RFC: Skills Distribution Standard #27

Problem

The Agent Skills spec defines how to write skills but not how to distribute or install them.

Current user experience:

• Find a skill on GitHub
• Manually download/clone the folder
• Figure out where your agent expects skills to live
• Copy to the correct path
• Repeat for each skill

This friction limits adoption.

Proposal

1. Document Installation Paths

This relates to #15. Each agent currently uses its own path:

Even if agents don't converge on a single path (per #15), documenting the current paths would help users and tool builders.

2. Distribution Tooling (ecosystem)

Several projects are exploring distribution:

• PRPM - Registry with format conversion (PRPM: Open Source Cross-format distribution and conversion for Agent Skills #9)
• ai-agent-skills - CLI supporting 7 agents
• Manual git clone (current default)

Rather than the spec prescribing one approach, perhaps the docs could link to community distribution options.

Concrete Ask

At minimum, could we add a "Distribution" or "Installing Skills" section to the docs that:

1. Lists installation paths per agent
2. Links to community tools for easier installation

This is low-effort and immediately useful for anyone trying to actually use skills.

Open Questions

1. Should paths be documented in the spec or a separate page?
2. Is there interest in a standard path (per Proposal: include a standard folder where agent skills should be #15)?
3. Should the docs link to community distribution tools?