explore#

Browse skills available in the registry. With no arguments, lists all skills. Use explore show to see details about a specific skill.

Synopsis#

skillsctl explore [--tag TAG] [--source all|internal|external]
skillsctl explore show NAME [--verbose]

Subcommands#

Subcommand	Description
`show NAME`	Show details for a named skill

Flags#

Flag	Default	Description
`--tag TAG`		Filter by tag. Can be specified multiple times.
`--source VALUE`	`all`	Filter by source: `all`, `internal`, or `external`.
`--verbose`	`false`	(show only) Print the full skill content.

Examples#

List all skills:

skillsctl explore

NAME                    VERSION   SOURCE     DESCRIPTION
git-conventional        1.2.0     internal   Enforce conventional commit messages
python-docstrings       0.4.1     internal   Generate Google-style Python docstrings
k8s-yaml-lint           0.1.0     external   Lint Kubernetes YAML manifests

Filter by tag:

skillsctl explore --tag git

NAME                    VERSION   SOURCE     DESCRIPTION
git-conventional        1.2.0     internal   Enforce conventional commit messages

Filter by source:

skillsctl explore --source external

NAME                    VERSION   SOURCE     DESCRIPTION
k8s-yaml-lint           0.1.0     external   Lint Kubernetes YAML manifests

Show details for a skill:

skillsctl explore show git-conventional

Name:        git-conventional
Description: Enforce conventional commit messages
Owner:       alice
Tags:        git, commits
Version:     1.2.0
Installs:    85
Source:      internal

Versions:
  1.2.0
  1.1.0
  1.0.0

Show details including the full skill content:

skillsctl explore show git-conventional --verbose

The output adds a --- Content --- section after the version list with the raw skill markdown.

Common errors#

No skills found. The registry is empty, or no skills match the given filters. Try skillsctl explore without filters to confirm connectivity.

Error: failed to connect to registry: … The CLI cannot reach the server. Check skillsctl config get api_url and verify the server is running.