Official AI agent skills from the Kernel for installing useful skills for our CLI and SDKs that you can load into popular coding agents.
# Add the Kernel skills marketplace
/plugin marketplace add kernel/skills
# Install the CLI skill (includes kernel-auth)
/plugin install kernel-cli
# Install the SDK skills (TypeScript & Python)
/plugin install kernel-sdks
# Install the video generation skill
/plugin install generate-video# Add the Kernel plugin marketplace
codex plugin marketplace add kernel/skills
# Install one or more plugins
codex plugin add kernel-cli@kernel
codex plugin add kernel-sdks@kernel
codex plugin add generate-video@kernelYou can also install them from the Plugins Directory in the ChatGPT desktop app. Restart the app after adding the marketplace, open Plugins in Codex, and find the Kernel plugins under Public.
Install from the Cursor Marketplace:
- Open Cursor Settings > Plugins
- Search for "Kernel"
- Install the plugin
The Cursor plugin includes all skills, an MCP server for cloud browser management, and best-practice rules.
npx skills add kernel/skillsgit clone https://github.com/kernel/skills.git
cp -r skills/plugins/kernel-cli ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r skills/plugins/kernel-sdks ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r skills/plugins/generate-video ~/.claude/skills/Before using these skills, ensure you have:
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Kernel CLI installed:
brew install kernel/tap/kernel
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Authenticated with Kernel:
export KERNEL_API_KEY=<api-key> or kernel login
Once installed, your coding agent will automatically know how to use Kernel.
Command-line interface skills for using Kernel CLI commands.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| kernel-cli | Complete guide to Kernel CLI - cloud browser platform with automation, deployment, and management |
| kernel-agent-browser | Best practices for agent-browser -p kernel automation, bot detection handling, iframes, login persistence |
| kernel-auth | Setup and manage Kernel authentication connections for any website with safety checks and reauthentication support |
| profile-website-bot-detection | Profile a website for bot detection vendors using stealth vs non-stealth Kernel browsers; compare effectiveness and identify vendor products |
| debug-browser-session | Systematically debug a Kernel browser session — VM issues, network errors, Chrome crashes, page-load failures, and live-view problems — using the Kernel CLI |
SDK skills for building browser automation with TypeScript and Python.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| typescript-sdk | Build automation with Kernel's Typescript SDK |
| python-sdk | Build automation with kernel's Python SDK |
Render smooth, deterministic MP4s from web scenes. No Kernel account required — just Chromium, Node, and ffmpeg.
| Skill | Description |
|---|---|
| generate-video | Generate judder-free MP4 videos from web pages and animated visualizations: drive headless Chromium over CDP with an injected virtual clock, capture exact per-frame PNGs, encode with ffmpeg |
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