---
title: Skills
description: Install the Initium agent skill pack so AI tools can build with Initium styles, strategy, and blocks.
slug: skills
order: 5
---

# Skills

The Initium skill pack teaches AI coding agents how to plan, write copy, choose blocks, and build pages with Initium styles and strategy files.

Install it when your AI tool supports project skills or can read project-level instruction files.

## Requirements

Before installing the skill pack, make sure your project has:

- shadcn initialized.
- The Initium registry configured in `components.json`.
- `INITIUM_LICENSE_KEY` available, because the skill pack is a pro registry item.

## Install Through shadcn

Install the skill pack from the Initium registry:

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @initium/initium-agent
```

The registry installs the skill into:

```txt
.agents/skills/initium/
```

The entrypoint is:

```txt
.agents/skills/initium/SKILL.md
```

Supporting workflow docs are installed into:

```txt
.agents/skills/initium/references/
```

## How To Use The Skill

If your AI tool discovers project skills automatically, ask it to use the Initium skill.

If the tool does not discover skills automatically, tell it:

```txt
Read .agents/skills/initium/SKILL.md before changing UI code.
Follow the Initium workflow for strategy, copy, block selection, implementation, and QA.
```

For best results, also place `DESIGN.md` and `STRATEGY.md` in the project root while you work.

## Manual Install Fallback

Use manual install only when your project or tool cannot install through the shadcn registry.

The manual install shape should match the registry output:

```txt
.agents/skills/initium/SKILL.md
.agents/skills/initium/references/
```

After copying the files, tell your AI tool to read `.agents/skills/initium/SKILL.md`.

Blocks and styles still install through the Initium registry. Manual skill installation does not replace shadcn setup or license requirements for pro registry items.