Installation

Five installation methods exist — pick by use case rather than trying all. Use the decision diagram below to find the one that fits:

Option 1: Claude Code Plugin (recommended for AI agents)

claude plugin marketplace add scagogogo/npm-skills
claude plugin install npm@npm-skills

Option 2: Pre-built Binary (recommended for CLI)

Download the archive for your platform from GitHub Releases:

# Linux x86_64
curl -sL https://github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills/releases/latest/download/npm-skills_0.2.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv npm-skills npm-mcp-server /usr/local/bin/

# macOS Apple Silicon
curl -sL https://github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills/releases/latest/download/npm-skills_0.2.0_aarch64.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv npm-skills npm-mcp-server /usr/local/bin/

# Windows (PowerShell)
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills/releases/latest/download/npm-skills_0.2.0_windows_x86_64.zip" -OutFile "npm-skills.zip"
Expand-Archive npm-skills.zip

Supported Platforms (34 combinations)

OS	Architectures
Linux	amd64, arm64, 386, arm, loong64, mips, mips64, mips64le, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv64, s390x
macOS	amd64, arm64
Windows	amd64, 386
FreeBSD	amd64, arm64, 386, arm, mips, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le
OpenBSD	amd64, arm64, 386, arm, mips, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le
NetBSD	amd64, arm64, 386, arm, mips, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le
Illumos	amd64
Solaris	amd64

Option 3: Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills.git
cd npm-skills
bash scripts/install.sh   # builds to ~/.local/bin/

Option 4: go install

go install github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills/cmd/npm-skills@latest
go install github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills/cmd/mcp-server@latest

Option 5: Go Module

go get github.com/scagogogo/npm-skills

Verify

npm-skills --version
npm-skills mirrors

Next Steps

• Read Getting Started for the four entry points
• Check the CLI Reference for all 26 commands
• Browse API docs for the underlying SDK methods