skills-manage
skills-manage is a Tauri desktop app for managing AI coding agent skills across multiple platforms from one place.
Disclaimer
skills-manage is an independent, unofficial desktop application for managing local skill directories and importing public skill metadata. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub, MiniMax, or any other supported platform, publisher, or trademark owner.
Overview
skills-manage follows the Agent Skills open pattern and uses ~/.agents/skills/ as the canonical central directory. Skills can then be installed to individual platforms through symlinks, so one source of truth can drive multiple AI coding tools.
Highlights
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Central skill library plus per-platform install and uninstall flows.
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Claude Code can surface native skills and read-only marketplace plugin skills in one platform view.
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Full skill detail view with Markdown preview, raw source view, and AI explanation generation.
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Collections for organizing skills and batch-installing them to platforms.
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Discover scan for project-level skill libraries, including an Obsidian sidebar category for vault skills (
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Marketplace browsing and GitHub repository import with authenticated requests and retry fallback.
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Fast search for large skill libraries with deferred queries, lazy indexing, and virtualization.
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Bilingual UI, Catppuccin themes, accent colors, onboarding, and responsive navigation.
Screenshots
Central skills and platform installs

Review installed skills on a specific platform

Discover local project skill libraries

Browse marketplace publishers and skills

Import skills from a GitHub repository

Organize reusable collections

Download
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Latest release: https://github.com/iamzhihuix/skills-manage/releases/latest
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Current prebuilt packages: Apple Silicon macOS (
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Other platforms: run from source for now
macOS Unsigned Build
The current public macOS build is not notarized. If macOS shows a warning such as:

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"skills-manage" is damaged and can't be opened -
"skills-manage" cannot be opened because Apple could not verify it
the app is usually not actually corrupted; it is being blocked by Gatekeeper quarantine on an unsigned build.
After moving the app to /Applications, run:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/skills-manage.app"
Then launch the app again from Finder. If your app is stored somewhere else, replace the path with the actual .app path.
Supported Platforms
Category Platform Skills Directory
Coding
Claude Code
~/.claude/skills/
Coding
Codex CLI
~/.agents/skills/
Coding
Cursor
~/.cursor/skills/
Coding
Gemini CLI
~/.gemini/skills/
Coding
Trae
~/.trae/skills/
Coding
Factory Droid
~/.factory/skills/
Coding
Junie
~/.junie/skills/
Coding
Qwen
~/.qwen/skills/
Coding
Trae CN
~/.trae-cn/skills/
Coding
Windsurf
~/.windsurf/skills/
Coding
Qoder
~/.qoder/skills/
Coding
Augment
~/.augment/skills/
Coding
OpenCode
~/.opencode/skills/
Coding
KiloCode
~/.kilocode/skills/
Coding
OB1
~/.ob1/skills/
Coding
Amp
~/.amp/skills/
Coding
Kiro
~/.kiro/skills/
Coding
CodeBuddy
~/.codebuddy/skills/
Coding
Hermes
~/.hermes/skills/
Coding
Copilot
~/.copilot/skills/
Coding
Aider
~/.aider/skills/
Lobster
OpenClaw (开爪)
~/.openclaw/skills/
Lobster
QClaw (千爪)
~/.qclaw/skills/
Lobster
EasyClaw (简爪)
~/.easyclaw/skills/
Lobster
EasyClaw V2
~/.easyclaw-20260322-01/skills/
Lobster
AutoClaw
~/.openclaw-autoclaw/skills/
Lobster
WorkBuddy (打工搭子)
~/.workbuddy/skills-marketplace/skills/
Central
Central Skills
~/.agents/skills/
Note: Claude Code also surfaces marketplace plugin directories under ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/* as read-only rows in the Claude view. Those entries are display-only and are not managed like native skills in ~/.claude/skills/.
Custom platforms can be added through Settings.
Privacy & Security
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Local-first storage — metadata, collections, scan results, settings, and cached AI explanations stay in
~/.skillsmanage/db.sqliteor the local skill directories you manage. -
No telemetry — the app does not include analytics, crash reporting, or usage tracking.
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Network access is feature-driven — outbound requests only happen when you explicitly use marketplace sync/download, GitHub import, or AI explanation generation.
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Credentials are stored locally — GitHub PAT and AI API keys are kept in the local SQLite settings table and are not encrypted at rest by the app.
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Never post real secrets in issues, pull requests, screenshots, or logs.
Tech Stack
Layer Technology
Desktop framework Tauri v2
Frontend React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4
UI components shadcn/ui, Lucide icons
State management Zustand
Markdown react-markdown
i18n react-i18next, i18next-browser-languagedetector
Theming Catppuccin 4-flavor palette
Backend Rust (serde, sqlx, chrono, uuid)
Database SQLite via sqlx (WAL mode)
Routing react-router-dom v7
Development
Prerequisites
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Node.js (LTS)
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Rust toolchain (stable)
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Tauri v2 system dependencies: https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/
Install Dependencies
pnpm install
Run in Development
pnpm tauri dev
The Vite dev server runs on port 24200.
Validation
pnpm test
pnpm typecheck
pnpm lint
cd src-tauri && cargo test
cd src-tauri && cargo clippy -- -D warnings
Project Structure
skills-manage/
├── src/ # React frontend
│ ├── components/ # UI components
│ ├── i18n/ # Locale files and i18n setup
│ ├── lib/ # Frontend helpers
│ ├── pages/ # Route views
│ ├── stores/ # Zustand stores
│ ├── test/ # Vitest + RTL tests
│ └── types/ # Shared TypeScript types
├── src-tauri/ # Rust backend
│ └── src/
│ ├── commands/ # Tauri IPC handlers
│ ├── db.rs # SQLite schema, migrations, queries
│ ├── lib.rs # Tauri app setup
│ └── main.rs # Desktop entry point
├── public/ # Static assets
├── CHANGELOG.md # English changelog
├── CHANGELOG.zh.md # Chinese changelog
└── release-notes/ # GitHub release notes
Database
The SQLite database lives at ~/.skillsmanage/db.sqlite and is initialized automatically on first launch.
Changelog
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English: CHANGELOG.md
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Chinese: CHANGELOG.zh.md
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, validation commands, and pull request expectations.
Community
Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/fuGURex5fV
Security
See SECURITY.md for vulnerability reporting and data-handling notes.
Star History
License
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.