agr

A package manager for AI agent skills.

Install, share, and sync skills across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot, and Antigravity — with a single command.

What are skills?

Skills are reusable instructions that teach AI coding agents how to perform specific tasks. Each skill is a SKILL.md file in a directory, published on GitHub:

---
name: code-reviewer
description: Reviews code for bugs, security issues, and best practices.
---

# Code Reviewer

When reviewing code changes, follow these steps:

1. Read every changed file completely before commenting
2. Check for bugs: null references, off-by-one errors, race conditions
3. Check for security issues: injection, auth bypass, data exposure
4. Verify error handling: are errors caught, logged, and surfaced?

Format each finding as:
- **File and line:** `src/auth.py:42`
- **Severity:** bug / security / style
- **Fix:** concrete code or approach to resolve it

Install it, and your AI agent gains a new capability — no prompt engineering each time. Without a package manager, you'd copy these files manually into each tool's config folder, keep them updated by hand, and hope your teammates have the same versions. agr automates all of that.

Getting Started

Install the CLI:

uv tool install agr       # recommended
# or: pipx install agr
# or: pip install agr

Install your first skill:

agr add anthropics/skills/frontend-design

Then invoke it in your AI tool:

No setup required — agr add auto-creates agr.toml and detects which tools you use.

Run a skill without installing

agrx downloads a skill, runs it with your tool's CLI, and cleans up. Nothing is saved to your project:

agrx anthropics/skills/pdf -p "Extract tables from report.pdf"
agrx anthropics/skills/skill-creator -i   # Interactive: skill + chat

Team sync

Dependencies are tracked in agr.toml — commit it, and teammates install everything with one command:

dependencies = [
    {handle = "anthropics/skills/frontend-design", type = "skill"},
    {handle = "anthropics/skills/pdf", type = "skill"},
]

agr sync   # Like npm install, but for agent skills

Create and share

agr init my-skill                # Scaffold a new skill
# Edit my-skill/SKILL.md with your instructions
agr add ./my-skill               # Test locally
# Push to GitHub, then others can:
agr add your-username/my-skill

Python SDK

Use agr as a library to load, discover, and cache skills programmatically:

from agr import Skill, list_skills, skill_info

skill = Skill.from_git("anthropics/skills/code-review")
print(skill.prompt)   # SKILL.md contents
print(skill.files)    # Files in the skill directory

for info in list_skills("anthropics/skills"):
    details = skill_info(info.handle)
    print(f"{details.handle}: {details.description}")

See the SDK documentation for cache management, error handling, and the full API.

Example skills

Documents & data:

agr add anthropics/skills/pdf              # Read, extract, create PDFs
agr add anthropics/skills/docx             # Generate and edit Word documents
agr add anthropics/skills/xlsx             # Build and manipulate spreadsheets
agr add anthropics/skills/pptx             # Create and work with slide decks
agr add anthropics/skills/doc-coauthoring  # Structured doc co-authoring workflow

Design & frontend:

agr add anthropics/skills/frontend-design   # Production-grade interfaces
agr add anthropics/skills/canvas-design     # Visual art in PNG and PDF
agr add anthropics/skills/algorithmic-art   # Algorithmic art with p5.js
agr add anthropics/skills/theme-factory     # Style artifacts with themes
agr add anthropics/skills/brand-guidelines  # Anthropic brand colors and typography

Development:

agr add anthropics/skills/claude-api             # Build apps with the Claude API
agr add anthropics/skills/mcp-builder            # Create MCP servers
agr add anthropics/skills/web-artifacts-builder  # Multi-component HTML artifacts
agr add anthropics/skills/webapp-testing         # Test web apps with Playwright

Productivity:

agr add anthropics/skills/skill-creator     # Create, modify, and improve skills
agr add anthropics/skills/internal-comms    # Write internal communications
agr add anthropics/skills/slack-gif-creator # Create animated GIFs for Slack

Browse the full list in the Skill Directory.

All commands

Add -g to add, remove, sync, or list for global skills (available in all projects).

Community skills

# Go — @dsjacobsen
agr add dsjacobsen/agent-resources/golang-pro

# Drupal & DevOps — @madsnorgaard
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-agent-resources/drupal-expert
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-agent-resources/drupal-security
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-agent-resources/drupal-migration
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-agent-resources/ddev-expert
agr add madsnorgaard/drupal-agent-resources/docker-local

# Workflow — @maragudk, @kasperjunge
agr add maragudk/skills/collaboration
agr add kasperjunge/commit-work
agr add kasperjunge/agent-resources/migrate-to-skills

Browse all community skills in the Skill Directory.

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