Install and manage AI agent skills from categorized CSV lists via npx skills.
One command to pack an entire skill set — Python, React, Rust, or any of 23 categories — into your agent config.
skillless wraps npx skills with category-based CSV lists so you can install,
update, and remove groups of skills in one shot instead of running npx skills add for each one individually.
It also includes local skills that can be packed from this repository. Fabled is a six-phase workflow skill for non-trivial one-shot build requests: reconstruct intent, decide scope, design first, build completely, verify, then deliver something a human can run or use.
skillless pack python # install all Python skills
skillless pack default frontend backend # install multiple categories at once
skillless unpack react # remove all React skills
skillless list # show available categories
skillless upgrade # self-update to latest version
# 1. Clone this repo
git clone <repo-url> && cd skillless
# 2. Make it executable and add to your shell
chmod +x skillless
echo 'alias skillless="$(pwd)/skillless"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
# 3. Install a category
skillless pack pythonNote
Requires npx (Node.js/npm) and Bash 4+.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
pack <category|all>... |
Install one or more categories (space-separated) |
unpack <category|all>... |
Remove one or more categories (space-separated) |
list |
Show available categories and skill counts |
upgrade |
Update skillless to the latest version |
help |
Show usage information |
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-s, --scope <global|local> |
Install scope (default: global) |
-n, --dry-run |
Print commands without running them |
-v, --verbose |
Show raw npx skills output |
--skip-update |
Skip the staleness check (pack only) |
-d, --lists-dir <dir> |
Custom category CSV directory |
| Category | Skills | Category | Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | 35 | kotlin | 6 |
| database | 13 | laravel | 5 |
| swift | 9 | nest | 5 |
| java | 8 | prisma | 3 |
| frontend | 5 | react | 3 |
| python | 6 | rust | 3 |
| typescript | 4 | backend | 3 |
| django | 3 | cpp | 3 |
| go | 3 | android | 2 |
| experimental | 2 | stock | 1 |
| opencode | 1 | cli | 2 |
| mcp | 2 |
Use skillless list for the current counts.
Global (default) — skills go into your user-level agent config (~/.agents/skills/, ~/.claude/skills/, etc.).
skillless pack python # single category
skillless pack default frontend backend # multiple categoriesLocal — skills are vendored into the current project's .agents/skills/ directory, versioned with the repo.
skillless -s local pack python # single category, project-level
skillless -s local pack default frontend backend # multiple categories, project-levelEach .csv in lists/ has three columns:
repo,skill_name,agents
affaan-m/everything-claude-code,python-patterns,opencode claude-code codex
anthropics/skills,pdf,
wshobson/agents,| Column | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
repo |
Yes | GitHub repo (owner/repo) |
skill_name |
No | Specific skill to install. Empty = install all skills from the repo |
agents |
No | Target agents (opencode claude-code codex). Empty = auto-detect |
skillless # Main CLI entrypoint
lists/ # Category CSV files (23 categories)
default.csv # Cross-cutting skills (36 entries)
python.csv # Python-specific skills
cli.csv # CLI tooling skills
mcp.csv # MCP server skills
...
scripts/
install-skills.sh # Worker that processes CSV rows via npx skills
skills/
fabled/ # Local six-phase build discipline skill
skills-lock.json # Lockfile tracking installed skill sources and hashes
skillless pack <category>reads the matching CSV fromlists/- For each row, it checks if the skill is already installed (skips if up to date)
- Runs
npx skills add <repo> -s <skill> -yfor each entry - After installing new skills, batch-updates existing ones to check for newer versions
- Reports a summary: installed, updated, skipped, failed
The install worker handles ANSI output parsing, security risk display (Gen, Socket, Snyk), agent detection, and error reporting — so you get clean, actionable output.