Skillbase (spm)

AI skills manager — install, publish, and deploy reusable prompts, personas, and MCP tools across 14 AI clients.

Think npm for AI capabilities: versioned packages of prompts, instructions, and tools that any LLM can use.

npm install -g @skillbase/spm

Why Skillbase?

• One command to connect — spm connect claude wires up MCP for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, and 10 more clients
• Portable skills — write once, use everywhere. Skills are model-agnostic packages with semver, dependencies, and a registry
• Personas — define AI agent personalities with traits, model settings, and skill dependencies in a single .person.json
• Deploy targets — export and deploy personas to external platforms (OpenClaw, more coming)
• Built-in MCP server — skills auto-load into your AI client via Model Context Protocol

Supported AI Clients

Client	Connect command
Claude Desktop	spm connect claude
Claude Code	spm connect claude-code
Cursor	spm connect cursor
VS Code (Copilot)	spm connect vscode
Windsurf	spm connect windsurf
Zed	spm connect zed
JetBrains IDEs	spm connect jetbrains
Cline	spm connect cline
Roo Code	spm connect roo-code
Continue	spm connect continue
Amazon Q Developer	spm connect amazonq
Gemini CLI	spm connect gemini
OpenCode	spm connect opencode
OpenClaw	spm connect openclaw

Quick Start

# Initialize skills directory
spm init

# Search for skills
spm search "code review"

# Install a skill
spm add author/skill-name

# Connect to your AI client
spm connect claude

What is a Skill?

A skill is a portable, versioned package containing prompts, tools, or instructions that any AI model can use.

my-skill/
├── skill.json    # Manifest (name, version, triggers, dependencies)
└── SKILL.md      # Main prompt / instructions

Personas

Define AI agent personalities with character traits, model settings, and skill dependencies:

# Create a persona
spm persona create my-agent

# Activate (auto-installs missing skills)
spm persona activate my-agent

# Export to external platform
spm persona export my-agent -f openclaw

# Deploy
spm persona deploy my-agent -t openclaw

Commands

Manage Skills

Command	Description
spm add <ref>	Install a skill
spm install	Install all dependencies from skill.json
spm remove <ref>	Remove a skill
spm create <name>	Scaffold a new skill
spm link <path>	Symlink a local skill for development
spm convert <file>	Convert .md/.txt prompts into skills
spm list	List installed skills
spm info <name>	Show skill details
spm validate	Validate a skill directory

Personas

Command	Description
spm persona create	Create a new persona
spm persona list	List installed personas
spm persona activate	Activate persona (auto-installs skills)
spm persona deactivate	Deactivate current persona
spm persona export	Export to target platform format
spm persona deploy	Deploy to target platform
spm persona import	Import from external platform

Registry

Command	Description
spm search <query>	Search local and remote registries
spm publish <path>	Publish to registry
spm update <path>	Update a published skill
spm login	Authenticate (GitHub OAuth)
spm rate <name>	Rate a skill (1-5)
spm registry add <url>	Add a remote registry

System

Command	Description
spm connect <client>	Connect MCP server to AI client
spm disconnect <client>	Disconnect from AI client
spm serve	Start MCP server (stdio)
spm init	Initialize skills directory
spm reindex	Rebuild skill index

MCP Server

Skillbase includes a built-in Model Context Protocol server that exposes installed skills as tools to any MCP-compatible AI client:

spm serve --stdio

MCP tools provided: skill_list, skill_load, skill_search, skill_context, skill_feedback, skill_install, persona_list, persona_load

Registries

Skills can be published to self-hosted registries or installed directly from GitHub:

# Install from registry
spm add author/skill-name

# Install from GitHub
spm add github:author/repo

# Add a custom registry
spm registry add https://registry.example.com

# Publish
spm publish ./my-skill

Requirements

• Node.js >= 20.0.0

License

MIT