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Skill

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ctx skill

Manage reusable instruction bundles that can be installed into .context/skills/.

A skill is a directory containing a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter (name, description) and a Markdown instruction body. Skills are loaded by the agent context packet when --skill <name> is passed to ctx agent.

ctx skill <subcommand>

ctx skill install

Install a skill from a source directory.

ctx skill install <source>

Arguments:

  • source: Path to a directory containing SKILL.md

Examples:

ctx skill install ./my-skills/code-review
# Installed code-review → .context/skills/code-review

ctx skill list

List all installed skills.

Examples:

ctx skill list

ctx skill remove

Remove an installed skill.

Arguments:

  • name: Skill name to remove

Examples:

ctx skill remove code-review

See also: Building Project Skills recipe.