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.

Supported Tools & Paths

Directory-based tools (multiple skills)

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

Tool	Global Path	Project 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)

Tool	Global Path	Project 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.md	augment-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:

---
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.