Haystack AI Skills

A curated collection of AI agent skills designed for building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and advanced search applications with the Haystack framework.

What are Skills?

Skills are structured definitions that empower AI agents to execute specific tasks. Each skill includes:

• Instructions: Comprehensive guidance on when and how to apply the skill
• Examples: Reference implementations and usage patterns
• Scripts: Reusable code components for common operations

This repository adheres to the AgentSkills specification for skill definitions and organization.

Tip

If your agent lacks skill support, you can use agents/AGENTS.md as an alternative.

Available Skills

This repository includes the following skills:

Name	Description	Installation
haystack	Contains core haystack skill	npx skills add srini047/haystack-skills@haystack

Note: npx skills add <owner/repo@skill> is standard command for installing skills from any public repository.

Haystack

• Directory: skills/haystack/
• Purpose: Construct RAG systems, implement semantic search, and develop document processing pipelines

Installation

These Haystack skills are compatible with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Cursor.

Claude Code

1. Register this repository as a plugin marketplace:

   /plugin marketplace add haystack/skills
   

2. Install a specific skill:

   /plugin install <skill-name>@haystack/skills
   

   Example:

   /plugin install haystack@haystack/skills
   

Gemini CLI

1. This repository includes a gemini-extension.json file for seamless Gemini CLI integration.

2. Install locally:

   gemini extensions install . --consent
   

   Or install directly from GitHub:

   gemini extensions install https://github.com/srini047/haystack-skills.git --consent
   

Cursor

This repository provides Cursor plugin manifests:

• .cursor-plugin/plugin.json

Install via the Cursor plugin interface using either the repository URL or a local checkout.