publish-skill

name	publish-skill
description	Publish a skill to GitHub for discovery via `npx skills`. Use when asked to "publish skill", "share skill", "make skill discoverable", or "upload skill to GitHub".

Publish Skill

Publish skills to GitHub so they're discoverable via npx skills add <org>/<repo>.

How Skills Discovery Works

The npx skills CLI discovers skills from GitHub repositories with this structure:

<repo>/
└── skills/
    └── <skill-name>/
        └── SKILL.md

Users install skills with: npx skills add <org>/<repo>

Publishing Workflow

1. Gather Information

Use AskUserQuestion to collect:

• Which skill to publish - Path to the local skill directory (must contain SKILL.md)
• GitHub org/user - The GitHub organization or username to publish under
• Repository name - Name for the skills repository (e.g., "agent-skills", "my-skills")

2. Validate the Skill

Before publishing, verify:

• SKILL.md exists and has valid YAML frontmatter with name and description
• SKILL.md is under 200 lines (recommended)
• Any references/, scripts/, or assets/ directories are included

3. Publish to GitHub

Use the GitHub CLI (gh) to publish:

# Check if repo exists
gh repo view <org>/<repo> 2>/dev/null

# If repo doesn't exist, create it
gh repo create <org>/<repo> --public --description "Agent skills collection"

# Clone the repo (or use existing clone)
gh repo clone <org>/<repo> /tmp/skills-publish-<repo>

# Create skills directory structure
mkdir -p /tmp/skills-publish-<repo>/skills/<skill-name>

# Copy skill files
cp -r <local-skill-path>/* /tmp/skills-publish-<repo>/skills/<skill-name>/

# Commit and push
cd /tmp/skills-publish-<repo>
git add .
git commit -m "Add <skill-name> skill"
git push origin main

4. Verify Publication

After publishing, verify the skill is discoverable:

npx skills add <org>/<repo> --list

Example Session

Agent: Which skill would you like to publish?
User: ~/.claude/skills/my-awesome-skill

Agent: What GitHub org or username should this be published under?
User: my-github-org

Agent: What repository name? (e.g., "agent-skills")
User: my-skills

Agent: Publishing my-awesome-skill to my-github-org/my-skills...
[Creates repo if needed, copies skill, commits, pushes]

Agent: Done! Install with: npx skills add my-github-org/my-skills

Notes

• Skills repos can contain multiple skills in the skills/ directory
• The skill name in the directory should match the name in SKILL.md frontmatter
• Public repos are required for skills discovery
• Consider adding a README.md to the repo root describing your skills collection