Features

Everything you need to manage AI skills

Create, edit, share, and sync — from solo projects to large teams.

Create skills from scratch or import existing ones

Already have instructions scattered across CLAUDE.md and .cursorrules? Import them. Starting fresh? The editor opens automatically.

# Create a new skill from scratch
$ skill new deploy-checklist
  ✓ Created deploy-checklist
  ✓ Opening in editor...

# Import existing agent instructions
$ skill import
  Found 3 instruction files:
    CLAUDE.md → claude-setup
    .cursorrules → cursor-config
    codex.md → codex-rules
  ✓ Imported 3 skills

# Create from a file
$ skill new api-guide --content ./API_RULES.md

Open, edit, and save from anywhere

Open any skill in your editor from anywhere — no project required. Make your changes, then save them back to the registry.

# Open a skill in your editor (works globally)
$ skill open code-review
  ✓ Opening code-review/SKILL.md in editor...

# After editing, save changes to the registry
$ skill save code-review
  ✓ Saved code-review to registry

# .skills.lock (auto-generated)
skills:
  - slug: code-review
    sha256: "a1b2c3..."

One command installs everything

skill sync pulls the latest content for each skill from the registry into your project and auto-wires agent configs. Every agent discovers skills immediately.

$ skill sync

  ✓ Synced code-review
  ✓ Synced deploy-checklist
  ✓ Synced api-standards
  ✓ Synced testing-guide
  ✓ Updated CLAUDE.md
  ✓ Updated AGENTS.md
  ✓ Updated .cursor/rules/overskill.mdc
  ✓ Generated SKILLS_INDEX.md

Cloud registries for teams

Push skills to a shared registry. Teammates add them to their projects. Role-based access controls who can read, contribute, and administrate.

# Push a skill to your cloud registry
$ skill push code-review

# Create an org registry
$ skill registry create acme-inc \
    --name "Acme Engineering"

# Invite teammates
$ skill registry invite acme-inc \
    --email dev@acme.com \
    --role contributor

# List all registries you have access to
$ skill registry list
  personal   jake         admin
  org        acme-inc     contributor

Every agent, zero configuration

Overskill automatically updates CLAUDE.md for Claude Code, AGENTS.md for Codex, and .cursor/rules/ for Cursor. Skills just work.

# After sync, your project has:

CLAUDE.md          ← managed section added
AGENTS.md          ← managed section added
.cursor/rules/
  overskill.mdc    ← auto-generated

.skills/
  SKILLS_INDEX.md  ← agent reads this first
  code-review/
    SKILL.md       ← full instructions
    meta.yaml      ← tags, compat info
  deploy-checklist/
    SKILL.md
    meta.yaml

Content-addressed local storage

Each skill has a readable SKILL.md alongside its metadata. Content hashes ensure integrity. All writes are atomic.

~/.overskill/registry/
  skills/
    code-review/
      SKILL.md        # working copy
      meta.yaml       # name, description, tags, sha256
    deploy-checklist/
      SKILL.md
      meta.yaml

Ready to try it?

$npm install -g overskill

Quick start guide