# install-skill

Installs a community skill pack from GitHub, scans its contents, and sends the change through an auto-merge PR. It can install a full pack or selected skills.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/install-skill

## What it does

The skill takes a GitHub repository in `owner/repo` form, with optional skill slugs and flags after it. It previews the result first, then runs `bin/install-skill-pack`. That installer reads `skills-pack.json` when present, falls back to `skills/*/SKILL.md`, scans skills from untrusted sources, and copies accepted entries into the project.

The install updates `aeon.yml`, `skills.json`, `packs.json`, and `skills.lock`. New skills are written with `enabled: false`, so they do not run before the operator configures secrets and enables them. The skill creates a branch, opens a pull request, and tries to auto-merge it. `main` is never changed directly; the update goes through the PR and CI.

The repository argument must use `owner/repo` syntax. The workflow relies on `git`, `gh`, and GitHub access; a HIGH-severity scan result blocks a skill unless `--force` is explicitly passed.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill install-skill -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/install-skill/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill install-skill -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill install-skill -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon install-skill
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill install-skill -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/install-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill install-skill -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/install-skill/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install a community skill pack from GitHub
- select specific skills from a repository
- scan external skills before adding them
- open a branch and pull request for the change
- refresh the installed-skill catalogs

## Example prompts
- Install the pack `clawhunter/clawhunter-skills` into this fork.
- Add only `clawhunter-bounties` from `clawhunter/clawhunter-skills`.
- Install `richard7463/aeon-skill-pack-claim-audit` from the `develop` branch.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: install-skill
description: Install a community skill pack into this fork from a GitHub repo and ship it as an auto-merged PR
metadata:
  title: Install Skill
  category: evolution
  var: ""
  tags:
    - dev
    - meta
    - packs
---

> **${var}** — The community pack to install: `owner/repo`, optionally followed by specific skill slugs to install only a subset, and optional flags. **Required.**
> Examples:
> - `clawhunter/clawhunter-skills` — install the whole pack
> - `clawhunter/clawhunter-skills clawhunter-bounties` — install one skill from it
> - `richard7463/aeon-skill-pack-claim-audit --branch develop` — install from a non-default branch

If `${var}` is empty, exit `INSTALL_SKILL_NO_VAR`:
```bash
./notify "install-skill aborted: var empty — pass a pack repo e.g. \"owner/repo\" (optionally + skill slugs)"
```
Then stop.

Today is ${today}. Your task is to install the community skill pack named in `${var}` into **this** fork and ship it as a PR that **auto-merges** — so the skills land on `main` (and show up in the dashboard) with no manual step. **Never commit directly to `main`**: the change still flows through a reviewable, CI-gated PR — it just merges itself. This is the dashboard "Install" button's backend: the operator clicked it on a Community Pack card, so be fast, safe, and honest about what landed. The safety gate is real but unchanged: every skill is security-scanned and lands **disabled**, so nothing executes until the operator sets secrets and flips `enabled: true`.

## How installation works (so you can explain it and trust the output)

The repo already ships a hardened installer, `bin/install-skill-pack`, which is the single source of truth — **do not reimplement it**. Given `owner/repo` it:

1. Downloads the repo tarball and reads its `skills-pack.json` manifest (per-skill `path`, `schedule`, `default_enabled`, `secrets_required`, `capabilities`). No manifest → it falls back to scanning `skills/*/SKILL.md`.
2. **Security-scans** every skill from an untrusted source via `scripts/skill-scan.sh`. Sources listed in `skills/security/trusted-sources.txt` skip the deep scan (format checks still run). In CI there is no TTY, so a HIGH-severity finding **blocks** that skill unless `--force` is passed — this is the safety gate, leave it on.
3. Copies each skill into `skills/<slug>/`, then updates `aeon.yml` (added `enabled: false` so nothing runs until the operator turns it on), `skills.json`, and records provenance in `skills.lock`.

Your job is to drive that script, regenerate the catalog, and wrap the result in a reviewable PR.

## Steps

1. **Parse and validate `${var}`.** The first whitespace-separated token is the repo; it must match `owner/repo` (strip a leading `https://github.com/` and a trailing `.git`). Anything after it is either skill slugs or flags passed straight through. If the first token isn't `owner/repo`, exit `INSTALL_SKILL_BAD_VAR`:
   ```bash
````
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