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OpenHands Skills

Q: Does OpenHands support skills?

Yes. OpenHands reads SKILL.md folders from .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/ in the CLI and local GUI. OpenHands Cloud keeps a skill library you can add to from a registry or a connected repository.

Q: What happened to OpenHands microagents?

Microagents became skills. The old .openhands/microagents/ and .openhands/skills/ folders still load but are deprecated; use .agents/skills/ for new skills.

Q: OpenHands skills vs AGENTS.md: what goes where?

Repo-wide rules belong in AGENTS.md. Task-specific know-how, such as how to build a landing page, belongs in a skill.

Agent Skills for OpenHands, the open-source software agent. Add a SKILL.md folder to .agents/skills/ and OpenHands loads it in the CLI, the local GUI and OpenHands Cloud.

Browse Skills for OpenHands How to install

openhands — ~/projects/launch

$ openhands

> Read https://skillry.dev/skills/bs-quartz-saas-landing/install.md and follow the instructions to install the skill.

✓ Installed to ~/.agents/skills/bs-quartz-saas-landing/

> Open a PR that adds a landing page for this repo

● Loading skill bs-quartz-saas-landing

● Using the skill · PR opened

Where the Skill lives

~/.agents/skills/
bs-quartz-saas-landing/
SKILL.md
assets/
scripts/

Older .openhands/skills/ and .openhands/microagents/ folders still work but are deprecated.

Popular OpenHands skills

Every Skill below installs into OpenHands with the default command.

Browse all Skills for OpenHands

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Orbit Startup Landing

Quick answer

Does OpenHands support Agent Skills?

Yes. OpenHands reads Agent Skills from .agents/skills/ in a repository and ~/.agents/skills/ for every conversation. A Skill loads when a task matches its description, so the agent can follow a tested template while it works in its sandbox.

Global folder: ~/.agents/skills/
Project folder: .agents/skills/
File format: SKILL.md (Agent Skills standard)
Loads automatically: Yes, by description
Install with Skillry: Paste the install prompt into OpenHands
Official docs: docs.openhands.dev

OpenHands skills for repo-level work

OpenHands works through whole tasks. Skills set the standard for the result.

Quartz SaaS Landing

Docs and landing pages

A designed site for your project, opened as a pull request.

Sky Glass DeckFree

Release decks

Changelog to slides for the launch call.

Manus 2.0 Style Launch Video

Checked output

Skills bring their own checks the agent runs in the sandbox.

How to install skills in OpenHands

OpenHands reads ~/.agents/skills/, so the install prompt puts each Skill there with no extra setup.

Copy the install prompt

Recommended

Paste one sentence into OpenHands. It reads the install guide and puts the Skill in the right folder itself.

1Open any Skill on Skillry and click Copy install prompt.
2Paste it into OpenHands and send.
3Approve the sign-in in your browser if asked, then ask for what you need.

Download ZIP

No Node.js needed. Unzip the Skill into the folder yourself.

1Click Download ZIP on any Skill page.
2Unzip it so the folder sits in ~/.agents/skills/.
3Restart OpenHands so it picks up the new Skill.

~/.agents/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md

Skillry CLI

Also works

One command downloads the Skill and puts it where OpenHands looks.

1Open a terminal in any folder.
2Run the command; it installs into ~/.agents/skills/.
3Open OpenHands and ask for what you need.

OpenHands skills vs AGENTS.md

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

AGENTS.mdA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holdsAGENTS.md: Repo-wide rules the agent followsOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loadsAGENTS.md: Every taskOnly when your request matches

Context costAGENTS.md: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

ShareableAGENTS.md: Tied to one repositoryWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

OpenHands skills FAQ

Does OpenHands support skills?

Yes. OpenHands reads SKILL.md folders from .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/ in the CLI and local GUI. OpenHands Cloud keeps a skill library you can add to from a registry or a connected repository.

What happened to OpenHands microagents?

Microagents became skills. The old .openhands/microagents/ and .openhands/skills/ folders still load but are deprecated; use .agents/skills/ for new skills.