using-agent-skills
Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session or when you need to discover which skill applies to the current task. This is the meta-skill that governs how all other skills are discovered and invoked.
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill using-agent-skills --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Using Agent Skills ## Overview Agent Skills is a collection of engineering workflow skills organized by development phase. Each skill encodes a specific process that senior engineers follow. This meta-skill helps you discover and apply the right skill for your current task. ## Skill Discovery When a task arrives, identify the development phase and apply the corresponding skill: ``` Task arrives │ ├── Don't know what you want yet? ──────→ interview-me ├── Have a rough concept, need variants? → idea-refine ├── New project/feature/change? ──→ spec-driven-development ├── Have a spec, need tasks? ──────→ planning-and-task-breakdown ├── Implementing code? ────────────→ incremental-implementation │ ├── UI work? ─────────────────→ frontend-ui-engineering │ ├── API work? ────────────────→ api-and-interface-design │ ├── Need better context? ─────→ context-engineering │ ├── Need doc-verified code? ───→ source-driven-development │ └── Stakes high / unfamiliar code? ──→ doubt-driven-development ├── Writing/running tests? ────────→ test-driven-development │ └── Browser-based? ───────────→ browser-testing-with-devtools ├── Something broke? ──────────────→ debugging-and-error-recovery ├── Review
- Overview
- Skill Discovery
- Core Operating Behaviors
- 1. Surface Assumptions
- 2. Manage Confusion Actively
- 3. Push Back When Warranted
- 4. Enforce Simplicity
- 5. Maintain Scope Discipline
- 6. Verify, Don't Assume
- Failure Modes to Avoid
- Skill Rules
- Lifecycle Sequence
- Quick Reference
What does the using-agent-skills skill do?
Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session or when you need to discover which skill applies to the current task. This is the meta-skill that governs how all other skills are discovered and invoked.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill using-agent-skills --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From addyosmani/agent-skills, a repository with 81,574 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.