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.