add-skill
✓Add an external skill from a GitHub repository to the current workspace. Use when users want to import, install, or add a skill from a GitHub URL (e.g., `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/tree/main/skills/codereview` or "add the codereview skill from https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/"). Handles fetching the skill files and placing them in .openhands/skills/.
Installation
SKILL.md
When a user requests to add a skill from a GitHub URL:
User: /add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/tree/main/skills/codereview
Response: "✅ Added codereview to your workspace. The skill is now available."
Add an external skill from a GitHub repository to the current workspace. Use when users want to import, install, or add a skill from a GitHub URL (e.g., `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/tree/main/skills/codereview` or "add the codereview skill from https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/"). Handles fetching the skill files and placing them in .openhands/skills/. Source: openhands/skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
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- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/openhands/skills --skill add-skill- Source
- openhands/skills
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-11
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is add-skill?
Add an external skill from a GitHub repository to the current workspace. Use when users want to import, install, or add a skill from a GitHub URL (e.g., `/add-skill https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/tree/main/skills/codereview` or "add the codereview skill from https://github.com/OpenHands/skills/"). Handles fetching the skill files and placing them in .openhands/skills/. Source: openhands/skills.
How do I install add-skill?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/openhands/skills --skill add-skill Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/openhands/skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-11