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How to find a skill and install it into every local agent with Skillmd

Search the registry from the terminal and install a skill into each detected agent.

Who it is forA developer using several coding agents who wants a ready-made skill for a task such as working with PDFs.

The problemEach agent keeps skills in its own folder, so installing the same skill by hand for every agent is slow and error-prone.

The outcomeThe skill is written into each detected agent's skills directory, after linting, with no scripts run.

What you need first

  • Node.js with npm, since the README uses npm and npx commands
  • A terminal on your machine or in CI
  • A skill folder containing a SKILL.md file (for lint and publish use cases)
  • A skillmd.com account and token (only for publishing)

Steps

  1. Run npx skillmds search "pdf" to list matching skills in the registry.
  2. Run npx skillmds add anthropic/pdf to install the chosen skill.
  3. Check the agent directories it wrote to, such as .claude/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.
  4. Run skillmd list to confirm the skill is installed across your agents.

Prompt for your agent

Use the skillmds CLI from the skillmds repo to search the registry for <search-term>, then install <owner/skill> with `npx skillmds add <owner/skill>`. Report which agent directories received the skill and verify the files exist there.

Caveat. The README says add detects 68 agents by their config directories, so skills only land in agents that the CLI detects on your machine.

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