What problem it solves

AI coding agents often take the shortest path, skipping specifications, tests, security reviews, and other practices needed for reliable software. This project packages structured workflows, verification gates, and engineering practices so agents apply the same discipline consistently throughout development.

Key features

• Lifecycle commands — Nine slash commands map the development lifecycle from definition through shipping and automatically activate the relevant skills.

  Source: README

• Structured skill workflows — Each skill provides triggering conditions, step-by-step processes, checkpoints, red flags, and evidence requirements that agents can follow.

  Source: README

• Autonomous build option — The `/build auto` command generates a plan and implements its tasks in one approved pass while retaining per-task verification and pausing on failures or risky steps.

  Source: README

• Automatic skill selection — Skills can activate based on the current activity, including API and interface design, frontend UI engineering, testing, debugging, and shipping workflows.

  Source: README

• Multiple agent integrations — The workflow core can be installed through the skills CLI or through native integrations, with setup guidance for several supported coding-agent hosts.

  Source: README

Quick start

Copied verbatim from the project's README.

npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills            # install all 25 skills
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --list     # browse before installing

/plugin marketplace add addyosmani/agent-skills
/plugin install agent-skills@addy-agent-skills

codex plugin marketplace add addyosmani/agent-skills
codex plugin add agent-skills@agent-skills

Who it may suit

This project may suit teams using AI coding agents that want repeatable engineering workflows, explicit quality gates, and consistent verification practices. It may also suit individual developers who want structured guidance across planning, implementation, review, and release.

Topics to discuss

• Which development lifecycle skills should agents activate automatically?

• How should quality gates balance automation with developer approval?

• What evidence should every workflow require before work is considered complete?

Written by ReadmeX AI from the project's README, source and public GitHub data; it may contain mistakes.

Read the original README https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills#readme

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