⚒ Skillforge

Forge skills. Ship faster.

Skillforge is a lightweight skill manager for AI coding assistants. It lets you browse, install, publish, and manage skills across Claude Code, Hermes, Cursor, Windsurf, and any tool that uses SKILL.md format.

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What Are Skills?

Skills are reusable procedural knowledge packs for AI coding assistants. Instead of repeating instructions, you install a skill once and the assistant loads it on demand. Skills cover workflows like:

• Deployment pipelines — npm run build && restart
• Code review — PR checklist, security scan, quality gates
• Database migrations — Prisma push, generate, verify
• Design system — Color tokens, typography scale, component patterns
• Debugging — Systematic root-cause analysis, log inspection

Each skill is a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter — portable across tools.

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Quick Start

# Install
curl -fsSL https://skillforge.boottify.com/install.sh | bash

# Or clone and install manually
git clone https://github.com/Boottify/skillforge.git
cd skillforge && ./install.sh

# Browse available skills
skillforge search "deployment"

# Install a skill
skillforge install deploy-pipeline

# List installed skills
skillforge list

# Create a new skill from template
skillforge create my-workflow

# Publish to registry
skillforge publish my-workflow

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Commands

Command	Description
skillforge search <query>	Search the skill registry
skillforge install <name>	Install a skill from registry
skillforge list	List installed skills
skillforge create <name>	Create a new skill from template
skillforge validate <name>	Validate SKILL.md format
skillforge publish <name>	Publish to registry
skillforge update	Update all installed skills
skillforge remove <name>	Uninstall a skill

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Skill Format

Every skill is a SKILL.md file:

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name: my-skill
description: What this skill does
version: 1.0.0
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# My Skill

## When to Use
- Use this skill when...

## Steps
1. First step
2. Second step

## Pitfalls
- Watch out for...

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Registry

The public registry lives at skillforge.boottify.com/registry. Skills are versioned, tagged, and searchable.

Popular skills:

• deploy-pipeline — Build, test, deploy workflow
• code-review — PR checklist with security scan
• database-migrate — Prisma migration safety net
• design-system — Color and typography tokens
• debug-workflow — 4-phase systematic debugging

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Architecture

~/.skillforge/
├── skills/           # Installed skills
│   ├── deploy-pipeline/
│   │   └── SKILL.md
│   └── code-review/
│       └── SKILL.md
├── registry.json     # Local registry cache
└── config.yaml       # User config

Skillforge is a single Python script (~1,500 lines) with zero dependencies beyond Python 3.10+. It works on Linux, macOS, and WSL.

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Comparison

Tool	Focus	Skillforge
Glyph	Codebase indexing	Complementary — index your code
Skillforge	Skill management	This tool — manage your skills
Custom scripts	One-off automation	Portable, shareable, versioned

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Contributing

Skills are open. Submit yours via PR to the registry.

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