Android. The repository describes itself as: QAI AppBuilder is designed to help developers easily execute models on WoS and Linux platforms. It encapsulates the Qualcomm® AI Runtime SDK APIs into a set of simplified…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis
  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation
  • Tasks that involve Diffusion and image models

Example prompts

  • “/qai-appbuilder-docs”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Analyze: Identify the user's intent and keywords.
  2. Select: Look up the Document List below. Choose the ONE most relevant file path.
  3. Execute: Call the read tool with the chosen path.
  4. Answer: Summarize the file content to answer the user. Answer user questions based on what you actually see, rather than guessing based on…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 700121f. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Qai Appbuilder Docs loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 178 tokens; SKILL.md has 225 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~178
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 225 words (~1,142 tokens).

“获取 QAI AppBuilder 开发框架的全套技术文档,支持环境搭建、API 查询及代码示例检索。大部分非LLM模型部署都可以通过QAI AppBuilder实现。有些模型在本文档中没有直接提及,但可以通过参考给出的 API 文档及相关例子来学习用法。 当用户问如何在 Qualcomm(高通) 平台上部署模型时,我们可以假设用户已经拥有在 Qualcomm 平台上直接部署的 QNN(*.bin) 格式的模型了。”

— opening of SKILL.md by qualcomm, Custom licence
name
qai-appbuilder-docs
GitHub
https://github.com/qualcomm/qai-appbuilder

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 15 other files in tools/skills/knowledge-skills/qai_app_builder of qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.

  • SKILL.md
  • docs/01_introduction.md
  • docs/02_env_setup_win_linux.md
  • docs/03_env_cpp_py_config.md
  • docs/04_python_core_api.md
  • docs/05_python_example_esrgan.md
  • docs/06_python_example_beit.md
  • docs/07_python_example_whisper.md
  • docs/08_python_example_stable_diffusion.md
  • docs/09_advanced_features.md
  • docs/10_performance_optimization.md
  • docs/11_cpp_api_reference.md
  • docs/12_cpp_example_esrgan.md
  • docs/13_cpp_example_beit.md
  • docs/14_faq.md
  • docs/15_resource.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 700121f

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Questions about Qai Appbuilder Docs

What does Qai Appbuilder Docs do?

QAI AppBuilder technical documentation retrieval. An agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. Qai Appbuilder Docs is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. QAI AppBuilder technical documentation retrieval.

When should I use Qai Appbuilder Docs?

Qai Appbuilder Docs fits situations like: tasks that involve Speech recognition and synthesis; tasks that involve Technical documentation; tasks that involve Diffusion and image models.

How do I install Qai Appbuilder Docs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill qai-appbuilder-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/skills/knowledge-skills/qai_app_builder in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .claude/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Qai Appbuilder Docs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill qai-appbuilder-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/skills/knowledge-skills/qai_app_builder in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .agents/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Qai Appbuilder Docs 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 qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill qai-appbuilder-docs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs, .gemini/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs, .github/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs and .opencode/skills/qai-appbuilder-docs in your project.

What does Qai Appbuilder Docs need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Qai Appbuilder Docs is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Qai Appbuilder Docs 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 Qai Appbuilder Docs 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 Qai Appbuilder Docs use?

Qai Appbuilder Docs has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Qai Appbuilder Docs use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Qai Appbuilder Docs?

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Who maintains Qai Appbuilder Docs?

qualcomm (a GitHub organization) maintains it in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder, which has 246 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: qualcomm/qai-appbuilder on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.