Skill Inventory
Mirror skills from a Git repository to the local paths your AI agents reference — Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and more.
Features
- Skills Tree View — Browse all skills from the source repository in a dedicated Activity Bar panel
- Auto Sync — Periodically detects remote changes and keeps local skills up to date
- Multi-target Sync — Sync to multiple paths at once (
.claude/skills, ~/.claude/skills, .github/skills, etc.)
- Guided Setup — Step-by-step wizard to configure the repository, branch, and sync paths
- GitHub Enterprise — Supports both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise URLs
Getting Started
- Open the Skill Inventory panel in the Activity Bar
- Click Setup Repository (or run
Skill Inventory: Setup Repository from the Command Palette)
- Follow the setup wizard: repository URL → PAT (if private) → branch → sync paths
- Skills are fetched and synced automatically
Configuration
Source
| Setting |
Description |
skillInventory.source.repoUrl |
GitHub (or GitHub Enterprise) repository URL |
skillInventory.source.branch |
Branch to read from (default: master) |
skillInventory.source.skillsPath |
Skills root path inside the repo, from repo root (default: /skills) |
PAT (Personal Access Token): Stored securely in VS Code's built-in SecretStorage — never written to settings.json. Set or update it via Skill Inventory: Change PAT or the setup wizard.
Sync
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
skillInventory.sync.autoSync |
true |
Enable periodic auto sync. Disabling this deletes all locally synced skills. |
skillInventory.sync.intervalSeconds |
30 |
Polling interval in seconds (min: 30) |
skillInventory.sync.removeStaleSkills |
true |
When enabled, skills removed from remote are flagged for deletion (with prompt) |
skillInventory.sync.keepLocalSkills |
[] |
Skill folder names to keep locally even if deleted from remote. Right-click a skill in the tree view to manage. |
Note: Regardless of removeStaleSkills, any local skill file matching a remote skill will be overwritten on sync. Local edits are not preserved.
Stale deletion prompt offers three options: Delete, Skip This Time, or Always Keep Local (adds to keepLocalSkills).
Target
Controls which local paths skills are synced to. Use true to enable, false to disable.
Relative paths (e.g. .claude/skills) resolve to the current workspace root. Paths starting with ~/ resolve to the user's home directory.
A .gitignore is automatically created in each enabled target path to prevent accidental commits.
Default:
{
".agents/skills": false,
".claude/skills": true,
".github/skills": false,
"~/.agents/skills": false,
"~/.claude/skills": true,
"~/.github/skills": false
}
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Skill Inventory: Refresh Skills |
Fetch latest skills from the source repository |
Skill Inventory: Configure Repository |
Open settings filtered to Skill Inventory |
Skill Inventory: Setup Repository |
Run the guided setup wizard |
Skill Inventory: Change PAT (Personal Access Token) |
Update or remove the stored PAT |
Skill Inventory: Protect Local (Ignore Remote Updates) |
Prevent a skill from being overwritten by remote sync |
Skill Inventory: Unprotect Local (Resume Remote Sync) |
Resume normal remote sync for a protected skill |
License
MIT
