Autohand Community Skills

A curated collection of 200+ skills for the Autohand CLI coding agent.

Browse all skills at skilled.autohand.ai.

What are Skills?

Skills are structured knowledge files that teach Autohand how to work with specific technologies, frameworks, and patterns. They provide context, best practices, and code examples that help the AI assistant generate better code from the start.

Instead of repeatedly explaining your stack, conventions, or architecture patterns, you install the relevant skills and Autohand immediately understands how to work within your project.

Getting Started

1. Install Autohand

# Shell (macOS / Linux)
curl -fsSL https://autohand.ai/install | sh

# npm
npm install -g autohand

# bun
bun install -g autohand

2. Discover skills for your project

Autohand has two modes: interactive (slash commands inside a session) and non-interactive (flags passed directly).

Interactive mode

Start a session and use /learn to analyze your project:

autohand
> /learn

/learn uses a two-phase LLM-powered advisor:

1. Analyze + Rank — scans your project structure, audits installed skills for redundancy, and ranks community skills by relevance (0-100)
2. Generate — if no community skill scores above 60, offers to generate a custom skill tailored to your project

For a deeper scan that reads source files:

> /learn deep

To re-analyze and regenerate outdated skills:

> /learn update

Non-interactive mode

Run skill operations directly from the terminal without starting a session:

# Analyze project and install recommended skills
autohand --learn

# Re-analyze and regenerate outdated skills
autohand --learn-update

# Auto-generate 3 skills based on detected stack
autohand --auto-skill

3. Install specific skills

Interactive

autohand
> /skills install

Browse and install community skills interactively.

Non-interactive

# Install a specific skill
autohand --skill-install typescript-refactoring-patterns

# Install at project level (instead of user/global level)
autohand --skill-install react-component-architecture --project

Managing Skills

Inside an Autohand session, use these /skills commands:

Command	Description
/skills	List all available skills
/skills use <name>	Activate a skill for the current session
/skills deactivate <name>	Deactivate an active skill
/skills info <name>	Show detailed skill information
/skills install	Browse and install community skills
/skills new	Create a new skill with a guided wizard
/skills feedback <slug> <1-5>	Rate a community skill

Skill Categories

Category	Count	Description
Workflows	42	Git, CI/CD, testing, API design, deployment
Cloud	40	AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform
Marketing	25	SEO, analytics, content strategy, A/B testing
Agent Skills	21	Browser automation, email, evaluation, configuration
Frameworks	16	React, Next.js, Vue, FastAPI, Django, Rails
Design	15	UI patterns, Tailwind, accessibility, responsive
AI Tools	12	LLM integration, image/video generation, embeddings
Quality	9	Code review, linting, security, performance
DevOps	9	Docker, monitoring, infrastructure, observability
Documentation	12	Technical writing, API docs, changelogs
Languages	4	TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go patterns

Skill Structure

Each skill is a directory with a SKILL.md file:

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md          # Main skill file (required)
├── templates/        # Optional templates
├── examples/         # Optional examples
└── README.md         # Optional additional docs

SKILL.md Format

---
name: skill-name
description: Brief description of the skill
license: MIT
compatibility: requirements (e.g., typescript 5+)
allowed-tools: read_file write_file apply_patch
metadata:
  author: your-name
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Skill Name

## When to Use
Describe when this skill should be activated...

## Patterns
Concrete code examples and best practices...

Skill Discovery Locations

Skills are loaded from these locations (later sources take precedence):

1. ~/.autohand/skills/ — user-level (global)
2. <project>/.autohand/skills/ — project-level

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community. Every skill helps make Autohand smarter for everyone.

Quick Start

1. Fork this repository
2. Create your skill directory:

   mkdir my-skill-name
   

3. Write your SKILL.md file with frontmatter metadata and content
4. Add your skill to registry.json:

   {
     "id": "my-skill-name",
     "name": "My Skill Name",
     "description": "Brief description",
     "category": "workflows",
     "author": "your-github-username",
     "source": "community"
   }
   

5. Submit a pull request

Writing Effective Skills

• Start with a clear description of what the skill covers and when to use it
• Include concrete code examples, not just abstract guidance
• Organize content with clear headings and sections
• Keep individual skills focused — one technology or pattern per skill
• Use fenced code blocks with language identifiers for syntax highlighting
• Test your skill by installing it locally: copy to ~/.autohand/skills/ and verify it works in a session

Review Process

Pull requests are reviewed for:

• Quality — clear writing, concrete examples, actionable guidance
• Accuracy — correct patterns, up-to-date APIs, working code
• Format — valid frontmatter, proper SKILL.md structure
• Scope — focused on a single technology or pattern

You can also use the Submit page on skilled.autohand.ai for a guided walkthrough.

Links

• skilled.autohand.ai — Browse and search all skills
• autohand.ai — Main Autohand website
• CLI Documentation — Full CLI reference
• Discord — Community chat

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Skills contributed by the community are licensed under their respective licenses as specified in each skill's frontmatter.