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CLI Reference

Skills Tree ships with a command-line interface built with Typer.

Installation

pip install skills-tree

Commands

Search for skills by keyword.

skills-tree search "memory injection"
skills-tree search "rag" --limit 10
skills-tree search "web" --category web

Options:

Option Description Default
--limit Maximum results to return 20
--category Filter by category ID None
--level Filter by level (beginner/intermediate/advanced) None
--badge Filter by badge (verified/reviewed/stub) None

skills-tree show

Display the full specification of a skill.

skills-tree show rag
skills-tree show memory-injection --format json

Options:

Option Description Default
--format Output format: text, json, yaml text

skills-tree list

List skills, optionally filtered.

skills-tree list
skills-tree list --category reasoning
skills-tree list --badge verified

skills-tree categories

List all 17 skill categories.

skills-tree categories

skills-tree mcp serve

Start the MCP server for agent-to-agent capability discovery.

skills-tree mcp serve
skills-tree mcp serve --port 8080 --host 0.0.0.0

Options:

Option Description Default
--port Port to listen on 8000
--host Host to bind to 127.0.0.1

skills-tree --version

Print the installed version.

skills-tree --version