Agentic Skill Installer — VS Code Extension

Browse, install, and update Agentic skills, prompts, and agents from a shared GitHub repository — directly from VS Code.

Installing the Extension

Option 1 — From the Extensions tab in VS Code (recommended)

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for Agentic Skill Installer
4. Click Install

Option 2 — From the Marketplace

1. Open the VS Code Marketplace
2. Click Install
3. Confirm the prompt to open VS Code

Using the Extension

Once installed, the Agentic Skills icon appears in the Activity Bar.

Set the source repository

Before browsing or installing skills, you need to point the extension to your GitHub repository that contains the skill catalog:

1. Click the Agentic Skills icon in the Activity Bar
2. Open the tree view menu (⋯) and select Set Source Repository
3. An input box appears at the top of VS Code
4. Paste the URL to the GitHub repository containing the skills

Browse the catalog

Click the search icon in the panel title bar or run Agentic Skills: Browse Skill Catalog from the Command Palette.

The extension authenticates via VS Code's built-in GitHub login, scans the source repository, and displays all available skills, prompts, and agents in a tree view.

Install skills

• Click the ⬇ icon next to any item in the tree view, or
• Run Agentic Skills: Install Agentic Skills to select multiple items from a QuickPick list

Update installed skills

Run Agentic Skills: Update Installed Skills to re-download the latest versions of everything you've previously installed.

Check what's installed

Run Agentic Skills: Show Installed Skills to see a summary of all installed items with their source info.

Setup Repo Skill

The extension provides a setup-repo Copilot skill to support setting up your repo. From the tree view menu:

• Add Setup Repo Skill — copies the skill into your workspace's .github/skills/ folder
• Remove Setup Repo Skill — removes it from the workspace

Prerequisites