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skillsvault

by skillsvaultversion 1.1.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud
Registry nameio.skillsvault/skillsvault

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Your organisation's approved agent skills, governed by its policies.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
  • The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors
  2. Press Add custom connector
  3. Paste the address below and press Add
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Add2https://…3
https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http skillsvault https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillsvault": {
      "url": "https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "skillsvault": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

  1. Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
  2. Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
  3. Paste the address below, give it a name and save
  4. If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker
SettingsConnectors1+ Create2https://…3
https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

We have not read this server’s tool list yet; we check endpoints in rotation.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified against the domain skillsvault.io (the registry checks domain ownership)

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

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    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

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    Endpoint responds

    Not checked yet; we check endpoints in rotation

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    Sign-in with OAuth

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    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 0% of the other 32537 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 81% of the other 32537 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32537 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is skillsvault safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.1.0) reached the registry 8 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, TF Rooms

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README from the maker

Open the README

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The control plane for agent skills. One skill that connects your agent to your organisation's registry — install what's approved, block what's banned, audit everything.

Works with Claude Code · Codex · Pi · every other harness


⚡ Add it to your agent

npx skills add skillsvault/skillsvault-skill

That's it. Your agent reads the skill and bootstraps itself — it installs the skillsvault CLI, asks you to sign in once, then pulls your organisation's approved skills into every harness on the machine:

curl -fsSL https://skillsvault.io/install.sh | sh

skillsvault login skillsvault pull --all

As a Claude Code plugin
claude plugin marketplace add skillsvault/skillsvault-skill

claude plugin install skillsvault@skillsvault

The first time Claude uses it, run /mcp and sign in to skillsvault: you pick your organisation, and no key is pasted or stored in a file. The plugin adds:

  • The skillsvault skill: the same skill as above.
  • The skillsvault MCP server: list_skills, load_skill and get_skill_file let Claude read your organisation's approved skills. All three are read-only. A skill your policies block is refused, with the reason.
  • The gate hook: before Claude runs a skill, subagent or typed /command, it asks the skillsvault CLI whether your organisation allows it. A block shows the policy's reason and a link to request an exception. The hook does nothing until the CLI is installed, and steps aside if skillsvault install-hook already wired the gate.
In other agents

The same repository is a plugin for other agents too. Each one signs you in to skillsvault the first time it connects:

  • Cursor, Codex and ChatGPT: add the MCP server https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp. Marketplace listings are on their way; the plugin already follows the Agent Plugins standard (plugin.json, mcp.json, skills/).
  • Gemini CLI: gemini extensions install https://github.com/skillsvault/skillsvault-skill
  • Anything else that speaks MCP: add https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp. It is listed in the official MCP Registry as io.skillsvault/skillsvault.
What it sends, and where
  • MCP server. It calls https://skillsvault.io/api/mcp as you, once you sign in. It sends the skill names Claude asks for, and receives your organisation's skill content. Each load is recorded in your organisation's audit log.
  • Gate hook. It runs on your machine against a signed copy of your organisation's policies, with no network call per decision. The CLI reports each decision (skill name and version, decision, reason, machine name) to your organisation's audit log. It also sends a periodic heartbeat (CLI version, whether the gate hook is wired, and the names of the skills installed on the machine), so your organisation can see which machines are covered.
  • Nothing else. Nothing is sent anywhere other than skillsvault.io. Your prompts and code are never sent. See the privacy policy.

🎬 See it work

🧭 Why

Agents pick up skills from everywhere — repos, marketplaces, teammates, other agents. Nobody knows which version runs where, and a poisoned or outdated skill looks exactly like a good one. skillsvault gives your organisation one source of truth:

📦 Versioned registryEvery skill content-addressed, versioned, and signed. pull installs the approved version — and removes banned ones.
🚦 The gateEvery invocation checked locally, before it runs: allow / warn / halt. Works offline from a cached policy bundle.
🧾 Audit trailWho ran which skill version, on which host, under which policy — append-only and exportable.
🕸️ Every harnessOne policy for Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and anything else that runs skills.

🛠️ What your agent does with it

Once connected, the skill teaches your agent to govern itself:

skillsvault whoami                    # which org am I connected to?

skillsvault install-hook # gate every skill invocation (Claude Code) skillsvault pull --all # install approved skills, remove banned ones skillsvault gate --skill # allow / warn / halt — before use skillsvault publish # push a skill to the org registry skillsvault status # how fresh is the policy bundle?

Three rules the skill enforces, always:

  1. If the gate halts a skill → the agent does not run it. Ever.
  2. The approved version from pull beats any sideloaded copy.
  3. A halt is never bypassed — the verdict names the approved replacement.

🔎 Scan your skills in CI

Publishing skills? Check them on every push and pull request. The action installs the CLI (verified against the release checksums), scans every folder with a SKILL.md, and fails the job when one pipes a download into a shell, reads secret paths or hides content. Nothing is sent anywhere.

# .github/workflows/skills.yml

name: skills on: [push, pull_request] jobs: scan: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps:

  • uses: actions/checkout@v4
  • uses: skillsvault/skillsvault-skill@main with: path: skills # default: the whole repository fail-on-flag: true # default

To see findings as code-scanning alerts on the pull request, write SARIF and upload it:

    permissions:

security-events: write steps:

  • uses: actions/checkout@v4
  • uses: skillsvault/skillsvault-skill@main with: path: skills sarif: skillsvault.sarif
  • uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3 if: always() with: sarif_file: skillsvault.sarif

Locally, the same check is skillsvault scan --dir skills --fail-on-flag (add --sarif for SARIF).

📚 Learn more

  • 📖 Documentation — CLI reference, policies, the signed bundle contract
  • 🚀 Quickstart — zero to governed in five minutes
  • 🔍 SKILL.md — the skill itself, exactly what your agent reads
  • 🧾 references/cli.md — full command reference

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE. This covers the skill and plugin in this repository; the skillsvault service is governed by its terms.

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