Getting Started with Skill Vault

What is Skill Vault?

Skill Vault is the marketplace for the entire .claude/ ecosystem. It is a registry where developers discover, share, publish, and sell skills, agents, hooks, rules, and configurations for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and 16+ AI coding tools.

Packages contain structured instruction files, automation hooks, project rules, and agent configurations that give AI coding assistants domain-specific knowledge and capabilities. Think of them as plugins for your AI — install a package and your agent instantly knows how to work with a framework, follow a coding standard, or perform a specialized task.

Install a Package

There are several ways to install a package into your project:

Claude Code (via the sv CLI)

sv install author/package-name

This downloads the package and places the files into your project's .claude/skills/ directory where Claude Code automatically picks them up.

Cursor

# Copy the .claude/skills/ directory into your project root
cp -r ~/.sv/packages/author/package-name/.claude/skills/ .claude/skills/

Manual download

# Download directly from skillvault.md
# Visit: https://skillvault.md/packages/author/package-name
# Click "Download" and extract into your project

Browse the Catalog

Explore the full catalog of available packages on the search page. You can filter by category, sort by popularity or recency, and search by keyword. Every package page includes a description, installation instructions, file listing, and compatibility information.

Create an Account

Publish your own skill packages
Star and bookmark packages for later
Leave reviews and ratings
Sell paid packages via Stripe Connect
Track download analytics on your dashboard

Authentication is handled through GitHub OAuth — no extra passwords to remember. Just click "Sign in" and authorize with your GitHub account.

Publish Your Own

Ready to share your work with the community? Head over to the Publishing Guide to learn how to package and publish your first package. You can publish free packages to build your reputation or sell premium packages with Stripe Connect.