I Installed 15 AI Tools and Skill Management Became a Nightmare — Until I Built This

BoboloveIC — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:36:14 +0000

I Installed 15 AI Tools and Skill Management Became a Nightmare — Until I Built This

How I solved the chaos of managing skills, plugins, and extensions across 35+ AI platforms with a single desktop dashboard.

The Problem: AI Tool Sprawl is Real

Last year, I went all-in on AI-assisted development.

I installed Claude for writing, Cursor for coding, GitHub Copilot for pair programming, VS Code with 20+ extensions, OpenClaw for agent workflows, Cline, Qwen, Ollama for local LLMs...

By month three, I had 15 AI tools installed, each with its own:

Skill/plugin/extension directories
Configuration files scattered in ~/.* dot-directories
Zero visibility into what was installed where

The breaking point came when I wanted to:

Migrate a custom skill from OpenClaw to Cline → had to manually copy paths, edit configs
Share my curated skill collection with my team → had to manually ZIP each directory
Clean up unused plugins → had to open each platform's UI separately

There had to be a better way.

The Solution: OpenSkill Manager

I built OpenSkill Manager — a unified desktop dashboard that discovers, manages, and migrates skills/plugins/extensions across 35+ AI platforms in one place.

What it does

✅ Auto-discovers all your AI tools by scanning ~/ for dot-directories

✅ Unified view of all skills/plugins/extensions with filtering by platform, category, or search

✅ Batch operations — migrate, export, or delete multiple items at once

✅ Cross-platform migration — move a skill from OpenClaw to Cline with one click

✅ Import/Export — package skills as .zip and share with your team

✅ 24-language i18n — because AI is global

✅ Real-time file watching — UI syncs automatically when you add/remove skills

Architecture (For the Curious)

Built with Electron + React + TypeScript.

Discovery Engine

1. Scan ~/ for dot-directories matching 35+ known AI tools
2. Enumerate skills/plugins/extensions directories
3. Extract metadata from SKILL.md and package.json
4. Persist to local JSON database (openskill.db)

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Shell	Electron 28
UI	React 18 + TypeScript
Build	Webpack 5 + Babel
Package	electron-builder
File Watch	chokidar

Supported Platforms (35+ and growing)

The app auto-discovers:

AI Assistants: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Qwen
Code Editors: VS Code, Cursor, Trae, Kode
AI Agents: OpenClaw, QClaw, Cline, CodeBuddy
LLM Runtimes: Ollama
And 25+ more...

Any unrecognized dot-directory with skills/, plugins/, or extensions/ subdirectories will also be discovered automatically.

Get Started in 3 Commands

git clone https://github.com/BoboloveIC/openskill-manager.git
cd openskill-manager
npm install && npm run dev

Or download the latest release for macOS/Windows/Linux.

What's Next

I'm actively working on:

[ ] Skill enable/disable toggle
[ ] Plugin marketplace integration
[ ] Drag-and-drop migration
[ ] Auto-update support

Would love your feedback and contributions!

🌟 Star the repo: https://github.com/BoboloveIC/openskill-manager
🐛 Report issues: https://github.com/BoboloveIC/openskill-manager/issues
💬 Join discussions: https://github.com/BoboloveIC/openskill-manager/discussions

Screenshots

Demo GIF coming soon! Watch the repo for updates.

Built with ❤️ by Bo — because managing 15 AI tools shouldn't require a spreadsheet.

DEV Community: BoboloveIC

I Installed 15 AI Tools and Skill Management Became a Nightmare — Until I Built This

I Installed 15 AI Tools and Skill Management Became a Nightmare — Until I Built This

The Problem: AI Tool Sprawl is Real

The Solution: OpenSkill Manager

What it does

Architecture (For the Curious)

Discovery Engine

Tech Stack

Supported Platforms (35+ and growing)

Get Started in 3 Commands

What's Next

Screenshots

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