> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.vanta.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Install Vanta AI Skills

> Vanta publishes agentskills.io-spec skill files that give your AI coding tool Vanta-specific guidance. Install them with one command or add the Vanta Developer Docs MCP server.

Vanta publishes skill files that give your AI coding tool everything it needs to build well-formed integrations. They cover the edge cases, quirks, and rules that trip up humans and agents alike.

## Install

Vanta's skills are available two ways: as MCP resources via the [developer docs MCP server](https://developer.vanta.com/mcp), or as local files installed by the [skills CLI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/skills).

<Info>
  The MCP server at `https://developer.vanta.com/mcp` exposes search over the developer docs and serves every page as a `skill.md` resource. It is separate from the [Vanta product MCP server](/docs/vanta-mcp) at `https://mcp.vanta.com/mcp`, which lets your agent act on a Vanta tenant.
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    display: "inline-flex",
    alignItems: "center",
    gap: "8px",
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  <Tab title="Claude Code">
    ```bash theme={"system"}
    claude mcp add --transport http vanta-docs https://developer.vanta.com/mcp
    ```

    Verify with `claude mcp list`, then run `/mcp` inside Claude Code, select **vanta-docs**, and confirm the skills appear in the resource list.
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    ```bash theme={"system"}
    codex mcp add vanta-docs --url https://developer.vanta.com/mcp
    ```

    Verify with `codex mcp get vanta-docs --json`. Codex writes the server to `~/.codex/config.toml` under `[mcp_servers.vanta-docs]`.
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    ```bash theme={"system"}
    npx skills add https://developer.vanta.com
    ```

    Pulls every skill listed and installs the files into your agent's local config. Use this for tools that read skill files locally rather than over MCP.
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## Custom skills

Specific instructions for AI agents working on a focused Vanta workflow. Each skill below is self-contained — your agent loads it on demand when it detects a matching task, so you don't have to paste long prompts or remember which doc to reference.

| Skill                     | Description                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `build-vanta-integration` | Building, debugging, or extending a Vanta integration — auth, resource pushes, refresh-token rotation, marketplace listing. |

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Build a public integration" href="/docs/quickstart/build-integration">
    The end-to-end OAuth walkthrough the `build-vanta-integration` skill encodes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build a private integration" href="/docs/quickstart/build-private-integration">
    Single-tenant `client_credentials` flow with custom resources and Custom Tests.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect AI to Vanta with MCP" href="/docs/vanta-mcp">
    Let your agent act on a live Vanta tenant once the integration code is written.
  </Card>

  <Card title="List in the marketplace" href="/docs/guides/list-your-integration">
    Submit a finished public integration for review and publication.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>