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Skills System

Skills enable Copilot Shell to perform domain-specific tasks such as system diagnostics, security audits, and project initialization. Skills are defined as Markdown files, supporting local loading and community skills via Clawhub.

View Available Skills​

/skills

Lists all discovered skills in the current session.

Skill Discovery Priority​

Copilot Shell searches for skills in the following priority order (higher priority overrides same-named skills at lower priority):

  1. Project-level skills: .copilot-shell/skills/
  2. Custom paths: Directories configured via skills.customPaths
  3. User-level skills: ~/.copilot-shell/skills/
  4. Extension skills: skills/ under extension directories
  5. System-level skills: /usr/share/anolisa/skills

Skill Structure​

Each skill is a directory containing a SKILL.md file:

~/.copilot-shell/skills/
└── my-skill/
    └── SKILL.md

SKILL.md is a Markdown file describing the skill's name, trigger conditions, execution steps, and other information. The AI follows these instructions to complete tasks.

Custom Skill Paths​

Add additional skill search directories via configuration:

{
  "skills": {
    "customPaths": [
      "~/my-skills",
      "/opt/team-skills"
    ]
  }
}

Paths support ~ (home directory) and $VAR/${VAR} (environment variable) expansion.

Clawhub Remote Skills​

Clawhub is Copilot Shell's remote skill registry, providing community-shared skills.

Search Skills​

/clawhub search <keyword>

Install Skills​

/clawhub install <skill-name>

Update Skills​

/clawhub update <skill-name>

Configure Registry URL​

{
  "clawhub": {
    "registry": "https://cn.clawhub-mirror.com"
  }
}

OS Skills​

ANOLISA ships with a set of operating system skills (os-skills) covering:

  • System Administration: User management, service management, network configuration
  • Monitoring & Performance: System resource analysis, performance diagnostics
  • Security: Security audits, vulnerability scanning
  • DevOps: CI/CD, container management
  • AI: AI Agent deployment

These skills become automatically available after ANOLISA installation.