About skill-manager
Skill Lifecycle Manager helps agents maintain local libraries of GitHub-backed skills. It compares local commits with remote HEAD and provides workflows for updates, inventory, and deletion.
Key features
- 01Scan skills with GitHub metadata
- 02Compare local and remote commit hashes
- 03Report skill update status
- 04Guide skill updates and refactoring
- 05List or delete local skills
Use cases
- 01Find skills behind their remote versions
- 02Update SKILL.md from a new README
- 03Review installed skills and versions
- 04Remove an unneeded skill directory
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ kkkkhazix/ khazix-skills --skill skill-managerAfter installing, type/skill-managerin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled files
References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.
scripts/delete_skill.pylist_skills.pyscan_and_check.pyupdate_helper.pyDetails
From the project READMESkill Lifecycle Manager
This skill helps you maintain your library of GitHub-wrapped skills by automating the detection of updates and assisting in the refactoring process.
Core Capabilities
- Audit: Scans your local skills folder for skills with
github_urlmetadata. - Check: Queries GitHub (via
git ls-remote) to compare local commit hashes against the latest remote HEAD. - Report: Generates a status report identifying which skills are "Stale" or "Current".
- Update Workflow: Provides a structured process for the Agent to upgrade a skill.
- Inventory Management: Lists all local skills and provides deletion capabilities.
Usage
Trigger: /skill-manager check or "Scan my skills for updates"
Trigger: /skill-manager list or "List my skills"
Trigger: /skill-manager delete <skill_name> or "Delete skill <skill_name>"
Workflow 1: Check for Updates
- Run Scanner: The agent runs
scripts/scan_and_check.pyto analyze all skills. - Review Report: The script outputs a JSON summary. The Agent presents this to the user.
- Example: "Found 3 outdated skills:
yt-dlp(behind 50 commits),ffmpeg-tool(behind 2 commits)..."
- Example: "Found 3 outdated skills:
Workflow 2: Update a Skill
Trigger: "Update [Skill Name]" (after a check)
- Fetch New Context: The agent fetches the new README from the remote repo.
- Diff Analysis:
- The agent compares the new README with the old
SKILL.md. - Identifies new features, deprecated flags, or usage changes.
- The agent compares the new README with the old
- Refactor:
- The agent rewrites
SKILL.mdto reflect the new capabilities. - The agent updates the
github_hashin the frontmatter. - The agent (optionally) attempts to update the
wrapper.pyif CLI args have changed.
- The agent rewrites
- Verify: Runs a quick validation (if available).
Scripts
scripts/scan_and_check.py: The workhorse. Scans directories, parses Frontmatter, fetches remote tags, returns status.scripts/update_helper.py: (Optional) Helper to backup files before update.scripts/list_skills.py: Lists all installed skills with type and version.scripts/delete_skill.py: Permanently removes a skill folder.
Metadata Requirements
This manager relies on the github-to-skills metadata standard:
github_url: Source of truth.github_hash: State of truth.