# 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://beav.pro/en/docs/agent/skills-and-plugins Checked 2026-10-07. Applies to Beav desktop 2.8.13. ## 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://beav.pro/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://beav.pro/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 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 **Settings → MCP Servers**, click **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. ## 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://beav.pro/en/docs/browser-extension/troubleshooting).