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Agent skill

Manage Skills

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Discover, list, create, edit, toggle, copy, move, and delete AI agent skills across 11 tools (Cursor, Claude, Agents, Windsurf, Copilot, Codex, Cline, Aider, Continue, Roo Code, Augment)

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Manage Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill manage-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills manage-skills --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/manage-skills .claude/skills/manage-skills && 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
manage-skills
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
367 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Discover, list, create, edit, toggle, copy, move, and delete AI agent skills across 11 tools (Cursor, Claude, Agents, Windsurf, Copilot, Codex, Cline, Aider, Continue, Roo Code, Augment)

  • Tasks that involve Skill management
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Supported Tools & Paths, Skill File Format and Operations, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Manage Skills is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Discover, list, create, edit, toggle, copy, move, and delete AI agent skills across 11 tools (Cursor, Claude, Agents, Windsurf, Copilot, Codex, Cline, Aider, Continue, Roo Code, Augment)

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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 management. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Skill management

Example prompts

  • “/manage-skills”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. 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 (its code samples are bash and markdown).

    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

Manage Skills loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 367 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 367 words, ~1,647 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/manage-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
manage-skills
description
Discover, list, create, edit, toggle, copy, move, and delete AI agent skills across 11 tools (Cursor, Claude, Agents, Windsurf, Copilot, Codex, Cline, Aider, Continue, Roo Code, Augment)
risk
critical
source
community
date_added
2026-09-04
source_repo
umutbozdag/agent-skills-manager
source_type
community

Manage AI Agent Skills

You can manage skills and rules for all major AI coding tools directly from the terminal. This skill teaches you the directory layout, file format, and operations for each tool.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to inspect, create, edit, enable, disable, copy, move, or delete local AI-agent skills or rule files across supported coding tools.

Supported Tools & Paths

Directory-based tools (multiple skills)

Each skill lives in its own subdirectory with a SKILL.md file containing YAML frontmatter.

ToolGlobal PathProject Path
Agents~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Cursor~/.cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.cursor/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Claude~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Windsurf~/.windsurf/rules/<name>/<name>.md.windsurf/rules/<name>/<name>.md
Cline~/.cline/rules/<name>/<name>.md.cline/rules/<name>/<name>.md
Continue~/.continue/rules/<name>/<name>.md.continue/rules/<name>/<name>.md
Roo Code~/.roo/rules/<name>/<name>.md.roo/rules/<name>/<name>.md
Single-file tools (one config file)
ToolGlobal PathProject Path
Copilot~/.github/copilot-instructions.md.github/copilot-instructions.md
Codex~/.codex/AGENTS.md.codex/AGENTS.md
Aider~/.aider.conf.yml.aider.conf.yml
Augment~/augment-guidelines.mdaugment-guidelines.md
Cursor plugins (read-only)

Plugin skills are cached at ~/.cursor/plugins/cache/<org>/<plugin>/<version>/skills/<name>/SKILL.md. These are managed by Cursor and should not be edited directly.

Skill File Format

For directory-based tools (Agents, Cursor, Claude), skills use YAML frontmatter:

markdown
---
name: skill-name
description: Brief description of what this skill does
---

# Skill Name

Skill instructions go here. The AI agent reads this content
when the skill is activated.

For Windsurf, Cline, Continue, and Roo Code, skills are plain .md files (frontmatter optional).

Operations

List all skills
bash
# List skills for a specific tool
ls ~/.agents/skills/
ls ~/.cursor/skills/
ls ~/.claude/skills/
ls ~/.windsurf/rules/
ls ~/.cline/rules/
ls ~/.continue/rules/
ls ~/.roo/rules/

# Count total skills across all tools
echo "Agents: $(ls ~/.agents/skills/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Cursor: $(ls ~/.cursor/skills/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Claude: $(ls ~/.claude/skills/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Windsurf: $(ls ~/.windsurf/rules/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Cline: $(ls ~/.cline/rules/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Continue: $(ls ~/.continue/rules/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"
echo "Roo: $(ls ~/.roo/rules/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')"

# Check single-file tools
test -f ~/.github/copilot-instructions.md && echo "Copilot: exists" || echo "Copilot: not found"
test -f ~/.codex/AGENTS.md && echo "Codex: exists" || echo "Codex: not found"
test -f ~/.aider.conf.yml && echo "Aider: exists" || echo "Aider: not found"
test -f ~/augment-guidelines.md && echo "Augment: exists" || echo "Augment: not found"
Read a skill
bash
cat ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md
Create a new skill
bash
# For Agents/Cursor/Claude (SKILL.md format)
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills/my-new-skill
cat > ~/.agents/skills/my-new-skill/SKILL.md << 'EOF'
---
name: my-new-skill
description: What this skill does
---

# My New Skill

Instructions for the agent go here.
EOF

# For Windsurf/Cline/Continue/Roo (plain .md format)
mkdir -p ~/.windsurf/rules/my-new-rule
cat > ~/.windsurf/rules/my-new-rule/my-new-rule.md << 'EOF'
# My New Rule

Instructions go here.
EOF

# For single-file tools
cat > .github/copilot-instructions.md << 'EOF'
Instructions for Copilot go here.
EOF
Enable / Disable a skill

Disabling renames the file to .disabled so the tool ignores it but the content is preserved:

bash
# Disable
mv ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md.disabled

# Enable
mv ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md.disabled ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md
Copy a skill between tools
bash
# Copy from Cursor to Claude
cp -r ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill ~/.claude/skills/my-skill

# Copy from Agents to Windsurf (adapt format)
mkdir -p ~/.windsurf/rules/my-skill
cp ~/.agents/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md ~/.windsurf/rules/my-skill/my-skill.md
Move a skill
bash
mv ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill ~/.agents/skills/my-skill
Show full SKILL.md (147 more words)Show less
Delete a skill
bash
rm -rf ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill
Copy a skill from global to project scope
bash
cp -r ~/.cursor/skills/my-skill .cursor/skills/my-skill
Search across all skills
bash
# Search by name
find ~/.agents/skills ~/.cursor/skills ~/.claude/skills ~/.windsurf/rules ~/.cline/rules ~/.continue/rules ~/.roo/rules -maxdepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null | sort

# Search by content
grep -rl "search term" ~/.agents/skills/ ~/.cursor/skills/ ~/.claude/skills/ 2>/dev/null
Find disabled skills
bash
find ~/.agents/skills ~/.cursor/skills ~/.claude/skills -name "*.disabled" 2>/dev/null

Guidelines

  • When the user asks to "manage skills", "list my skills", "create a skill", "copy a skill to X", or similar, use the paths and formats above.
  • Always confirm before deleting skills.
  • When copying between tools with different formats (e.g., Cursor SKILL.md to Windsurf plain .md), adapt the file naming accordingly.
  • Project-scoped skills override global skills of the same name.
  • For single-file tools (Copilot, Codex, Aider, Augment), editing means replacing the entire file content.
  • When creating skills, use kebab-case for directory names (e.g., my-new-skill).

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/manage-skills of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Manage Skills

What does Manage Skills do?

Discover, list, create, edit, toggle, copy, move, and delete AI agent skills across 11 tools (Cursor, Claude, Agents, Windsurf, Copilot, Codex, Cline, Aider, Continue, Roo Code, Augment). Manage Skills is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

When should I use Manage Skills?

Manage Skills fits situations like: tasks that involve Skill management.

How do I install Manage Skills in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill manage-skills -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/manage-skills in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/manage-skills in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Manage Skills in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill manage-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/manage-skills in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/manage-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Manage Skills 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill manage-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/manage-skills, .gemini/skills/manage-skills, .github/skills/manage-skills and .opencode/skills/manage-skills in your project.

What does Manage Skills need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Manage Skills is instructions for the agent only.

Does Manage Skills 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 Manage Skills 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 Manage Skills use?

Manage Skills 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 Manage Skills use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Manage Skills?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.