skills

Purpose

Install idx skills from the public repository github.com/eltu/idx-skills into the current editor.

Usage

idx skills install <editor> [flags]

Arguments

• install <editor>: required subcommand. editor must be one of: copilot, claude, cursor.

Flags

Behavior and Side Effects

• Clones https://github.com/eltu/idx-skills into a temporary directory.
• Executes ./install-skills.sh <editor> inside the cloned repository.
• Removes the temporary directory after the script finishes (even on failure).
• Requires git to be installed and available in $PATH.
• Without --verbose, git clone and installer output are suppressed; only step markers and the final result are shown.
• With --verbose, all subprocess output (git progress, installer messages) is streamed in real-time.

Output

Step markers are always shown:

  🎯 idx Skills Installer
  Editor: Claude Code

  [1/3]  Cloning github.com/eltu/idx-skills...
  [2/3]  Installing skills for claude...
  [3/3]  Cleaning up...

  ✓  Skills installed successfully for claude.
     Restart your editor to activate the new skills.

With --verbose, subprocess output appears inline after each step marker.

Errors

• Missing editor argument: displays usage with supported editor list — no exit 0 (styled inline error, not returned to cobra).
• Unsupported editor value: unsupported editor "...": expected one of [copilot claude cursor]
• Clone failure: failed to clone idx-skills: git clone failed: exit status ...
• Script failure: install script failed for "...": install-skills.sh exited with error: exit status ...
• Temporary directory creation failure: failed to create temp directory: ...

Examples

# Install skills for Claude Code (silent mode)
idx skills install claude

# Install skills for GitHub Copilot with full output
idx skills install copilot --verbose

# Install skills for Cursor
idx skills install cursor

# Show help with supported editors
idx skills install --help
idx skills