Skills

Skills are packaged instructions, and sometimes tools, that show Cue how to do a kind of task on Cue OS, such as checking a flight or writing a news roundup. Browse them on the web, then read and install them with Cue CLI.

What you can do

Browse public skills by category and sort them.
Read a skill's full instructions before you use it.
Search the Cue OS skill registry or the skills on your computer.
Install a skill so the agents on your computer can use it.
Package your own skill and share it.

On the web

Open the skill catalog. When signed in, you can also use Library → Skills, which has a search box.
Choose a category, such as ai or productivity, or All.
Use the sort menu to show Most Installed, Name, or Recently Updated first.
Select a card to open the skill. Sign in to read its full instructions.

A skill opened from the catalog: its description, the start of its instructions, and a prompt to sign in to read the full skill

On iPhone and Android

The iPhone and Android apps are coming; store review is pending. You can use Cue OS in your phone browser now.

With Cue CLI

Set up Cue CLI and sign in. Search the Cue OS registry:
```
cue skill search flight
```
Read a skill before you use it. The output ends its header with the exact install command:
```
cue skill read flight-status
```
Install it with the ID from the search or read output, or from a folder on your computer:
```
cue skill install <skill-id>
cue skill install ./skills/my-skill
```
List the skills your agents can use, and check whether one needs keys or settings:
```
cue skill list
cue skill doctor <name>
```

To search only the skills on your computer, add --source local. cue skill import copies skills from another agent tool's skill folder on your computer; run cue skill import --help for the supported folders.

cue skill read flight-status in Cue CLI, showing the skill's description, ID, version, category and install command

For builders

A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file of instructions, plus any files it needs.

Create the skill on Cue OS from your folder:
```
cue skill create ./skills/my-skill
```
Upload a packaged version as a .tar.gz file, using the skill ID that create returned:
```
cue skill upload <skill-id> ./my-skill.tar.gz
```
When it is ready for everyone, make it public:
```
cue skill publish <skill-id>
```

Publishing makes the skill visible to everyone. Installing a skill never publishes it.

Limits today

The Install button in the web catalog does not install anything yet. Use cue skill install.
On the web, the full instructions of a skill need you to sign in.
A skill installed with Cue CLI is for the agents on that computer.
A skill can need keys, settings, or connected accounts that installing does not provide. cue skill doctor shows what is missing.
A skill works with the access your agent already has, so read its instructions before you use it.

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