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# FastSkill

> Package manager and operational toolkit for Agent AI Skills. Discovery, installation, versioning, validation, evals, and deployment at scale.

<Note>
  New here? Read the [Welcome](/welcome) page for the full story, then [Quick start](/quickstart) and [Installation](/installation).
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## What is FastSkill?

**Package manager and operational toolkit for Agent AI Skills.** FastSkill follows the `SKILL.md` skill layout and adds manifests, lockfiles, validation, search, evals, and optional operator publishing. Modern agents read installed skills directly from the skills directory, so there is no metadata-file sync step.

The project is designed around a **CLI-first workflow**; local **`fastskill serve`** exposes an HTTP API and web UI for browsing and integration.

## Highlights

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  <Card title="Package & lifecycle" icon="package">
    `add`, `install`, `update`, `remove`, `list`, `read` with `skill-project.toml` and `skills.lock`.
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  <Card title="Validation" icon="check-circle">
    Structure checks on install and reconciliation across manifest, lock, and disk. See [Skill validation](/skill-management/validation).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Evals" icon="flask">
    `fastskill eval validate | run | report | score` for defined quality suites. See [eval command](/cli-reference/eval-command).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Discovery & search" icon="search">
    Catalog search by default; `--local` for installed skills, embeddings, and keyword fallback.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Diagnostics" icon="stethoscope">
    `fastskill doctor` reports configuration and environment readiness, including whether semantic search is available. See [tooling commands](/cli-reference/tooling-commands).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Publish & catalogs" icon="upload">
    `package` and optional `publish` when you distribute; `repos` for remote sources. See [Registry overview](/registry/overview).
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## Quick start

```bash theme={null}
fastskill -V
fastskill init
fastskill add ./my-skill -e --group dev
fastskill install
fastskill list
```

Full walkthrough: [Quick start](/quickstart).

## How it fits together

* **You**: edit `SKILL.md` and manifests; agents read skill content.
* **CLI**: single entry point for installs, checks, search, evals, and packaging.
* **Optional `serve`**: HTTP API and UI on your machine for browsing and integrations.

## Use cases

* **Authors**: init, validate, eval, and package when ready; publish requires an operator build with `registry-publish`.
* **Developers**: install, list, read, search for what agents load.
* **Teams**: shared manifest + lock; groups for optional stacks.
* **Automation**: `install --lock`, package, and optional publish in CI (patterns in [CI/CD](/integration/cicd-pipelines)).

## Next steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install">
    [Installation](/installation) for the `fastskill` binary.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Learn the model">
    [Welcome](/welcome) and [Manifest system](/skill-management/manifest-system).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Operate skills">
    [Skill validation](/skill-management/validation), [Evals and quality](/evals-quality/overview), [CLI reference](/cli-reference/overview).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Integrate">
    [Cursor integration](/integration/cursor-integration) or [CI/CD](/integration/cicd-pipelines).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Getting help

* [Documentation home](/welcome)
* [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/gofastskill/fastskill/issues)

Continue with [Quick start](/quickstart) or the [CLI reference](/cli-reference/overview).