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A lightweight skill management utility for AI coding agents

Project description

Skillboard

A lightweight skill management utility for AI coding agents. Toggle skills on/off between your warehouse and active directories using symbolic links.

Python 3.9+ License: MIT PyPI version

Features

  • Simple Interactive UI - Checkbox-based selection using inquirer
  • 🔗 Symbolic Links - Efficiently enable/disable skills without copying
  • 📂 Multi-Agent Support - Works with Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and more
  • Fast Operations - Quickly toggle skills with keyboard shortcuts
  • 🎨 Beautiful Output - Rich terminal tables and colored output
  • 🔧 Configurable Paths - Customize skill directories via config file
  • 📋 Copy & Move - Copy or move skills between directories
  • 👁️ Read Skills - View skill content without opening an editor

Installation

Using pipx (Recommended)

pipx install skillboard

Using pip

pip install skillboard

From Source

git clone https://github.com/kriss-spy/skillboard.git
cd skillboard
pip install -e .

Quick Start

1. Initialize directories

skillboard init

This creates the default skill directories:

  • ~/.agents/skill-warehouse - Your skill source of truth
  • ~/.agents/skills - Standard agent skills
  • ~/.claude/skills - Claude Code skills
  • ~/.config/opencode/skills - OpenCode skills
  • ~/.gemini/skills - Gemini CLI skills
  • ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills - Antigravity skills

2. List available skills

skillboard list              # Show all .agents skills (global + local)
skillboard list claude       # Show Claude skills (~/.claude/skills + ./.claude/skills)
skillboard list agent        # Show agent skills (~/.agents/skills + ./agents/skills)
skillboard list gemini       # Show Gemini skills (~/.gemini/skills + ./gemini/skills)

3. Link skills interactively

# Link from warehouse to Claude Code (interactive selection)
skillboard link -o claude

# Or specify source explicitly
skillboard link -i warehouse -o claude

# Using paths directly
skillboard link -i ~/.agents/skill-warehouse -o ~/.claude/skills

# Non-interactive mode (just list skills)
skillboard link -o claude --no-tui

4. Copy or move skills

# Copy skills from warehouse to agent (interactive selection)
skillboard copy -i warehouse -o agent

# Copy all skills without selection
skillboard copy -i warehouse -o agent --all

# Move skills (copy + delete from source)
skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent

# Preview what would be moved
skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent --dry-run

Commands

init

Initialize skillboard configuration and create default directories.

skillboard init

# Migrate old .agent paths to .agents (v0.2.0 to v0.3.0+)
skillboard init --migrate

list

List available skills from both global and local locations.

skillboard list              # Show .agents skills (~/.agents/skills + ./.agents/skills)
skillboard list claude       # Show Claude skills (~/.claude/skills + ./.claude/skills)
skillboard list agent        # Show agent skills (~/.agents/skills + ./agents/skills)
skillboard list gemini       # Show Gemini skills (~/.gemini/skills + ./gemini/skills)

Shows skills from:

  • Global: The agent's directory in home (e.g., ~/.claude/skills)
  • Local: The agent's directory in current project (e.g., ./.claude/skills)

list-path

Show all configured skill paths and their existence status.

skillboard list-path

link

Create symbolic links to skills in the target directory. This is the primary command for enabling/disabling skills.

Interactive mode (default):

# Link from global skills (default)
skillboard link -o claude

# Link from warehouse to agent
skillboard link -i warehouse -o agent

# Link from local skills
skillboard link -i agent --input-scope local -o claude

# Link from local to local
skillboard link -i agent --input-scope local -o claude --output-scope local

Non-interactive mode:

skillboard link -o claude --no-tui

Options:

  • -i, --input: Source agent or path
  • -o, --output: Target agent or path (required)
  • --input-scope: global or local for input
  • --output-scope: global or local for output
  • --all: Include both global and local sources
  • --no-tui: Run in list-only mode
  • --verbose: Show full table instead of summary

copy

Copy skills from source to target (creates actual copies, not symlinks).

Interactive mode (default):

# Copy from warehouse to agent (interactive selection)
skillboard copy -i warehouse -o agent

# Copy from claude to agent
skillboard copy -i claude -o agent

# Copy from local source
skillboard copy -i agent --input-scope local -o warehouse

Copy all without selection:

skillboard copy -i warehouse -o agent --all

Options:

  • -i, --input: Source agent or path (required)
  • -o, --output: Target agent or path (required)
  • --input-scope: global or local for input
  • --output-scope: global or local for output
  • --all: Copy all skills without interactive selection

move

Move skills from source to target (copy + delete from source). Use with caution - this permanently deletes skills from the source location.

Interactive mode (default):

# Move from warehouse to agent (interactive selection)
skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent

# Move from claude to agent
skillboard move -i claude -o agent

Move all without selection:

skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent --all

Preview before moving:

skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent --dry-run

Force overwrite existing skills:

skillboard move -i warehouse -o agent --force

Options:

  • -i, --input: Source agent or path (required)
  • -o, --output: Target agent or path (required)
  • --input-scope: global or local for input
  • --output-scope: global or local for output
  • --all: Move all skills without interactive selection
  • --dry-run: Show what would be moved without actually moving
  • --force: Overwrite existing skills in target without prompting

read

Display skill content for quick reference without opening an editor.

# Read skill from default agent location
skillboard read my-skill

# Read skill from specific agent
skillboard read my-skill -a claude

# Read from local scope
skillboard read my-skill -a agent --scope local

# Read from .github/skills
skillboard read my-skill --github

Options:

  • -a, --agent: Agent to read from (claude, agent, gemini, opencode, antigravity)
  • --scope: global or local
  • --github: Read from .github/skills directory

Available Aliases

The following aliases can be used with -i and -o options:

  • warehouse: ~/.agents/skill-warehouse
  • agent: ~/.agents/skills
  • claude: ~/.claude/skills
  • opencode: ~/.config/opencode/skills
  • gemini: ~/.gemini/skills
  • antigravity: ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills

How It Works

Skillboard treats your warehouse (~/.agents/skill-warehouse) as the source of truth. When you "enable" a skill:

  1. A symbolic link is created in the target directory pointing to the skill in the warehouse
  2. The AI agent sees the skill and loads it

When you "disable" a skill:

  1. The symbolic link is removed from the target directory
  2. The AI agent no longer sees the skill

This approach:

  • ✅ Keeps one master copy of each skill
  • ✅ Instantly adds/removes skills from agent context
  • ✅ Prevents context bloat by only having enabled skills visible
  • ✅ Saves disk space (no copies needed)

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.config/skillboard/config.yaml:

paths:
  agent: ~/.agents/skills
  antigravity: ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills
  claude: ~/.claude/skills
  gemini: ~/.gemini/skills
  opencode: ~/.config/opencode/skills
  warehouse: ~/.agents/skill-warehouse

You can customize these paths by editing the config file.

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/kriss-spy/skillboard.git
cd skillboard

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black skillboard/
ruff check --fix skillboard/

# Type check
mypy skillboard/

Project Structure

skillboard/
├── skillboard/
│   ├── __init__.py      # Package metadata
│   ├── cli.py           # CLI commands
│   ├── config.py        # Configuration management
│   ├── manager.py       # Skill scanning & symlink operations
│   └── tui.py           # Interactive checkbox interface
├── pyproject.toml       # Package configuration
├── LICENSE              # MIT License
└── README.md            # This file

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

  • Inspired by OpenSkills for the checkbox interface pattern
  • Built with Click for CLI and Rich for beautiful output
  • Uses inquirer for interactive prompts

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