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Overview

Skills are pluggable knowledge modules that extend what your AI agents can do. They’re sourced from the skills.sh marketplace — a community-driven ecosystem of agent capabilities. When you install a skill, its instructions are automatically injected into every enabled agent’s config file.

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How Skills Work

  1. Install — drevon skill add downloads the skill to .drevon/skills/
  2. Register — The skill is recorded in skills-lock.json
  3. Compile — On drevon sync, skills appear as a table in each agent’s instructions
  4. Use — Agents read skill descriptions and follow their SKILL.md instructions

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Installing Skills

# From skills.sh — owner/repo format
drevon skill add browser-use/browser-use

# With skill name (for multi-skill repos)
drevon skill add owner/repo/skill-name

# Copy-paste from skills.sh website (auto-sanitized)
drevon skill add "npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill browser-use"
You can copy-paste the install command directly from skills.sh — Drevon automatically strips the npx skills add prefix and --skill flags.

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Managing Skills

# List installed skills
drevon skill list

# Remove a skill
drevon skill remove browser-use

# Re-sync skills into agent configs
drevon skill sync

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The Lock File

skills-lock.json tracks all installed skills: 
{
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "find-skills",
      "description": "Helps users discover and install agent skills",
      "source": "bundled",
      "path": ".drevon/skills/find-skills",
      "hash": "abc123",
      "installedAt": "2026-02-28T10:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "browser-use",
      "description": "Control web browsers for research and testing",
      "source": "browser-use/browser-use",
      "path": ".drevon/skills/browser-use",
      "hash": "def456",
      "installedAt": "2026-02-28T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
Commit skills-lock.json to Git. This ensures teammates get the same skills when they run drevon sync.

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Bundled Skills

Every Drevon workspace comes with one pre-installed skill:

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find-skills

A comprehensive guide that helps agents discover, evaluate, and install new skills from the skills.sh ecosystem. It teaches agents how to:
  • Search for skills by category
  • Evaluate skill quality and compatibility
  • Install skills via the Drevon CLI
  • Recommend skills based on the current task

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Skill Packs

Drevon includes curated skill collections for common use cases:
PackSkills IncludedUse Case
essentialsbrowser-use, pdf, skill-creatorCore capabilities
web-devtailwind-design-system, ui-ux-pro-max, web-design-guidelines, seo-auditFrontend development
contentcopywriting, pptx, remotion-best-practicesContent creation
ai-toolsagent-tools (150+ models via inference.sh)AI/ML workflows
Skill packs are defined in the codebase and will be installable via CLI in a future release.

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Skill Anatomy

Each skill is a directory containing a SKILL.md file: 
.drevon/skills/
└── my-skill/
    └── SKILL.md
The SKILL.md file contains:
  • Description — What the skill does
  • When to use — Trigger conditions for the agent
  • Instructions — Detailed guidance for the agent
  • Examples — Usage patterns

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How Skills Appear in Agent Configs

Installed skills are rendered as a structured section in each agent’s instruction file: 
## Installed Skills

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| find-skills | Helps users discover and install agent skills |
| browser-use | Control web browsers for research and testing |

> **IMPORTANT:** To install new skills, always use `drevon skill add <source>`
> Drevon tracks skills in `.drevon/skills/` and keeps all agent configs in sync.
Agents also receive a reference to each skill’s SKILL.md file path, which they can read for detailed instructions when the skill is relevant to the current task. Browse popular skills at skills.sh:
SkillSourceDescription
browser-usebrowser-use/browser-useBrowser automation for research
pdfnicobailon/pdfPDF reading and manipulation
copywritingcoreyhaines31/marketingskillsConversion copywriting
remotionflorentinmayer/remotionVideo creation in React