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fal Skills

Pick, prompt and chain fal.ai image and video models.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)

  • Heads-upCalls a paid cloud service, not your computer: needs a fal.ai account and an API key (FAL_KEY). Every run costs money.
  • License unclearGitHub could not match a standard license. Read the license file before you build on it.

Title block: fal Skills

T-155
Part no.
T-155Sheet 155 of 268
GitHub stars
254Read 2026-10-21
Last activity
2026-09-29Last code push
Group
SkillsDrawer 13
Layer
Harness3 of 5 in the stack
License
unknownRead the license file
Kind
Code on GitHub
Language
JavaScript
Install
Not tested yetCatalog entry
Gap Score
not scored yetStatus: pending test on Mac Studio
Entry checked
2026-10-21
1Install

Install: not tested yet.

We list this tool, but we have not run its install.

Not tested yet

Follow the project’s own instructions. Our agent file lists the steps we found in its README or docs, marked unverified, so an AI agent can read them with you.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)Steps we found (.md)
2What it is

Where it sits in the stack.

  1. 5ToolsIts hands and senses.
  2. 4MemoryWhat it remembers.
  3. 3HarnessThis partfal Skills sits here.
  4. 2RuntimeRuns the model.
  5. 1ModelThe brain you download.
Fig. 3The local AI stack, pulled apart. fal Skills sits on layer 3, the harness layer.

In plain words

fal Skills: Pick, prompt and chain fal.ai image and video models.

Its layer · Harness

The harness is the app around the model. It turns answers into actions: a chat window, code edits, tasks done for you.

Its group · Skills

Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task. 27 tools share this drawer.

3Links and handoff
setups/fal-skills.md

Hand this page to your agent.

The Agent view is this page as plain text: every field above, plus the install steps we found (not tested). An AI agent can read it and do the setup with you.

.md.json
4Same drawer

More in Skills.

The next parts in this drawer, in part-number order. Bar: share of the most starred tool (OpenClaw, 392,108).catalog.json ·
No.PartWhat it doesLicenseGitHub starsLast activity
T-156Gemini SkillsPythonSkills for building with Google's Gemini API.Skills for building with Google's Gemini API.Apache-2.04,3172026-10-13
T-157gstackTypeScriptGarry Tan's Claude Code setup: CEO, designer, QA roles.Garry Tan's Claude Code setup: CEO, designer, QA roles.MIT137,2002026-10-21
T-158HeyGen SkillsShellTalking avatar videos and dubbing with HeyGen.Talking avatar videos and dubbing with HeyGen.MIT5092026-07-14
T-159Higgsfield SkillsPythonImages and video with GPT Image, Seedance, Kling, Veo.Images and video with GPT Image, Seedance, Kling, Veo.MIT1,3542026-09-26
T-160Hugging Face SkillsPythonFind, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.Find, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.Apache-2.011,1942026-10-21
T-161HyperFramesTypeScriptWrite HTML animation and render it to an MP4 video.Write HTML animation and render it to an MP4 video.Apache-2.069,1682026-10-21
6 of the 26 other tools in this group.All 27 in Skills
Agent view · text/markdown · or send Accept: text/markdown
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repo: "https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills"
license: null
stars: 254
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last_push: "2026-09-29"
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part_no: "T-155"
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tags: ["license-unclear"]
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gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
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---

fal Skills 


**What:** Pick, prompt and chain fal.ai image and video models.

**Why:** Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task.

**Category:** Skills · **Stack layer:** harness

> Note: Calls a paid cloud service, not your computer: needs a fal.ai account and an API key (FAL_KEY). Every run costs money.

Status 


Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-21 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

Install (unverified) 


1. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills tap add fal-ai-community/skills
```

2. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills search <word> --source github
```

3. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills install <id from search>
```

4. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --list
```

5. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill <name>
```

Verify 


No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

Rollback (unverified) 


1. source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21)

```bash
npx skills remove <name>
```

Links 


- Repo: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills
- README: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills#readme

Part sheet (human page https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/fal-skills) 


- Part number: T-155 (sheet 155 of 268). Part numbers follow the stack: layer, then group, then A to Z by name. Star counts never move a number.
- Group: Skills (drawer 13 of 20, https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/c/skills). Layer: 3 of 5, harness.
- GitHub (catalog.json, read 2026-10-21): 254 stars; last code push 2026-09-29.
- Install: Not tested yet (catalog entry).
- Entry checked: 2026-10-21.
- License unclear: GitHub could not match a standard license. Read the license file before you build on it.
- Next parts in this drawer: T-156 Gemini Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gemini-skills), T-157 gstack (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gstack), T-158 HeyGen Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/heygen-skills), T-159 Higgsfield Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/higgsfield-skills), T-160 Hugging Face Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/huggingface-skills), T-161 HyperFrames (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/hyperframes).
- Previous part: T-154 Expo Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/expo-skills). Next part: T-156 Gemini Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gemini-skills).