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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"feat: support installing standalone skills from flat repos (npx skills ecosystem)","articleBody":"## Context\n\nWhen implementing [#228](https://github.com/EntityProcess/allagents/pull/231), we discovered a gap: `allagents skills add \u003cskill\u003e --from \u003csource\u003e` only works when the source repo uses the allagents plugin structure (`skills/\u003cskill-name\u003e/` subdirectories). It silently fails on flat repos.\n\n## The Problem\n\n`npx skills` installs skills from repos that contain `SKILL.md` files directly (flat structure):\n```\nvercel-labs/agent-skills/\n├── vercel-react-best-practices/SKILL.md\n├── vercel-nextjs-skills/SKILL.md\n└── ...\n```\n\n`allagents` expects:\n```\nplugin-repo/\n└── skills/\n    ├── skill-name/   ← directory, not a flat file\n    └── ...\n```\n\nSo `allagents skills add vercel-react-best-practices --from vercel-labs/agent-skills` installs the plugin but finds no skills, because there is no `skills/` subfolder.\n\n## Why the Current Schema Doesn't Cover This\n\n`enabledSkills`/`disabledSkills` track skills as `pluginName:skillName` — they require a plugin entry in `workspace.yaml`. A standalone `SKILL.md` file has no plugin to anchor to.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nTwo options to evaluate:\n\n### Option A — Auto-wrap\nWhen `--from` is used and the installed plugin has no `skills/` directory, scan the repo root for `SKILL.md` files and auto-create synthetic skill entries. No schema change needed.\n\n### Option B — `standaloneSkills` schema addition\nAdd a new top-level array to `workspace.yaml`:\n```yaml\nstandaloneSkills:\n  - source: \"github:vercel-labs/agent-skills/vercel-react-best-practices\"\n    name: vercel-react-best-practices\n```\nThis is more explicit and composable but requires a schema change and new sync logic.\n\n## Acceptance Criteria\n\n- [ ] `allagents skills add vercel-react-best-practices --from vercel-labs/agent-skills` works\n- [ ] Skills from flat repos are synced to configured agent directories  \n- [ ] `allagents skills list` shows them alongside plugin-based skills\n- [ ] `allagents skills remove` can remove them\n- [ ] Backwards compatible with existing `disabledSkills`/`enabledSkills` schema","author":{"url":"https://github.com/christso","@type":"Person","name":"christso"},"datePublished":"2026-03-13T11:44:14.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/232/allagents/issues/232"}