Quick reference

The most common skillpm commands at a glance. spm works anywhere skillpm does.

Find and install

skillpm search <query>                     # search the registry
skillpm install <owner>/<name>             # install from the registry
skillpm install ./path/to/skill            # install from a local folder
skillpm install git+https://github.com/<user>/<repo>   # install from GitHub
skillpm install <owner>/<name> --scope global

Manage installed skills

skillpm list                               # all scopes
skillpm list --scope project
skillpm update <name>                      # re-fetch from its source
skillpm update --all
skillpm uninstall <name>

Write and publish

skillpm init my-skill                      # scaffold a SKILL.md
skillpm validate ./my-skill                # score it against the spec
skillpm publish                            # from the skill's folder

Skillsets

skillpm skillset search <query>
skillpm skillset install <name>
skillpm skillset list

Suggestions and configuration

skillpm suggest                            # skills for the current project
skillpm config list                        # valid config keys
skillpm config set defaultScope global

Help and version

skillpm --help
skillpm <command> --help
skillpm --version

Every command that reports something also takes --json for scripting.

For full documentation of each command, see the CLI reference.