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Skyll Agent Skill

Search and retrieve agent skills at runtime. This skill should be used when the agent needs to find specialized capabilities, workflows, or domain knowledge to accomplish a task. Skyll aggregates skills from skills.sh and returns full SKILL.md content ready for context injection.

927 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
1
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
240
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/assafelovic/skyll --skill skyll

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

Skyll - Agent Skill Discovery

Skyll enables agents to dynamically discover and retrieve skills at runtime. Instead of having all skills pre-loaded, agents can search for relevant skills on-demand and inject them into context.

When to Use This Skill

Use Skyll when:

  • The current task requires specialized knowledge or workflows not in context
  • Looking for best practices for a specific framework, library, or domain
  • Needing procedural knowledge for complex multi-step tasks
  • Wanting to enhance capabilities with community-contributed skills

Quick Usage

from skyll import Skyll

async with Skyll() as client:
    # Search for relevant skills
    skills = await client.search("react performance optimization", limit=3)
    
    for skill in skills:
        print(f"Skill: {skill.title}")
        print(f"Score: {skill.relevance_score}")
        print(skill.content)  # Full SKILL.md content

Option 2: REST API

Search for skills:

curl "https://api.skyll.app/search?q=react+performance&limit=3"

Get a specific skill:

curl "https://api.skyll.app/skills/anthropics/skills/skill-creator"

Response Format

The API returns ranked skills with relevance scores (0-100):

{
  "query": "react performance",
  "count": 3,
  "skills": [
    {
      "id": "react-best-practices",
      "title": "React Best Practices",
      "description": "Performance optimization for React and Next.js",
      "source": "vercel-labs/agent-skills",
      "relevance_score": 85.5,
      "install_count": 82800,
      "content": "# React Best Practices\n\n## Performance\n..."
    }
  ]
}

Key Fields

| Field | Description |

|-------|-------------|

| id | Skill identifier |

| title | Human-readable title |

| description | What the skill does |

| source | GitHub repository (owner/repo) |

| relevance_score | 0-100 match score |

| install_count | Popularity from skills.sh |

| content | Full SKILL.md markdown content |

| references | Additional reference files (if requested) |

Search Parameters

| Parameter | Default | Description |

|-----------|---------|-------------|

| q / query | required | Search query |

| limit | 10 | Max results (1-50) |

| include_content | true | Fetch full SKILL.md content |

| include_references | false | Include reference files |

Example Workflow

When an agent needs to build a React Native app but lacks mobile expertise:

  • Search for relevant skills:
   skills = await client.search("react native best practices", limit=2)
  • Inject top skill into context:
   context = skills[0].content  # Full SKILL.md content
  • Use the skill's knowledge to complete the task

API Endpoints

| Endpoint | Description |

|----------|-------------|

| GET /search?q={query} | Search skills |

| POST /search | Search with JSON body |

| GET /skills/{source}/{skill_id} | Get specific skill |

| GET /health | Health check |

| GET /docs | Interactive API documentation |

Installation

For Python agents:

pip install skyll

For other languages, use the REST API directly at https://api.skyll.app.

  • API: https://api.skyll.app
  • Docs: https://api.skyll.app/docs
  • Demo: https://skyll.app
  • GitHub: https://github.com/assafelovic/skyll

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take assafelovic/skyll from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference pip. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.