# youmind

A skill that wires your agent into YouMind: search the library, work with boards, files and chats through the youmind CLI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 876 installs · ★ 76
- Author: YouMind-OpenLab
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/YouMind-OpenLab/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/youmind/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/youmind

## What it does

YouMind is a workspace where people keep webpages, PDFs, videos, podcasts and notes, then use AI to search and organize them. This skill hands that workspace to your agent. It looks up the right API, reads its description, then calls it through the `youmind` CLI — discover, inspect, call.

Two things have to be in place first. The CLI comes from `npm install -g @youmind-ai/cli`, and the key is created in YouMind settings and exported as `YOUMIND_API_KEY`. Don't paste the key into a `youmind` command; the CLI reads it from the environment, so a key passed as an argument simply won't be picked up.

Once that's done, the agent can list boards and groups, create documents, save URLs, move and publish files, make picks, and start chats. Moving, publishing, restoring or trashing content changes the workspace, so the skill asks the agent to confirm the user's intent before calling. It reports a save or publish only after the call succeeds.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add YouMind-OpenLab/skills --skill youmind -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add YouMind-OpenLab/skills --skill youmind -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add YouMind-OpenLab/skills --skill youmind -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install YouMind-OpenLab/skills youmind
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add YouMind-OpenLab/skills --skill youmind -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/YouMind-OpenLab/skills --path skills/youmind
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add YouMind-OpenLab/skills --skill youmind -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/YouMind-OpenLab/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/youmind/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find a specific item in a YouMind library by keyword
- save a URL or document to a board from the chat
- create a document and edit its contents
- move files between groups and boards
- publish a finished file

## Example prompts
- search my YouMind library for notes on vector databases
- save this link to my research board
- create a document with a draft and put it in the Drafts group

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