**Open Skills**

[](https://github.com/BandarLabs/open-skills/stargazers) [](https://github.com/BandarLabs/open-skills/blob/master/LICENSE)

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OpenSkills: Run Claude Skills Locally on Your Mac

Anthropic recently announced [Skills for Claude](https://www.anthropic.com/news/skills) - reusable folders with instructions, scripts, and resources that make Claude better at specialized tasks. This tool lets you run these skills **entirely on your local machine** in a sandboxed environment.

**What this means:** You can now process your files (documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images) using these specialized skills while keeping all data on your Mac. No uploads, complete privacy.

This tool executes AI-generated code in a truly isolated sandboxed environment on your Mac using Apple's native containers.

Demo

Watch Open-Skills in action with Gemini CLI:

Why Run Skills Locally?

• Privacy: Process sensitive documents, financial data
• Full Control: Skills execute in an isolated container with VM-level isolation
• Compatibility: Works with Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, Qwen CLI, or any MCP-compatible tool
• Extensibility: Import Anthropic's official skills or create your own custom skills

Quick Start

**Prerequisites:** Mac with macOS and Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4/M5), Python 3.10+

git clone https://github.com/BandarLabs/open-skills.git
cd open-skills
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Installation takes ~2 minutes. The MCP server will be available at `http://open-skills.local:8222/mcp`

**Install required packages** (use virtualenv and note the python path):

pip install -r examples/requirements.txt

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