Manage locally installed AI agent skills across Agent, Claude, Codex, and OpenClaw ecosystems — all from a single VS Code sidebar.
Features
Installed Skills View
- Browse all installed skills grouped by source (Agent, Claude, Codex, OpenClaw)
- Open any
SKILL.mddirectly in the VS Code editor - Expand skills to inspect folders and attachment files
- Symlinked skills are grouped separately for clarity
- Claude plugin-backed skills appear under a dedicated subgroup
Source Management
- Add custom skill source directories
- Remove custom sources (built-in sources are protected)
- Each source scans
<rootLocation>/skillsrecursively
Marketplace (skills.sh)
- Find skills by keyword from the skills.sh registry
- List all skills in a repository
- Prepare install commands for entire repositories or individual skills
- Choose project or global scope, with advanced options (agents, copy mode, full depth)
- Install commands are sent to a VS Code Terminal for the external
skillsCLI to run - Automatic CLI detection (
skillsbinary ornpx skillsfallback)
Create & Delete
- Create new skills in any writable source with a valid
SKILL.mdtemplate - Delete skills with confirmation
- Install (symlink) a skill into another agent's directory
Requirements
- VS Code 1.92.0 or later
- For Marketplace features: skills CLI installed globally or available via
npx
Extension Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
agentSkills.customSources |
Custom source roots for skill discovery. Each entry scans <rootLocation>/skills. |
Getting Started
- Install the extension
- Open the Agent Skills panel in the activity bar
- Your locally installed skills appear automatically under Installed
- Use Source Manage to add custom directories
- Use Marketplace to discover skills and send install commands to a VS Code Terminal
Development
npm install # Install dependencies
npm test # Build + run unit tests
npm run test:host # Build + run VS Code extension-host tests
npm run verify:local # Full cycle: test + package + install
Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host.