Install Skills in Agents

Register a local target before scanning external Skills or publishing an approved managed Skill from the Server UI.

1. Set the target configuration

export POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_EXTERNAL_SKILLS='{
  "host_id": "workstation-1",
  "targets": [
    {
      "target_id": "codex-project",
      "agent_kind": "codex",
      "installation_scope": "project",
      "path": "/srv/project/.agents/skills",
      "allow_managed_publish": true
    }
  ]
}'

Use one unique target_id per directory. agent_kind is codex or claude_code; installation_scope is user, project, or plugin. For Claude Code, use its Skill directory, for example /srv/project/.claude/skills.

2. Restart and inspect

Restart the Server, then use the Skills Library or the external Skill commands to scan the configured scope. The Server only scans immediate package directories under listed targets. It does not infer a home directory or install a package.

allow_managed_publish is false by default. Set it to true only for a target where the authenticated Server may publish an approved managed Skill. Publication cannot select an arbitrary path or overwrite a foreign or modified package.

For the configuration schema and compatibility form, see Configuration.