Advai Skill Manager

Use this skill to manage local skills and sync them into supported agent platforms through advai skill.

When to Invoke

Invoke this skill when the user wants to:

• Search installable skills before choosing one
• Install a skill by name from a source provider or from a GitHub repository URL
• List, inspect, update, or uninstall installed skills
• Sync a skill into Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, TRAE, or another supported platform
• Configure custom skill platforms or override global or project-relative paths
• Troubleshoot where a skill is installed or synced

Do not use this skill for creating a brand-new skill definition from scratch unless the user specifically wants to manage that skill after creation.

Core Commands

Discover and inspect:

advai skill search <query>
advai skill search <query> --source <provider>
advai skill list
advai skill info <name>

Install and update:

advai skill install <skill-name>
advai skill install <skill-name> --source <provider> --version <version>
advai skill install <skill-name> --platform <key> --sync-mode copy
advai skill install <skill-name> --platform <key> --project-dir <dir>
advai skill install <github-url>
advai skill install <github-url> --skill <name> --platform <key>
advai skill update [name]

Sync and remove:

advai skill sync <name> --platform <key>
advai skill sync <name> --platform <key> --platform <key>
advai skill sync <name> --platform <key> --project-dir <dir> --force
advai skill unsync <name> --platform <key>
advai skill uninstall <name>

Manage platform metadata:

advai skill platform list
advai skill platform list --project-dir <dir>
advai skill platform add <key> --name <name> --path <dir> --category custom
advai skill platform add <key> --name <name> --path <dir> --project-path .agent/skills
advai skill platform override <key> --path <dir> --project-path .agent/skills
advai skill platform clear-override <key>
advai skill platform remove <key>

Preconditions

• This skill depends on the advai CLI from https://github.com/Advai-X/advai-cli.
• Ensure advai is installed and available on PATH.
• Ensure the advai skill subcommand is available in the current installation.
• If advai skill is missing, stop and guide the user to install or upgrade advai from https://github.com/Advai-X/advai-cli.
• Start with advai skill list and advai skill platform list when the local skill state is unclear.

Operating Guidelines

• Use advai skill search <query> before installation when the user does not already know the exact skill name.
• Use --source <provider> to constrain installs or searches to a specific skill source.
• Use --version <version> only when the user explicitly wants a pinned version.
• Use a GitHub repository URL when the user wants to install directly from a repo instead of a named registry entry.
• Use --skill <name> when a GitHub repo contains multiple skills and the user wants only one.
• Use repeated --platform <key> flags when the user wants the same skill synced into multiple targets.
• Use --sync-mode symlink for fast local iteration and copy for portable snapshots.
• Use --project-dir when a platform supports project-local skill folders and the user wants repo-scoped behavior.
• Use platform add with --project-path when defining a custom platform that supports project-local sync targets.
• Use platform override to adjust built-in or custom paths without redefining the whole platform.
• Use platform remove only for custom platforms; use clear-override to reset path overrides on existing platforms.
• If advai skill is not recognized at runtime, direct the user to install or upgrade advai from https://github.com/Advai-X/advai-cli.

Examples

Search and inspect:

advai skill search browser --limit 10
advai skill info advai-browser

Install and sync to a platform:

advai skill install advai-browser --source github --platform trae

Install directly from a GitHub repository:

advai skill install https://github.com/Advai-X/advai-skills --skill advai-browser --platform trae

Inspect platform targets for a project:

advai skill platform list --project-dir /path/to/project

Add a custom platform with project-local support:

advai skill platform add my-agent --name "My Agent" --path ~/.my-agent/skills --project-path .my-agent/skills

Resync a changed skill:

advai skill sync my-skill --platform trae --force