AI Agent Skills

The skills command manages AI agent skills that enhance your development workflow with specialized knowledge and patterns.

Overview

StartupKit provides curated skills from the community, organized into categories:

Category	Description
product	Ideation, planning, CRO, A/B testing
engineering	React/Next.js patterns, debugging, TDD
design	UI/UX, design systems, audits
marketing	SEO, content, social media, launches
growth	Analytics, optimization, experiments

npx startupkit skills [action] [options]

Action	Description
`list`	List available skills (default)
`add` / `install`	Install skills
`remove` / `rm`	Remove a skill
`init`	Initialize skill configuration

npx startupkit skills

Shows all available skills organized by category.

npx startupkit skills list --installed

npx startupkit skills add

Prompts you to select which categories to install.

npx startupkit skills add --all

Installs all skills from all categories.

npx startupkit skills add --category engineering

Available categories: product, engineering, design, marketing, growth

npx startupkit skills add brainstorming

Option	Description
`-c, --category <name>`	Install specific category
`-a, --all`	Install all skills
`-i, --installed`	List installed skills
`--agent <agents...>`	Target agents (default: opencode, claude-code)
`-g, --global`	Install/remove skills globally
`--dry-run`	Preview without making changes
`-y, --yes`	Skip prompts (for init)
`--skip-skills`	Skip installing skills (for init)

npx startupkit skills init

Creates:

Then installs all available skills.

npx startupkit skills init --yes

npx startupkit skills init --yes --skip-skills

npx startupkit skills remove <skill-name>

Install skills globally to use across all projects:

npx startupkit skills add --all --global

By default, skills are installed for opencode and claude-code. Specify different agents:

npx startupkit skills add --agent cursor --agent windsurf --all

Skill	Description
`brainstorming`	Brainstorming and ideation techniques
`writing-plans`	Writing comprehensive plans
`executing-plans`	Executing plans systematically
`verification-before-completion`	Verify work before marking complete
`page-cro`	Landing page optimization
`onboarding-cro`	Onboarding conversion optimization
`form-cro`	Form conversion optimization
`signup-flow-cro`	Signup flow optimization
`paywall-upgrade-cro`	Paywall and upgrade flows
`ab-test-setup`	A/B testing methodology
`referral-program`	Referral program design
`free-tool-strategy`	Free tool as lead magnet
`competitor-alternatives`	Competitor alternative pages

Skill	Description
`vercel-react-best-practices`	React/Next.js performance patterns
`vercel-composition-patterns`	React composition patterns that scale
`web-design-guidelines`	Web interface guidelines compliance
`v0-automation`	V0 automation for rapid UI development
`premium-frontend-design`	Premium frontend design patterns
`better-auth-best-practices`	Better Auth implementation patterns
`building-native-ui`	Building native UI with Expo
`systematic-debugging`	Systematic debugging methodology
`test-driven-development`	TDD best practices
`requesting-code-review`	Request effective code reviews
`receiving-code-review`	Handle code review feedback
`subagent-driven-development`	Use subagents effectively
`dispatching-parallel-agents`	Parallel agent orchestration
`finishing-a-development-branch`	Clean branch completion workflow
`using-git-worktrees`	Git worktree best practices
`writing-skills`	Write effective agent skills

Skill	Description
`frontend-design`	Frontend design best practices
`design-md`	Design documentation in markdown
`ui-ux-pro-max`	Pro-level UI/UX design patterns
`explainer-video-guide`	Explainer video creation guide
`audit-website`	Website audit methodology

Skill	Description
`copywriting`	Persuasive copywriting
`marketing-psychology`	Psychology in marketing
`seo-audit`	SEO audit and optimization
`programmatic-seo`	Programmatic SEO strategies
`content-strategy`	Content strategy planning
`product-marketing-context`	Product marketing fundamentals
`marketing-ideas`	Creative marketing ideas
`social-content`	Social media content creation
`copy-editing`	Copy editing best practices
`pricing-strategy`	Pricing strategy development
`launch-strategy`	Product launch planning
`analytics-tracking`	Analytics and tracking setup
`email-sequence`	Email sequence creation
`paid-ads`	Paid advertising strategies
`seo`	SEO optimization
`seo-geo`	SEO for Generative Engine Optimization
`backlink-analyzer`	Backlink analysis
`keyword-research`	Keyword research
`reddit`	Reddit marketing
`twitter`	Twitter/X marketing
`producthunt`	Product Hunt launch
`domain-hunter`	Domain finding
`requesthunt`	Request hunting

Skill	Description
`schema-markup`	Schema markup implementation
`popup-cro`	Popup conversion optimization

Preview what would be installed without making changes:

npx startupkit skills add --all --dry-run

After initialization, customize the generated files: