# Install skills with npm

The open agent skills ecosystem. Version 1.5.11 via npm; verified 2026-06-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:skills
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g skills
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:skills
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/skills>
- **Version:** 1.5.11
- **Source summary:** The open agent skills ecosystem
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/skills/-/skills-1.5.11.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-11T00:06:23.030Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T23:32:55.848Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- add-skill (cli)
- skills (cli)

## Dependencies

- yaml

## Build dependencies

- @clack/prompts
- @types/bun
- @types/node
- @vercel/detect-agent
- husky
- lint-staged
- obuild
- picocolors
- prettier
- simple-git
- typescript
- vitest
- xdg-basedir

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.5.11
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for skills. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.5.11, Snapshot: 1.5.5-snapshot.1
- **Version Count:** 76
- **Maintainers:** rauchg, quuu
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=18
- **Integrity:** sha512-QDGca7EqRpbFQFKESTZm0+rlY8yg4PTAQatvJu+jsTmtDLfApsHdNG+QaKc0MuRhzOH7OW0FdDRcSPTDM+KpNg==
- **Shasum:** 557c8593e1ca3ccb5acf2251953bbc33c6c754c3
- **Unpacked Size:** 462,970
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2016-10-06T18:56:01.340Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-11T00:06:23.030Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-11T00:06:23.325Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - skills: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sk/skills/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [skills](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/skills/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: add, add-skill, agent, agent-skills, agents.
- [agentic-flow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/agentic-flow/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: agent, agents, ai, ai-agents, claude.
- [add-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/add-mcp/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: add, agents, ai-agents, antigravity, claude.
- [skills](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/skills/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph