# Install skills with Homebrew, Nix

Open agent skills ecosystem. Version 1.5.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#skills.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:skills
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install skills
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#skills
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sk/skills/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:skills
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/skills>
- **Version:** 1.5.21
- **Source summary:** Open agent skills ecosystem
- **Homepage:** <https://skills.sh>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://skills.sh>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/skills/-/skills-1.5.21.tgz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T07:16:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- add-skill (cli)
- skills (cli)
- add-skill (alias)
- skills (alias)

## Dependencies

- node

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.5.21
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://skills.sh
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for skills. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** skills
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - skills: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sk/skills/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Package publisher tools](https://pkg.so/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family.
- [MCP tool packages](https://pkg.so/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol.
- [AI and agent packages](https://pkg.so/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [crit](https://pkg.so/brew/crit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [pixtuoid](https://pkg.so/brew/pixtuoid/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [opencode](https://pkg.so/brew/opencode/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [rtk](https://pkg.so/brew/rtk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [worktrunk](https://pkg.so/brew/worktrunk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, ai-agents, cli, coding-agents.
- [mistral-vibe](https://pkg.so/brew/mistral-vibe/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [skillshare](https://pkg.so/brew/skillshare/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [letta-code](https://pkg.so/brew/letta-code/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, coding-agents, developer-tools.
- [skills](https://pkg.so/npm/skills/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: agent, agents, ai, cli, coding.
- [mimo-code](https://pkg.so/brew/mimo-code/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: agent, agents, ai, cli, coding.
- [skills](https://pkg.so/npm/skills/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/skills.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/skills.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph