What is skills-manager?
skills-manager is a Claude Code mod by cbruyndoncx that manage AI agent skills (SKILL.md), playbooks and value chains: list, toggle, categorise, install from GitHub/monorepo/ZIP/local/marketplace, update, freeze, scan, export, index; run and. It is listed under Git & CI and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | cbruyndoncx |
| Repository | cbruyndoncx/claude-skills-manager-mod |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | Git & CI |
| Security | Review before installing (60/100) |
| Rank | #2,840 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #210 in Git & CI |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-02 |
| Hooks | 4 events |
| Sees | mcp__skills-manager__skills calls |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is skills-manager safe to install?
skills-manager scores 60/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends data over the network; starts processes outside the sandbox; writes files or config. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Sends data over the network | Review |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes files or config | Review |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Only sees the events it hooks | Pass |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Passes claude plugin validate | Pass |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.command.register | |
$.fs.exists | reads files |
$.fs.list | reads files |
$.fs.read | reads files |
$.fs.write | writes files |
$.http.fetch | network requests |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.prompt.fill | writes the prompt box |
$.prompt.submit | drives Claude |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.tool.register | drives Claude |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install skills-manager?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/cbruyndoncx/claude-skills-manager-mod claude plugin validate ./claude-skills-manager-mod/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/cbruyndoncx/claude-skills-manager-mod && claude --plugin-dir ./claude-skills-manager-mod/.
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs skills-manager for you:
Install the "skills-manager" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/cbruyndoncx/claude-skills-manager-mod. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.