Android Skills
Agent Skills Open source (Apache 2.0)
AuthenticationOpen source (Apache 2.0)
Rate limitNo vendor limit. The skills are plain files your agent reads.
Documentation: developer.android.com ยท Checked Oct 19, 2026
About
Android Skills is Google's official set of about 30 skill files for Android engineering, written as instructions an agent can read and follow. They cover building, performance, camera, Play publishing, Wear, TV, cars, testing, and security, and they focus on the jobs where tests show language models struggle most. Your agent picks up the skill that matches the task at hand.
Details
Open source. You run it yourself.
Auth: Open source (Apache 2.0)
Rate limit: No vendor limit. The skills are plain files your agent reads.
Verified: 2026-10-19
Best for: developer automation
Setup
- Install the Android CLI
- Run the add command to install the skills for your detected agents
- Ask your agent to do an Android task, like making your app edge-to-edge
- The agent should find and use the matching skill on its own
- Update skills later with the update command
Example
android skills add --allUse cases
- Have your agent follow Google's own Android guidance while it codes
- Get help with tricky Android jobs like performance or Play publishing
- Keep your agent's Android knowledge current with skill updates