Vercel Skills — Agent Skill Ecosystem & CLI
Open agent skills ecosystem from Vercel. Install packaged SKILL.md instruction sets into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and 30+ AI agents with one command. 13,000+ GitHub stars.
Staging seguro para este activo
Este activo primero queda en staging. El prompt copiado pide inspeccionar los archivos staged antes de activar scripts, config MCP o config global.
npx -y tokrepo@latest install d1eba6f1-5166-4762-bbbd-cf00f14892b7 --target codexPrimero deja archivos en staging; la activación requiere revisar el README y el plan staged.
The problem Vercel Skills solves
Every AI coding agent — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline — loads context differently. Same instruction set needs to live in .claude/skills/, .cursor/rules/, .codex/, AGENTS.md. Sharing a reusable workflow across tools meant copy-pasting 30 different times. Vercel's Skills CLI normalizes it: one package, any agent.
Install anything in one line
npx skills install react-best-practices
npx skills install web-design-audit
npx skills install api-security
The CLI detects your agent from project files (.claude/, .cursor/, .vscode/, etc.) and installs the SKILL.md into the correct location with the correct naming convention.
What makes it different from awesome-lists
| Feature | Awesome Lists | Vercel Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Install mechanism | Copy-paste | npx skills install |
| Agent compatibility | Manual adaptation | Auto-detected |
| Versioning | None | Semver tags |
| Dependency model | None | Skill → Skill deps |
| Update flow | Watch GitHub releases | npx skills update |
| Removal | Manual | npx skills uninstall |
The SKILL.md format
A Skill is just a markdown file with frontmatter:
---
name: api-security
description: Security checklist before shipping any API endpoint
version: 1.2.0
triggers: [touches api/, touches /routes/]
---
# API Security Checklist
...instructions...
Agents load this into their system prompt based on triggers. No build step.
Stats that matter
- 13,000+ GitHub stars in 9 months
- 420+ public skills in the default registry
- 30+ compatible agents including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Zed, Windsurf, Cline, Aider
- Native support for both personal (
~/.skills/) and project-level installs
Typical workflows
Team-wide shared skills
# Install a curated set into your repo
npx skills install @mycompany/security-review
npx skills install @mycompany/commit-conventions
git add .claude/ .cursor/ && git commit -m "team skills"
Now every teammate cloning the repo has identical agent behavior.
Publishing your own skill
npx skills init my-skill
# edits SKILL.md
npx skills publish
Registry at skills.vercel.com/registry.
Integration with Vercel's broader AI stack
When paired with v0 (Vercel's AI UI generator) and Vercel AI SDK, Skills provide consistent agent behavior across design → code → deploy. This is the "agent operating system" narrative Vercel has been pushing since late 2025.
Limitations to know
- Not all skills work in all agents. Triggers are interpreted per-agent; some skills need agent-specific forks.
- Registry is still sparse — fewer skills than npm has packages, and quality varies.
- No revenue model for authors yet. Skills are free. If you're building enterprise skills, consider private registries.
Preguntas frecuentes
Vercel Skills supports 30+ AI coding agents as of 2026, including Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Zed, Windsurf, Cline, Aider, and any agent that reads SKILL.md or AGENTS.md formats. The CLI auto-detects your agent from project files.
Vercel Skills is an installer and registry layer on top of those files. Instead of hand-writing instructions in each agent's native format, you install standardized SKILL.md files that the CLI translates into the target agent's expected location and syntax.
Yes. Skills CLI and SKILL.md format are fully open-source and work independently of any Vercel product. You can self-host a private registry or use GitHub Packages as the source.
Not as of 2026. All skills in the default registry are free and open-source, typically Apache 2.0 or MIT licensed. For proprietary team skills, use a private registry backed by GitHub or internal NPM.
Skills use semver. Install a specific version with npx skills install name@1.2.0. Update all skills with npx skills update. Skills can declare dependencies on other skills via frontmatter.
Referencias (3)
- Vercel Skills GitHub— 13,000+ GitHub stars in 9 months
- Vercel Skills Docs— 30+ compatible agents auto-detected
- Vercel Skills Registry— 420+ public skills in default registry
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Fuente y agradecimientos
Created by Vercel Labs. Licensed under MIT.
skills — ⭐ 13,000+
Thanks to Vercel for building the npm of AI agent skills.
Discusión
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