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skaro skills manages the LLM instruction packs that enhance code generation for your stack.

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Commands

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skaro skills list

Show all available skills and their activation status. 
skaro skills list
Output: 
  Preset: react

  Skill                  Source   Status    Phases
  typescript-strict      preset   active    implement, plan, fix
  react-components       preset   active    implement, plan
  react-testing          preset   active    implement, tests, plan
  react-state            preset   active    implement, plan
  fastapi-endpoints      bundled  available implement, plan, tests
  django-patterns        bundled  available implement, plan
  our-api-rules          user     active    all
Status values:
  • active — skill is enabled and injected into LLM prompts
  • disabled — explicitly turned off
  • available — exists in the catalog but not enabled
  • missing — referenced in config but the file is not found

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skaro skills info

Show the full content of a specific skill. 
skaro skills info react-components
Output: 
  react-components
  Best practices for React component design
  Source: preset
  Phases: implement, plan
  Roles: coder

  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │ ## React Component Rules                         │
  │ - Functional components only — no class ...      │
  │ - One component per file, file name matches ...  │
  │ ...                                              │
  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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skaro skills enable

Activate a skill. 
skaro skills enable fastapi-endpoints
For bundled/global/project skills, this adds the name to the active list in config.yaml. For preset skills that were previously disabled, this removes them from the disabled list.

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skaro skills disable

Deactivate a skill. 
skaro skills disable react-testing
Adds the skill to the disabled list. Preset skills remain in the preset but are no longer injected into prompts.

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skaro skills create

Create a new custom skill from a template. 
skaro skills create our-api-rules
Creates .skaro/skills/our-api-rules.yaml with a starter template. Edit the file, then enable: 
skaro skills enable our-api-rules

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Examples

Enable skills for a full-stack project without using a preset: 
skaro skills enable typescript-strict
skaro skills enable react-components
skaro skills enable fastapi-endpoints
skaro skills enable pytest-patterns
Disable a preset skill you don’t need: 
skaro skills disable react-testing
Create and enable a custom team skill: 
skaro skills create team-conventions
# Edit .skaro/skills/team-conventions.yaml
skaro skills enable team-conventions