β¨ skilless.ai
Empower Your Agent with Real Data
Quick Install Β· δΈζ Β· Core Tools Β· AI Skills Β· Website
Why Skilless?
Your AI is great at writing and thinking β but ask it to go look something up, and it hits a wall:
- π "Find recent reviews of this product" β no good free search, everything useful costs money
- π "Read what's on this webpage" β returns raw HTML soup, completely unreadable
- πΊ "What does this YouTube video cover?" β can't extract subtitles, too much manual work
- π‘ "Follow these news feeds and summarize updates" β have to write the code yourself
Skilless turns this into one command:
curl -LsSf https://skilless.ai/install | bash
Auto-detects your environment, creates an isolated virtual environment, installs all dependencies. Zero system pollution, no sudo required, uninstalls cleanly.
What You Can Do After Installing
π‘ Recommended: Use OpenCode β open source, free, works great with Skilless out of the box. Also compatible with OpenClaw, Kilo Code, Cursor, and Claude Code.
Just tell your AI what you need β it reads the skill files and figures out the rest:
- "Find reviews of this product online" β searches the web
- "Read what's on this page and summarize it" β extracts clean content from any URL
- "What does this YouTube video talk about?" β pulls the transcript
- "What's new in this RSS feed?" β parses and summarizes the feed
You don't need to remember any commands. That's the point.
Real-World Use Cases
πΉ Video Download
- YouTube β Download videos for offline viewing, extract subtitles, or get transcripts
- Bilibili β Save Chinese videos locally, extract CC and danmaku
- TikTok, Twitter/X, Twitch, Vimeo β Download clips, VODs, and videos without watermarks
- 1700+ more sites β Dailymotion, Rumble, Odysee, SoundCloud, Reddit video, and more
π Video Subtitles & Transcripts
- Extract auto-generated or manual subtitles from any video
- Organize fast-paced content into readable notes
- Translate video subtitles to your language
- Generate summaries from video transcripts
π΅ Media Processing
- Extract audio from video as MP3
- Compress large video files to save space
- Convert between formats (mkvβmp4, wavβmp3, etc.)
π Web Search
- "Help me compare noise-canceling headphones under $300" β searches reviews across the web
- "What's the latest news on AI video generation?" β finds and summarizes recent articles
- "Research the best practices for RAG systems" β semantic search for technical content
π Web Content
- "Read this article and summarize the key points" β extracts clean content
- "Extract the main points from this documentation" β parses technical docs
- "What does this page say about X?" β finds specific information
π Deep Research
- Multi-source comparison β "Compare the top 5 project management tools and recommend one for a small team"
- Travel planning β "Create a 7-day Tokyo guide with food and attraction recommendations"
- Industry analysis β "Research all video generation AI models and create a comprehensive report"
- Fact-checked reports β cross-validated information from multiple sources
βοΈ Content Writing
- Draft professional emails on any topic
- Write articles backed by real research
- Create documentation with proper citations
Real Example: A user recently asked: "Research all the video generation models on the market and create a comprehensive report." Skilless automatically searched, read sources, cross-checked facts, and produced a structured multi-section report β all in one conversation.
Three AI Skills
Skills are installed as SKILL.md files under ~/.agents/skills/. Your Agent reads them automatically and knows when to use which capability:
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Brainstorming | Turn vague ideas into actionable plans through dialogue β proposes 2-3 options with trade-offs |
| Research | Multi-source cross-validated deep research β transforms AI from text generator to active researcher |
| Writing | Produce articles, docs, and reports backed by real research data |
Skill Ecosystem
The three skills work together as a connected system β each can invoke the others when needed:
graph LR
B["π§ Brainstorming"] -->|need data| R["π Research"]
B -->|document plan| W["βοΈ Writing"]
R -->|write report| W
R -->|clarify scope| B
W -->|gather data| R
W -->|clarify brief| B
Quick Install
Mac / Linux
curl -LsSf https://skilless.ai/install | bash
Windows (PowerShell)
Invoke-RestMethod https://skilless.ai/install.ps1 | Invoke-Expression
What does this command actually install?
- Installs uv β ultra-fast Python package manager, placed in
~/.local/bin - Network detection β auto-detects your environment and switches to local mirrors (Tsinghua TUNA in China) if needed
- Isolated deployment β creates a fully isolated virtual environment in
~/.agents/skills/skilless/with all dependencies:yt-dlpfastmcpjina readerfeedparser - Exposes CLI β generates the
skilless.aiexecutable, ready to use immediately
Zero system pollution Β· No sudo required Β· Easy to uninstall
Technology Stack
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Jina Reader | Web page extraction |
| Exa | AI semantic search, free, no key needed |
| yt-dlp | Video & subtitle extraction, 1700+ sites |
| feedparser | RSS/Atom parsing |
| uv | Ultra-fast Python package manager, isolated deployment |
FAQ
Do I need API keys?
No. All tools use free tiers: Exa search is accessed for free via MCP, Jina Reader requires no key, yt-dlp runs entirely locally.
Does this modify my system environment?
No. Everything is installed in an isolated virtual environment under ~/.agents/skills/skilless/. No sudo, no changes to global Python or Node.js.
Which AI tools are supported?
Any tool that reads SKILL.md files from ~/.agents/skills/ will work. We recommend OpenCode β it's open source and free. Also works with OpenClaw, Kilo Code, Cursor, and Claude Code.
How do I uninstall?
rm -rf ~/.agents/skills/skilless
rm -rf ~/.agents/skills/skilless-*