Installing a skill
Press Install, say where your agent lives, and follow the plan — one line for Activated Cloud, a download for everything else.
Every skill page has an Install button. It asks one question — which kind of agent you are installing into — and answers with a plan for exactly that target. Where the store cannot install into a target, it says so rather than pretending.
| Target | How it installs |
|---|---|
| Activated Cloud | Paste one line into chat. Your agent fetches the skill from the store itself. |
| Skill-folder agents | Download the package and unpack it into your agent's skills directory. |
| Coding assistants | Copy SKILL.md into your assistant's rules or instructions folder. |
| Agent SDKs | Use SKILL.md as the agent's instructions and register any scripts as tools. |
| Other | Download the package and follow its SKILL.md by hand. |
Into Activated Cloud
- 1Press Install on the skill's page and choose Activated Cloud.
- 2Copy the line it shows. It reads like
Install the "Notion" skill from https://activated.cloud/.well-known/skills/notion— the address is the skill's home on this site. - 3Open Activated Cloud and paste the line into chat. Your agent fetches the skill folder from activated.cloud, scans it, and switches it on.
- 4It appears on the Skills page with its switch on. Turn it off there any time.
The Skills page's Browse hub searches the same catalogue from inside Activated Cloud, so you can also find and install a skill without leaving the device.
Paid skills in Activated Cloud
A paid skill is bought on its store page first. After payment the page unlocks a download of the package; unpack it and use Learn a skill on the Skills page, pointed at the folder. Direct install by address is for free skills only, so a purchase can't be skipped.
Into a skill-folder agent
Many agents load skills from a folder of SKILL.md packages — the open Agent Skills format. The install plan gives you the package as a .tar.gz and the command to unpack it:
tar -xzf notion-1.0.0.tar.gz -C <your-agent-skills-directory>/Start a new conversation afterwards; the agent uses the skill whenever a task matches its description.
Into coding assistants and agent SDKs
These targets are adapted: the skill's SKILL.md becomes a rules file your coding assistant applies on demand, or the instructions you hand to an agent built with an SDK, with the package's scripts registered as tools. The plan shows the copy command or the code snippet for your case.
Buying a paid skill
One-time purchases are paid through PayPal from the skill's page. When PayPal confirms the payment you land back on the page with Install and the download unlocked; the link is tied to your purchase. Subscription, usage-based and enterprise pricing can be listed by publishers but cannot be bought yet — those pages say so plainly.
For developers: the JSON API
Everything the store's pages do is available as JSON, so a command-line tool or another agent can search and install without a browser.
| Endpoint | What it returns |
|---|---|
GET /api/store/search?q=&filter=&target=&category=&limit= | Search results with pricing and compatibility. |
GET /api/store/skills/<publisher>%2F<skill> | One skill: metadata, compatibility, versions, security findings. |
POST /api/store/install with { listingId, framework } | The install plan for that target — the same one the Install button shows. |
GET /api/store/download/<id> | The package as .tar.gz (paid skills need the purchase token). |
GET /.well-known/skills/index.json | The open Agent Skills index of every free skill; files at /.well-known/skills/<skill>/<file>. |
GET /docs/api/skills-index.json | The index Activated Cloud OS's Browse hub loads. |
curl -s 'https://activated.cloud/api/store/search?q=pdf&limit=3'
curl -s 'https://activated.cloud/.well-known/skills/pdf/SKILL.md'