Replace /path/to/skills with the path to your actual skills directory. Any arguments after intellectronica/skillz in the array are passed directly to the Skillz CLI.

{
  "skillz": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "-i",
      "--rm",
      "-v",
      "/path/to/skills:/skillz",
      "intellectronica/skillz",
      "/skillz"
    ]
  }
}

Gemini CLI Extension

A Gemini CLI extension is available at intellectronica/gemini-cli-skillz.

Install it with:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/intellectronica/gemini-cli-skillz

This extension enables Anthropic-style Agent Skills in Gemini CLI using the skillz MCP server.

Usage

Skillz looks for skills inside the root directory you provide (defaults to ~/.skillz). Each skill lives in its own folder or zip archive (.zip or .skill) that includes a SKILL.md file with YAML front matter describing the skill. Any other files in the skill become downloadable resources for your agent (scripts, datasets, examples, etc.).

An example directory might look like this:

~/.skillz/
├── summarize-docs/
│   ├── SKILL.md
│   ├── summarize.py
│   └── prompts/example.txt
├── translate.zip
├── analyzer.skill
└── web-search/
    └── SKILL.md

When packaging skills as zip archives (.zip or .skill), include the SKILL.md either at the root of the archive or inside a single top-level directory:

translate.zip
├── SKILL.md
└── helpers/
    └── translate.js

data-cleaner.zip
└──...