list

List all installed skills in the source directory.

skillshare list              # Interactive TUI (default on TTY)
skillshare list --verbose    # Detailed plain text view
skillshare list --json       # JSON output for CI/scripts

When to Use

• See what skills are installed and where they came from
• Search and filter skills interactively
• Check which skills are tracked repos vs local
• Audit your skill collection before a cleanup

Interactive TUI

On a TTY, skillshare list launches an interactive terminal UI with:

• Fuzzy filtering — type to filter by name, path, or source
• Keyboard navigation — arrow keys to browse, q to quit
• Detail panel — shows description, disk path, files, and synced targets for the selected skill
• Content viewer — press Enter to open a dual-pane viewer with a file tree on the left and Markdown-rendered content on the right. j/k browse files (auto-preview), l/Enter expand directories, h collapse. Ctrl+d/u scroll content half-page, g/G jump to top/bottom. Mouse wheel and click are also supported.

Use --no-tui to skip the TUI and print plain text instead:

skillshare list --no-tui          # Plain text output
skillshare list --no-tui | less   # Pipe to pager manually

Search and Filter

Filter skills without entering the TUI:

skillshare list react                     # Filter by name/path/source
skillshare list --type local              # Only local skills
skillshare list --type github             # Only GitHub-sourced skills
skillshare list react --sort newest       # Sort by install date
skillshare list --json | jq '.[].name'   # JSON for scripting

AI Usage

Use --json mode when inspecting skills programmatically:

skillshare list --json | jq '.[] | {name, source, type}'

Example Output

Compact View

Skills are automatically grouped by directory when you use folders to organize them:

Installed skills
─────────────────────────────────────────

  frontend/
    → react-helper        github.com/user/skills
    → vue-helper          github.com/user/skills

  → my-skill              local
  → commit-commands       github.com/user/skills

Tracked repositories
─────────────────────────────────────────
  ✓ _team-skills          3 skills, up-to-date

If all skills are at the top level (no folders), the output is a flat list — identical to previous versions.

Verbose View

skillshare list --verbose

Installed skills
─────────────────────────────────────────

  frontend/
    react-helper
      Source:      github.com/user/skills
      Type:        github
      Installed:   2026-01-15

    vue-helper
      Source:      github.com/user/skills
      Type:        github
      Installed:   2026-01-15

  my-skill
    Source:      (local - no metadata)

  commit-commands
    Source:      github.com/user/skills
    Type:        github
    Installed:   2026-01-15

Tracked repositories
─────────────────────────────────────────
  ✓ _team-skills          3 skills, up-to-date
  ! _other-repo           5 skills, has changes

Global vs Project

skillshare operates at two levels. The list command shows skills from the active level:

	Global	Project
Source	~/.config/skillshare/skills/	.skillshare/skills/
Flag	-g or default	-p or auto-detected
Scope	All projects on machine	Single repository
Shared via	push / pull	git commit

Auto-Detection

When you run skillshare list without flags, skillshare automatically detects the mode:

cd my-project/            # Has .skillshare/config.yaml
skillshare list           # → Installed skills (project)

cd ~
skillshare list           # → Installed skills (global)

Use -p or -g to override auto-detection:

skillshare list -g        # Force global, even inside a project
skillshare list -p        # Force project, even without auto-detection

Project Mode

skillshare list          # Auto-detected if .skillshare/ exists
skillshare list -p       # Explicit project mode

Example Output

Installed skills (project)
─────────────────────────────────────────

  tools/
    → pdf               anthropic/skills/pdf
    → review            github.com/team/tools

  → my-skill            local

→ 3 skill(s): 2 remote, 1 local

Project list uses the same visual format as global list, with (project) label in the header. Skills are grouped by directory and categorized as local (no metadata) or by source URL (remote).

Options

Flag	Description
[pattern]	Filter skills by name, path, or source (case-insensitive)
--verbose, -v	Show detailed information (source, type, install date)
--json, -j	Output as JSON (useful for CI/scripts)
--no-tui	Disable interactive TUI, use plain text output
--type, -t <type>	Filter by type: tracked, local, github
--sort, -s <order>	Sort order: name (default), newest, oldest
--project, -p	List project skills
--global, -g	List global skills
--help, -h	Show help

Directory Grouping

When skills are organized into folders (via --into during install or manual mv + sync), list automatically groups them by directory:

  frontend/
    → react-helper        github.com/user/skills
    → vue-helper          github.com/user/skills

  → my-skill              local

• Skills under the same folder share a group header (e.g., frontend/)
• Within each group, only the base name is shown (not the full path)
• Top-level skills (no parent folder) appear ungrouped at the bottom
• If all skills are top-level, the output is a flat list — no group headers

Grouping is based on the directory structure inside your source directory, not a flag. To start using it, organize skills with --into:

skillshare install owner/repo -s react-patterns --into frontend
skillshare install owner/repo -s vue-patterns --into frontend

For more details, see Organizing Skills with Folders.

Understanding the Output

Skill Sources

Label	Meaning
local	Created locally, no metadata
github.com/...	Installed from GitHub
tracked: <repo>	Part of a tracked repository

Repository Status

Icon	Meaning
✓	Up-to-date, no local changes
!	Has uncommitted changes

See Also

• install — Install skills
• uninstall — Remove skills
• status — Show sync status