skills-as-mcp

An MCP server for dynamic AI agent skill management. Install, search, and manage Agent Skills from any MCP client — Claude Code, Cursor, Simba, or any tool that speaks MCP.

What Makes This Different

Every existing solution assumes skills are local files you manually place. skills-as-mcp lets your AI agent install skills from URLs mid-conversation:

You: "install this skill https://example.com/weather/SKILL.md"
Agent: calls install_skill(url="https://example.com/weather/SKILL.md")
Agent: "Weather skill installed. You now have weather lookup capabilities."
You: "what's the weather in Tokyo?"
Agent: reads skill://weather → follows instructions → answers

Install

pip install skills-as-mcp

Quick Start

With Claude Code

Add to your MCP config (.claude/settings.json or ~/.claude.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skills-as-mcp": {
      "command": "skills-as-mcp"
    }
  }
}

With Any MCP Client

# Run via stdio (default)
skills-as-mcp

# Run as HTTP server
skills-as-mcp --transport http --port 8000

Storage

Skills are stored in ~/.skills-as-mcp/ by default. Override with:

export SKILL_SHELF_DIR=/path/to/shelf

MCP Tools

MCP Resources

SKILL.md Format

Follows the agentskills.io open standard:

---
name: my-skill
description: What this skill does and when to use it
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires internet access
metadata:
  author: your-name
  version: "1.0"
---

# My Skill

Instructions the agent reads and follows...

Examples

The examples/ directory contains sample skills you can install to test the server:

Install a sample skill from the repo:

# Start the server
skills-as-mcp

# Then from any MCP client, install a sample skill:
install_skill(url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumododda/skills-as-mcp/main/examples/web-search/SKILL.md")
install_skill(url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumododda/skills-as-mcp/main/examples/code-reviewer/SKILL.md")
install_skill(url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sumododda/skills-as-mcp/main/examples/daily-standup/SKILL.md")

Or install from a local file:

install_skill(content=open("examples/web-search/SKILL.md").read())

Development

git clone https://github.com/sumo/skills-as-mcp.git
cd skills-as-mcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest -v

License

MIT