skills
by android
A collection of markdown instruction files (agent skills) from Google's Android team that teach AI coding assistants how to carry out specific Android development tasks following official guidance. It is for developers who use AI agents to build or maintain Android apps.
- Stars
- 9.9k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Kotlin
- Age
- 224 days
What you can do with it
- Install Android skills into an AI coding agent using the Android CLI
- Ask your agent to make an app's UI edge-to-edge and have it follow official guidance
- Keep installed skills up to date with a single update command
Make money with it
A freelance Android developer could use these skills to deliver app builds and updates for clients faster.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Speed up Android app development by giving an AI agent reliable, official guidance, reducing developer hours
- Reduce mistakes and rework when an AI agent handles tasks like R8 analysis or UI updates in client projects
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install with the Android CLI command "android skills add --all", or add it as a plugin in Claude Code or Codex.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs an AI coding agent, which may require a paid subscription or API access
- AI output can be wrong and needs checking
- Public contributions are not accepted
Who's talking about it
- Githot: This week on GitHub Trending (20–26 Oct 2026) Featured in a roundup
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
