skill-copy

README

skill-copy

A CLI tool that copies a single Agent Skill file from a GitHub repository folder into a local agent's skills directory.

Makes it easy to initialize a project with the skills you need, such as skill-creator for creating new skills.

Each agent has a different skills directory.

For an example Dockerfile that installs skill-copy and adds Anthropic's skill-creator skill, see here.

Install

# first make sure your GOPATH is set
go install github.com/briangershon/skill-copy@latest

Usage

skill-copy <github-tree-url> <destination>

The tool:

1. Validates the folder is a skill (must contain SKILL.md)
2. Creates <destination>/<skill-name>/
3. Copies all files and subdirectories into it

Build for local development

go build -o skill-copy .

Publishing a new release

Merge changes to main, then tag and push:

make tag TAG=v1.2.3

This creates the git tag and pushes it to origin. Once pushed, go install github.com/briangershon/skill-copy@latest will resolve to the new tag.

Example: Install Anthropic's skill-creator

Install skills for a project

skill-copy https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator ./.claude/skills

Install skills for a user

skill-copy https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills

This copies the skill-creator skill into ~/.claude/skills/skill-creator/.

Requirements

• Go 1.16+
• Public GitHub repositories only (no authentication required)