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A skill your agent uses when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server…
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Install Using Xskill
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskill --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .claude/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .claude/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskillType 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.
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskill --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .agents/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .agents/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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.
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskill --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .cursor/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .cursor/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git --path skills/using-xskill--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskill --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .gemini/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .gemini/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskillInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .github/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .github/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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.
$ npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install SkillNerds/xskill using-xskill --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/using-xskill .opencode/skills/using-xskill && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "using-xskill" agent skill from https://github.com/SkillNerds/xskill/tree/main/skills/using-xskill into .opencode/skills/using-xskill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-xskill", 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
using-xskill- GitHub stars
- 128
- Token cost
- ~868 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 403 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 4
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server…
- Operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon
- SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Quick Reference and Progressive Disclosure — read…, plus 1 more section
- Calls pip
- Registering trajectory dirs
What it does
Using Xskill is an agent skill from SkillNerds/xskill. Use when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server, understanding how trajectories become Skills, or rebuilding/re-distilling the skill library after a model change.
Its SKILL.md is about 870 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/installation.md`, `references/mechanisms.md` and `references/rebuilding-skill-library.md`).
The repository describes itself as: Self-evolving skills lib for coding agents. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon
- Registering trajectory dirs
- Joining a team server
- Understanding how trajectories become Skills
Example prompts
- “/using-xskill”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aeee7c1. 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:
pip
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, 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
Using Xskill loads about 868 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 403 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 SkillNerds/xskill at commit aeee7c1, republished under its MIT licence (© SkillNerds). 403 words, ~868 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/using-xskill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- using-xskill
- description
- Use when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the `xskill` CLI / `pip install xskill`) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server, understanding how trajectories become Skills, or rebuilding/re-distilling the skill library after a model change.
Using xskill
Overview
xskill distills reusable Skills (SKILL.md folders) out of the real execution
trajectories of coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, …). A background
daemon watches each agent's session logs, slices them into single-intent atoms,
clusters atoms into skills, and writes/versions each skill in its own git folder. New
skill versions only replace old ones when real traffic shows they serve users better
(canary A/B by UX score) — not by an LLM grading itself.
Core mental model: raw trajectory → atoms → candidate routing → SKILL.md → canary A/B → installed into every agent's skill dir. You operate the daemon; the daemon does the distilling.
When to Use
- Installing xskill or filling in
~/.xskill/config.yaml(LLM + embedding endpoints) - Starting/keeping the daemon running (
xskill serve), or backfilling old trajectories - Joining or hosting a team server (
xskill serve --server/xskill connect) - Understanding the agent pipeline, atoms, canary/UX scoring, or deployment modes
- Re-distilling the whole skill library (e.g. after switching to a stronger model)
Quick Reference
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
pip install xskill | Install (Python 3.9+) |
xskill serve | Standalone daemon: FastAPI + watcher; first run writes ~/.xskill/config.yaml then exits |
xskill serve --server | Team server: owns all LLM calls + git; prints a join token |
xskill connect <host:port> --token <t> | Join a team server as a thin client |
xskill registry add <path> | Backfill / watch an extra trajectory directory |
xskill traj search <query> / xskill search <query> | Search trajectories or skills |
xskill read <path> --eco <eco> | Batch-ingest db trajectories (ngagent/opencode) |
xskill rebuild [--force] | Re-distill from existing raw trajectories (see reference) |
xskill stats | Token usage & estimated cost |
The daemon is the engine: most commands only change state in the DB; nothing is
distilled unless xskill serve (or the team server) is running.
Show full SKILL.md (125 more words)Show less
Progressive Disclosure — read on demand
- Install & configure (config.yaml fields, per-agent collect/install paths, team
client setup):
references/installation.md - How it works (TaskAgent → TaskClusterAgent → SkillEditAgent, atoms, canary/UX
scoring, standalone vs team mode):
references/mechanisms.md - Rebuild the skill library (a ready-to-run prompt that walks a model through
re-distilling correctly):
references/rebuilding-skill-library.md
Common Mistakes
- Running
rebuildwith no daemon up.rebuildonly resets DB state; the watcher inservedoes the actual re-split/re-cluster every 30s. No daemon = nothing happens. - Deleting raw
~/.xskill/*_sessions/*.md. Those are the input to distillation — delete them and you can no longer rebuild. - Expecting DeepSeek to do embeddings. DeepSeek has no embedding endpoint; point the
embedding:block at DashScope / OpenAI / Ollama. - Putting tokens in public places. Team join tokens must never land in a public repo or chat log.
© SkillNerds, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/using-xskill of SkillNerds/xskill.
- SKILL.md
- references/installation.md
- references/mechanisms.md
- references/rebuilding-skill-library.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit aeee7c1
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Questions about Using Xskill
What does Using Xskill do?
A skill your agent uses when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server…. Using Xskill is an agent skill from SkillNerds/xskill. Use when installing, configuring, or operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon, registering trajectory dirs, joining a team server, understanding how trajectories become Skills, or rebuilding/re-distilling the skill library after a model change.
When should I use Using Xskill?
Using Xskill fits situations like: operating xskill (the xskill CLI / pip install xskill) — starting the daemon; registering trajectory dirs; joining a team server; understanding how trajectories become Skills.
How do I install Using Xskill in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/using-xskill in SkillNerds/xskill) into .claude/skills/using-xskill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Using Xskill in Codex?
Run `npx skills add SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/using-xskill in SkillNerds/xskill) into .agents/skills/using-xskill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Using Xskill 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 SkillNerds/xskill --skill using-xskill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/using-xskill, .gemini/skills/using-xskill, .github/skills/using-xskill and .opencode/skills/using-xskill in your project.
What does Using Xskill need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Using Xskill needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Using Xskill access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Using Xskill 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 Using Xskill use?
Using Xskill 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 Using Xskill use?
About 868 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Using Xskill?
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Who maintains Using Xskill?
SkillNerds (a GitHub organization) maintains it in SkillNerds/xskill, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 17, 2026.
Source: SkillNerds/xskill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.