guicedee/skill-installer

Skill Installer

Helps install skills. Default sources include:

• OpenAI skills: https://github.com/openai/skills (skills/.curated, and optionally skills/.system)
• GuicedEE rules skills: https://github.com/GuicedEE/ai-rules (skills/.curated, and optionally skills/.system)

Users can still provide any other GitHub repo/path.

Use the helper scripts based on the task:

• List skills when the user asks what is available, or if the user uses this skill without specifying what to do. Default listing is .curated across both default sources.
• Install by skill name from default sources when the user provides a skill name.
• Install from another repo when the user provides a GitHub repo/path (including private repos).

Install skills with the helper scripts.

Communication

When listing skills, output approximately as follows, depending on the context of the user's request: """ Skills from {repo} ({path}):

1. skill-1
2. skill-2 (already installed)
3. ... Which ones would you like installed? """

After installing a skill, tell the user: "Restart Codex to pick up new skills."

Scripts

All of these scripts use network, so when running in the sandbox, request escalation when running them.

• scripts/list-skills.py (prints skills list with installed annotations)
• scripts/list-skills.py --format json
• Example (OpenAI only): scripts/list-skills.py --source openai
• Example (include system paths): scripts/list-skills.py --include-system
• scripts/install-skill-from-defaults.py <skill-name> [<skill-name> ...]
• Example (GuicedEE only): scripts/install-skill-from-defaults.py --source guicedee <skill-name>
• Example (curated only): scripts/install-skill-from-defaults.py --curated-only <skill-name>
• scripts/install-skill-from-github.py --repo <owner>/<repo> --path <path/to/skill> [<path/to/skill> ...]
• scripts/install-skill-from-github.py --url https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/tree/<ref>/<path>
• Example (experimental skill): scripts/install-skill-from-github.py --repo openai/skills --path skills/.experimental/<skill-name>

Behavior and Options

• Defaults to direct download for public GitHub repos.
• If download fails with auth/permission errors, falls back to git sparse checkout.
• Aborts if the destination skill directory already exists.
• Installs into $CODEX_HOME/skills/<skill-name> (defaults to ~/.codex/skills).
• Multiple --path values install multiple skills in one run, each named from the path basename unless --name is supplied.
• Options: --ref <ref>, --dest <path>, --method auto|download|git.

Notes

• Default listing is fetched from both:
  • https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/main/skills/.curated
  • https://github.com/GuicedEE/ai-rules/tree/master/skills/.curated
• Source-specific default refs:
  • openai/skills -> main
  • GuicedEE/ai-rules -> master
• Use --include-system to include skills/.system paths for the selected default sources.
• For GuicedEE/ai-rules, the helper scripts also fall back to .claude/skills if skills/.curated / skills/.system are unavailable in the selected ref.
• Private GitHub repos can be accessed via existing git credentials or optional GITHUB_TOKEN/GH_TOKEN for download.
• Git fallback tries HTTPS first, then SSH.
• Installed annotations come from $CODEX_HOME/skills.