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The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents. Extend Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and more with absolute confidence.

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## Articles

### [Threat Model and Security Implementation Details of the Agent Skills System](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/threat-model-security-implementation-details)

Explore the threat model and security implementation details of the agent skills system. Learn how defense-in-depth, filesystem isolation, and crypto integrity protect against attacks.

- Tags: security
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How to Run Tests for CLI Development Using Jest in the Agent‑Skills Repository](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-to-run-cli-development-tests-jest)

Learn to run Jest tests for CLI development in the agent-skills repository. Use npm test from the root to execute the full test suite with ts-jest for TypeScript ES modules.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How to Handle Skill Version Conflicts and Manage Updates in Agent-Skills](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-to-handle-skill-version-conflicts-updates)

Learn to handle skill version conflicts and manage updates in agent-skills. Discover automatic updates, manual overrides, and maintain seamless skill management for your projects.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How to Add Support for Custom or Unsupported AI Agents in the Agent-Skills System](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-to-add-support-for-custom-ai-agents)

Easily add custom or unsupported AI agents to the Agent-Skills system. Learn how to extend AGENT_TYPES and define new agent entries within the core services for custom integrations.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How Skills Are Validated for Security Vulnerabilities Before Publication in Agent-Skills](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-skills-validated-security-vulnerabilities)

Learn how Agent-Skills validates security vulnerabilities before publication using SHA-256 hashing, Snyk scans, and CI checks to protect the public registry from a vulnerable code.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [Skill Cache Mechanism in Agent-Skills: How It Works and How to Manage It Manually](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-skill-cache-works-manual-management)

Discover how the agent-skills cache mechanism works and manage it manually using CLI commands or the API. Learn about content hash validation for efficient skill caching.

- Tags: internals
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How to Create a New Custom Skill Using the Nx Generator in Agent-Skills](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-to-create-custom-skill-nx-generator)

Learn to create a new custom skill using the Nx generator in Agent-Skills. This tool scaffolds a complete skill package, simplifying development.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [Copy vs Symlink Skill Installation Methods in Agent-Skills: A Complete Guide](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/copy-vs-symlink-skill-installation-methods)

Understand copy vs symlink skill installation in agent-skills. Learn when to use each and discover automatic fallback for seamless integration.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How to Debug Skill Installation Failures and Common CLI Issues in Agent Skills](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-to-debug-skill-installation-failures)

Troubleshoot Agent Skills CLI installation failures. Learn to debug errors by enabling verbose logging, checking the lockfile, and verifying cache write permissions.

- Tags: how-to-guide
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How the MCP Server Exposes Skills to AI Agents via Progressive Disclosure](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-mcp-server-exposes-skills-progressive-disclosure)

Learn how the MCP server uses progressive disclosure to expose skills to AI agents. Discover the three step workflow: search_skills, read_skill, and fetch_skill_files for efficient data delivery.

- Tags: architecture
- Published: 2026-05-18

### [How the Agent-Skills Lockfile System Ensures Skill Integrity and Prevents Tampering](/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/how-does-lockfile-ensure-skill-integrity)

Discover how the Agent-Skills lockfile system secures skill integrity. Learn about atomic operations, crypto hashes, Zod validation, and versioned migrations to prevent tampering.

- Tags: internals
- Published: 2026-05-18