How to Sync AI Skills Across Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Codex in 2 Minutes

Source: Dev.to

Problem

You use multiple AI CLIs—Claude Code, OpenClaw, and Codex—each storing skills in its own directory:

~/.claude/skills/      # Claude Code
~/.codex/skills/       # Codex CLI
~/.opencode/skills/    # OpenCode

When you add, edit, or delete a skill in one tool, the others remain out‑of‑sync because there is no single source of truth.

Solution: skillshare

skillshare centralises all skills in one directory and creates symlinks for each AI CLI, so any change is instantly reflected everywhere.

~/.config/skillshare/skills/   ← single source
  ├── code-review/
  ├── react-guidelines/
  └── _team-repo/
        ├── frontend/
        └── testing/

Symlinks point from each CLI’s skill folder to the source, e.g.:

~/.claude/skills/code-review → ~/.config/skillshare/skills/code-review
~/.codex/skills/code-review  → ~/.config/skillshare/skills/code-review

Installation

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runkids/skillshare/main/install.sh | sh

Homebrew

brew install runkids/tap/skillshare

Windows PowerShell

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runkids/skillshare/main/install.ps1 | iex

Initialise the workspace

skillshare init

What it does:

1. Creates ~/.config/skillshare/skills/ (the source directory).
2. Detects installed AI CLIs.
3. Generates config.yaml with your targets.

Typical output:

✓ Created source directory
✓ Detected targets:
    claude → ~/.claude
    codex  → ~/.codex/skills
✓ Config saved to ~/.config/skillshare/config.yaml

Collect existing skills

If you already have scattered skills, import them into the source:

skillshare collect --all

Duplicates are flagged so you can decide which version to keep.

Sync to all targets

skillshare sync

Example output:

Synced 3 targets:
  claude → 15 linked, 0 skipped, 0 removed
  codex  → 15 linked, 0 skipped, 0 removed

From now on, skillshare sync is the only command needed after you modify a skill.

Installing third‑party skills

skillshare install anthropics/skills/skills/pdf
skillshare sync

The skill is downloaded into the source directory and then symlinked to every target.

Tracking a Git repository

skillshare install github.com/your-org/team-skills --track
skillshare sync

The --track flag preserves the .git metadata, allowing later updates:

skillshare update _team-skills   # runs `git pull` in the source repo
skillshare sync

Creating a new skill

skillshare new my-custom-skill

A SKILL.md template is created in the source directory. Edit it, then run skillshare sync to propagate.

Auditing skills for security

skillshare audit

The audit scans each skill for:

• Prompt injection
• Data exfiltration
• Destructive commands
• Other threats

Critical findings block installation by default. Skills are also scanned automatically during skillshare install.

Pulling changes made outside the source

If you edit a skill via a CLI’s UI (e.g., Codex UI), bring the change back:

skillshare collect codex
skillshare sync

Status & diff

• Status – shows which targets are in sync, which have drifted, and which skills are unlinked.

  skillshare status

• Diff – previews the exact changes that a sync will perform.

  skillshare diff

Git‑based cross‑machine workflow

If the source directory is a Git repository:

# Machine A
skillshare push

# Machine B
skillshare pull
skillshare sync

You can also version‑control ~/.config/skillshare/ as part of your dotfiles.

Project‑specific skill sets

cd your-project
skillshare init -p          # creates .skillshare/ inside the repo
skillshare install org/skills/skills/react -p
skillshare sync

Commit the .skillshare/ folder to Git. Teammates clone the repo and run skillshare sync to get identical skills across all AI tools.

Web UI

skillshare ui

Opens a dashboard at for visual skill management—browsing, installing, syncing, and searching without the terminal.

Configuration (~/.config/skillshare/config.yaml)

source: /Users/you/.config/skillshare/skills
sync_mode: merge    # "merge" (per‑skill symlinks) or "symlink" (whole directory)
targets:
  claude:
    path: /Users/you/.claude
  codex:
    path: /Users/you/.codex/skills

Add a new AI CLI: add a new entry under targets and run skillshare sync.
Remove a CLI: delete its entry and sync again.

Command reference

Migration & comparison

• Full migration guide:
• Architectural comparison:

About skillshare

• Open‑source (MIT) written in Go
• Supports 40+ AI CLI targets
• Repository:
• Website:

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