glab skills install

Install glab’s bundled agent skills. (EXPERIMENTAL)

Synopsis

Install bundled SKILL.md files to .agents/skills/, the cross-agent standard defined by the Agent Skills specification. This works with GitLab Duo Agent Platform, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and any other compliant agent.

By default, only the core glab skill is installed. Pass a positional name argument to install a specific bundled skill instead. Run glab skills list to see what is available.

Install scope:

• By default, skills are installed for the current project, in .agents/skills/ at the root of the current Git repository.
• Use --global to install skills for the current user, in ~/.agents/skills/.
• Use --path to install skills to a custom directory. The path is resolved relative to the current working directory, not the repository root.

To overwrite an existing skill file, use --force.

This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

glab skills install [name] [flags]

Examples

# Install the core glab skill in the current project (default)
glab skills install

# Install a specific bundled skill by name
glab skills install glab-stack

# Install the core skill globally (user scope)
glab skills install --global

# Install a skill to a custom directory
glab skills install glab-stack --path /path/to/skills

# Overwrite an existing skill file
glab skills install --force

Options

  -f, --force         Overwrite existing skill files. (default false)
  -g, --global        Install skills at user scope (~/.agents/skills/). (default false)
      --path string   Install skills to the directory at <path>.

Options inherited from parent commands

  -h, --help   Show help for this command.