# Skills, plugins, and MCP > Install Skills and plugins from GitHub, use the recommended Remotion, HyperFrames, ComfyUI, and RunningHub plugins, add custom MCP connections, and save methods you use often as skills. - Source: https://getbeav.com/en/docs/agent/skills-and-plugins Checked 2026-10-07. Applies to Beav desktop 2.8.13. ## Keep a Skill active in a conversation (2.9.5) Checked 2026-10-19; applies to Beav 2.9.5. Select a Skill with @ in the composer. Skills that are not declared single-turn remain active in later turns of the conversation and appear above the composer; use × on the card to turn one off. Single-turn Skills apply only to the current turn. Disabled, removed, or unavailable Skills stop applying. Use the arrow keys and Enter in the picker, which opens to fit the window. The WeChat package Skill adds illustration planning, a consistent visual style, and cover crop guidance. Article layout offers seven styles plus custom styling, with reusable callouts, steps, and comparison tables. Describe the desired style in the conversation and preview the result. Pasting into the real WeChat editor and checking on a phone have not been verified. ## Four different things | Name | What it is | | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Skill | A reusable working method and reference material for the AI, read when needed | | Tool | A capability the AI uses to read state or take an action, with specific parameters and permission limits | | Plugin | An installable capability package that can include Skills and MCP servers | | MCP connection | Configuration for connecting to an external tool service, provided by a plugin or added on its own | A plugin being installed, a connection being configured, an account being authorized, and a tool being available in the current task are four different states. When something is "installed but doesn't work," check the matching setting and connection status first; you do not need to reinstall every component. ## Skill marketplace and installing Skills Search, view, and install skills in **Tools & skills → Skill marketplace**. Click **Manage** at the top left of the marketplace to open **Installed skills**, then enter a GitHub repository as `owner/repo` or a URL and click **Install**. Beav looks for `SKILL.md` in the repository and installs it together with its reference files and templates. If a skill with the same name but different content already exists, Beav reports a conflict instead of overwriting it. Uninstall, enable, and disable skills in **Installed skills** as well. Installing a Skill does not install the runtime it depends on, such as Node, Python, or a browser. Prepare those according to the Skill's own instructions. ![The Installed skills page with a GitHub repo input and Install button, four installed skills with source tags, toggles and delete buttons, and a collapsed Built-in skills group](https://getbeav.com/screenshots/skills-installed-en-2026-10-07.webp) *Installed skills: install a skill from a GitHub repo, and turn skills on, off, or remove them.* ## Save a method as a skill In a chat, you can ask the AI to turn a method you have already confirmed into a reusable Skill. Save it as a user-level skill to use it across spaces, or to the workspace to use it only in the current space. It counts as saved only when you see a successful install receipt. An update with the same name but different content checks versions first so nothing is overwritten. ## Plugins See installed plugins in **Tools & Skills → Plugins → My plugins**, where you can enable, disable, or uninstall them. ![The Plugins page with recommended plugins ComfyUI Local, Comfy Cloud, RunningHub · Pixelle, Remotion and HyperFrames, My plugins showing installed Remotion and ComfyUI Local with its MCP status, and Other MCP connections listing Beav Browser Control and a custom connection](https://getbeav.com/screenshots/plugins-recommended-en-2026-10-07.webp) *The Plugins tab shows recommended plugins, your installed plugins, and other MCP connections in one place.* * **Recommended plugins**: install Remotion, HyperFrames, ComfyUI Local, Comfy Cloud, and RunningHub · Pixelle directly. The Remotion plugin lets the AI build code-driven animations, and HyperFrames provides skills for making HTML videos. They use fixed official versions, and their files are verified before installation. * **Install from GitHub**: click **Install plugin** and enter a GitHub repository that contains a plugin manifest, such as `remotion-dev/codex-plugin`. * **Import Codex plugins**: Beav reads the local Codex plugin cache; the plugins you select are copied into Beav's managed plugin folder. Skills inside a plugin are managed with the plugin as a whole. Uninstall them in **My plugins**, not with the regular Skill delete button. A successful plugin install does not mean the rendering environment is ready; Remotion animations, for example, still need a machine that can run the matching project. ### ComfyUI and RunningHub ComfyUI Local and Comfy Cloud are Comfy's official MCP servers; RunningHub · Pixelle is a third-party MCP server. Click an item in the list to see its purpose and requirements, then click **Install plugin** to confirm the launch command or connection URL. For Comfy Cloud, you can enter `COMFY_API_KEY` in the install dialog, and it is stored securely as a secret. RunningHub · Pixelle requires you to run Pixelle first and complete its own model and RunningHub API Key setup. After installation, a plugin's MCP connection is off by default. Enable and test it on the plugin's entry in **My plugins**. ## Custom MCP connections The updated import location was checked against source on 2026-10-08 and requires a build containing PR #44. Importing real local configuration remains unverified. On the plugins page, under **Other MCP connections**: * **Add custom connection**: choose a STDIO launch command or enter an HTTP / SSE URL, save, then click **Test** to confirm it connects. Whatever a STDIO command needs, such as Node, Python, npm, or uv, must already be installed. * **Import local configs**: in builds containing PR #44, click **Import local configs** beside **Other MCP connections** in **Tools & skills → Plugins** (the 2.8.13 entry is **Settings → MCP Servers → Import**) to read MCP configuration from Codex, Cursor, and Claude, keeps existing entries by ID, and adds only new servers. * For HTTP authentication, provide a Bearer Token or header through secure environment variables. MCP OAuth sign-in is not supported yet. The built-in browser connection appears as "Beav Browser Control". Once a plugin is enabled, the AI searches for and loads its tools when needed. Installing, enabling, or disabling a plugin while a task is running takes effect on the next model request. ## Use Beav social capture from another AI tool Source checked on 2026-10-09. Requires a Beav 2.8.14 development build containing PR #65 and an updated Beav Creator plugin; the WorkBuddy connector is version 1.0.7. Check the installed build before relying on this capability. Real Codex, Claude, and WorkBuddy calls and billing outcomes remain unverified. After connecting to local Beav, an external agent can read Xiaohongshu, Douyin, WeChat Official Account, Bilibili, and other platform links into the knowledge library. It can also search posts or accounts, read benchmark creators’ profiles and posts, retrieve comments, and manage creator subscriptions. These use Beav’s social APIs and may consume Beav credits. General web fetching and browser control remain with the external AI tool. `social_detail` and `social_search` are listed directly. Use `creator_tools` to discover the other social, subscription, media download, and `accounts_sync` tools. Each external call has its own social request allowance; reuse the same `idempotencyKey` when retrying a write or capture. Account sync still requires the session’s account binding; selecting a space does not bind an account. Importing your own account from a homepage link remains an action in the Beav app. If tools are missing, update both the Beav host and plugin, then reconnect. New plugin instructions alone cannot enable tools in an old host. Read back returned knowledge items or assets to confirm the saved result instead of relying only on a completed call status. ## External plugin update notices Source checked on 2026-10-09. Requires a Beav 2.8.14 development build containing PR #67 and WorkBuddy connector 1.0.8; updates in real hosts remain unverified. After an app update, the Beav plugin in another AI tool may still contain its installed Skill snapshot. When its version differs from the app or has no version record, Beav notifies the host agent and returns host-specific steps in `creator_status.pluginUpdate`. The host agent can run those steps when its permissions allow: prepare the extension again while preserving the existing authorization, then update and reload it using the Codex, WorkBuddy, or Claude steps. Codex needs a new task because the current task retains its snapshot. Run WorkBuddy preparation in an ordinary terminal outside WorkBuddy. If the host cannot execute the steps, ask it to show the returned instructions. The notice itself does not install the plugin or renew authorization. ## Browser extension diagnostics If the browser extension connection misbehaves, go to the bottom of **Settings → General**, find **Browser plugin diagnostics**, and click **Run diagnostics**. It checks local registration, the connector program handshake, and the extension connection. Click **Send diagnostic feedback** to attach the redacted check results and logs automatically; you do not need to find log files yourself. For more, see [Browser extension troubleshooting](https://getbeav.com/en/docs/browser-extension/troubleshooting).