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Quick start

onplate is installed and running (if not, see Getting started). Let’s install the first skill. Pick the path that fits you.

Path A — you already use AI tools

Chances are some skills are already installed directly — onplate will find them.

  1. Open Sync in the sidebar.
  2. Press Scan system. onplate checks the Claude, Codex, Cursor, GLM and OpenCode folders.
  3. The skills it finds appear in the list. Press Take under management on the one you want — the skill moves into the onplate storage, and from there the app watches its versions and safety.
  4. The Import all button takes everything that was found under management at once.

Details are on the Sync page.

Path B — find a ready-made skill on a platform

  1. Open the Marketplace section.
  2. Type a query into the search box — for example the topic you need AI help with — and press “Search”.
  3. Click a skill in the list on the left. The preview opens on the right: the full contents and a security score — onplate checks every skill before you add it. If the scanner found dangerous spots, those lines are highlighted in red with explanations underneath.
  4. Press Add to storage. The skill is saved in onplate — but not installed anywhere yet.

Details are on the Marketplace page.

  1. Open Skill storage and press Add — the “Add to storage” window opens.
  2. Pick whichever entrance suits you:
    • Choose folder… or Choose file… — a folder, a file or an archive on disk;
    • Paste text or a link — clipboard text, or a link to a raw SKILL.md / GitHub;
    • From a repository — a whole Git source.
  3. onplate reads what you picked and shows what it found — only then does the Add button appear. A folder with a manifest becomes a package, a standalone SKILL.md becomes a skill.
  4. Everything you add goes through a security check; if dangerous constructs are found, onplate asks you for a written justification — that way nothing dangerous slips in by accident.

Now install the skill into an AI

A skill in storage is a blank. For an AI to start using it, it has to be installed:

  1. In Skill storage click the skill — its panel opens on the right.
  2. At the bottom of the panel pick the scope and the AI tool — Claude, Codex, Cursor, GLM or OpenCode:
    • Global — the skill works in all your projects;
    • Project — only in one project folder.
  3. Press Install. A skill is installed only into the AI tools it declares; a dangerous one needs a separate confirmation.
  4. Open Orbi and check the “Last confirmed action” block. It shows the chosen AI, the scope, the version and the actual path.

If Orbi says “Skill installed”, the local bindings confirmed the install — you can open the AI tool and use the skill. The same skill can be installed into several AI tools: repeat the steps for each.

If Orbi says “Could not confirm the install”, do not assume the operation was cancelled: the file may have been written partially, or the state may have changed before the error. Refresh Skill storage and Bindings, check the path and version, and only then repeat the install.

What to try next

  • See where everything is installed — the Bindings section: every install, version and path in one list.
  • Check safety — the Security scanner analyzes skills for hidden instructions and dangerous commands.
  • Add a whole package — Packages: sets of skills from a Git repository in one button.
  • Connect an MCP server — MCP servers: give your AI access to new tools.
  • Watch everything at once — the Dashboard shows the state of your storage on one screen.
  • Make sense of the current screen — open Orbi: it explains what the section is for, the next step, the risk of an action and the latest confirmed results.