CLI commands
ak skill
Manage per-skill runtime envs
ak skill
Manage per-skill runtime envs
Synopsis
What it does:
(For catalog browsing - list, install, remove - see ak skills. This command operates on a single per-skill runtime env.) Commands for managing the per-skill Python/Node runtime envs that ak run activates before executing a skill. Each subcommand operates on a single <kit>/<skill> reference.
Who it's for: Power devs scripting env hygiene; non-technical users via the matching dashboard surface.
When to use it:
Run ak skill verify after a fresh checkout to confirm all envs are healthy; ak skill install after editing skill.yaml to populate the env; ak skill repair when verify reports corrupt; ak skill upgrade after changing the runtime block.
Examples: ak skill verify marketing/youtube # report health (ok|missing|corrupt|unknown) ak skill install marketing/youtube # create or refresh the env ak skill repair marketing/youtube # rebuild a corrupted env ak skill upgrade marketing/youtube # re-resolve after editing skill.yaml ak skill remove marketing/youtube # tear down the per-skill record
What changes on disk: Read-only at this group level; subcommands document their own effects under ~/.agentkit/skills/<kit>/<skill>/ and ~/.agentkit/cache/<hash>/.
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 skill
--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 promptsSEE ALSO
- ak - AgentKit CLI
- ak skill install - Install or refresh the per-skill runtime env
- ak skill remove - Remove the per-skill runtime record (cache untouched)
- ak skill repair - Rebuild a corrupted per-skill runtime env
- ak skill upgrade - Re-resolve the per-skill env after editing skill.yaml
- ak skill verify - Report the per-skill runtime env health (ok | missing | corrupt)