Installer CLI reference | Research Agent Skills

Not on npm. To install skills, use skills.sh: npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills (installation guide). This page documents the optional installer in cli/, which you can build from source with cd cli && npm ci && npm run build, then run as node dist/bin.js.

The research-agent-skills CLI installs skills from a verified release into supported agent directories. The examples use npx research-agent-skills; when running from source, substitute node cli/dist/bin.js.

Command	Purpose
`install [skill...]`	Install named skills, a bundle, or a category
`list --categories`	Show available categories
`search <query>`	Find skills by name, description or tags
`installed`	Show installed skills and target directories
`update`	Reinstall managed skills from the selected release
`uninstall [skill...]`	Remove managed skills
`doctor`	Check harnesses, dependencies and installed file integrity

Without selection flags, install chooses research-essentials. Without --project, installation goes to the selected agent’s global user directory. Use --harness codex (or a comma-separated list) to target specific agents. Use --dry-run to inspect changes before installing.

npx research-agent-skills install --bundle ai-research --harness codex --project
npx research-agent-skills install citation-verification --dry-run

See the full CLI README for release and standalone installer details.

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Installer CLI reference | Research Agent Skills