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.md directly 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>/skills recursively
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 skills CLI to run
Automatic CLI detection (skills binary or npx skills fallback)
Create & Delete
Create new skills in any writable source with a valid SKILL.md template
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.
