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ak commands

Per-slash-command management commands

ak commands

Per-slash-command management commands

Synopsis

What it does: List, install, remove, show, and search individual slash commands (e.g. ckm:write/good) from any kit. Slash commands are markdown prompt templates Claude Code surfaces as /<namespace>:<name>.

Who it's for: Both: power devs scripting installs (--json) and users browsing what's available.

When to use it: Use as the entry point for any per-slash-command operation; subcommands handle the action.

Examples: ak commands list # show what's installed + available ak commands search email # find slash commands matching a keyword ak commands install marketing/ckm-email # install one command ak commands show marketing/ckm-email # inspect metadata ak commands remove marketing/ckm-email # uninstall

What changes on disk: Read-only at this group level; subcommands document their own effects.

Output modes: pretty default on TTY (colors, ASCII markers) plain auto when stdout piped or --no-interactive json --json (single-object envelope, NDJSON-safe)

Exit codes: 0 success 1 runtime error 2 invalid flags 3 user-cancel (SIGINT, prompt-cancel)

Options

  -h, --help             help for commands
      --json             Emit machine-readable JSON (implies --no-interactive)
      --no-interactive   Disable interactive prompts (CI-safe)
  -q, --quiet            Suppress non-error output on stderr
  -V, --verbose          Extra diagnostic output on stderr (loses to --quiet)
  -y, --yes              Assume yes for all prompts

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