getgaal/gaal/commands

gaal skill

Search and install registry-backed skills.

gaal skill search react
gaal skill search react --limit 10 --registry skills.sh
gaal skill install frontend-design
gaal skill install frontend-design --project
gaal skill install anthropics/skills:frontend-design --agents codex,claude-code

Search

gaal skill search <query> queries one registry. The unmanaged default is skills.sh; --limit defaults to 10 and accepts 1..100. For skills.sh, gaal shells out to the public npm CLI with npx -y skills find <query>. This requires npx on PATH, but it does not require credentials.

The command is config-optional and supports the global output flag:

gaal skill search react -o json

Install

gaal skill install <ref> resolves a registry reference, updates the selected gaal.yaml (--config), and runs the normal one-shot sync flow by default.

Accepted reference forms:

gaal skill install frontend-design
gaal skill install skills.sh/frontend-design
gaal skill install anthropics/skills:frontend-design
gaal skill install skills.sh/anthropics/skills:frontend-design

Registry installs write normal skills: entries plus provenance:

skills:
  - source: anthropics/skills
    registry: skills.sh
    select:
      - frontend-design
    agents: ["*"]
    global: true

Scope behavior:

--global and --project are mutually exclusive.

Other install flags:

If --agents is omitted in an interactive terminal, gaal prompts for targets with ["*"] as the default. In non-interactive mode, install requires --yes.

If a loose reference is ambiguous, interactive terminals show a picker. Non-interactive runs print candidate refs and exit without mutating files.