Leaderboard/Skill Management/the-library
Last commit on March 15, 2026·Created on March 10, 2026

disler/the-library

Manages a private catalog of agentics you pull on demand.
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TL;DR

This meta-skill manages a private catalog of skills, agents, and prompts that you can add to your workflow on demand. It tracks references in a YAML file and fetches only what you need, when you need it. Designed for users who maintain their own agent ecosystems without relying on public registries.

WHO IT'S FOR
AI Agent Power Users
manage private skill catalogs across devices
DevOps / Platform Engineers
distribute internal agent tools via git-backed catalogs
Multi-Device AI Users
sync custom skills and agents between machines
Team Leads / AI Workflow Managers
curate and share approved agent configurations
Repository contents

1 skill file

Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.

Use this skill

Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.

Private fork and global clone with GitHub CLI

Installs: Global installation of the complete The Library repository as the library meta-skill. · Claude Code

Before you start
  • Claude Code, or a compatible agent harness that reads .claude/skills/
  • git
  • GitHub CLI (gh)
  • GitHub authentication through gh auth login, or a GitHub SSH key or GITHUB_TOKEN for private repository access
  • The ~/.claude/skills/ directory must exist or be creatable
  1. In a terminal, create a private fork without cloning it.

    gh repo fork disler/the-library --private --clone=false
  2. In a terminal, create the documented global library skill directory.

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/library
  3. In a terminal, clone your fork into the global library skill directory. Replace <yourname> with the GitHub account name that owns your fork; keep the destination unchanged.

    gh repo clone <yourname>/the-library ~/.claude/skills/library
  4. Manually open ~/.claude/skills/library/SKILL.md. Set LIBRARY_REPO_URL to your fork URL, and confirm LIBRARY_YAML_PATH and LIBRARY_SKILL_DIR use the documented global paths.

  5. Verify that SKILL.md and library.yaml exist in the library directory and that /library is available in Claude Code.

SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026README.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026cookbook/install.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026

Give it something to do.

Suggested first task

Review the available private catalog entries

Uses library

  • A completed Library installation
  • A configured library.yaml catalog; it may be empty for a new installation
Use the library skill to list the full private catalog and show the installation status of its entries.
SKILL.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026cookbook/install.md · Checked Sep 18, 2026