observal registry skill

Submit, browse, install, edit, archive, restore, transfer, and manage co-authors for portable skill packages.

Commands

Command	Description
submit	Submit a Git-backed or registry-direct skill
list	List approved visible skills
my	List your skills across all statuses
show	Show one skill
install	Write a skill into a supported harness
edit	Edit a draft, pending, or rejected skill
archive	Archive an approved skill
unarchive	Restore an archived skill
transfer-owner	Transfer ownership
co-authors	List, add, or remove co-authors

Every command that returns structured data supports table and JSON output. Archive, restore, and ownership transfer require the confirmation bypass in JSON mode.

Submit

Git-backed skills require a Git URL. Registry-direct skills store SKILL.md and an optional script in Observal.

observal registry skill submit \
  --skill-md ./SKILL.md \
  --git-url https://github.com/acme/review-skill \
  --name review-skill \
  --description "Review code" \
  --task-type code-review \
  --output json

observal registry skill submit \
  --skill-md ./SKILL.md \
  --delivery-mode registry_direct \
  --name review-skill \
  --description "Review code" \
  --task-type code-review \
  --output json

JSON mode never prompts. Supply the name, description, task type, delivery mode, and required source inputs explicitly.

Valid task types are code-review, code-generation, testing, documentation, debugging, refactoring, deployment, security-audit, performance, and general.

List and show

observal registry skill list --task-type code-review --output json
observal registry skill list --harness claude-code --output json
observal registry skill my --output json
observal registry skill show acme/review-skill --output json

Row numbers are scoped to the latest Skill list. Empty lists clear previous Skill row references.

Install

observal registry skill install acme/review-skill --harness claude-code --scope user --output json
observal registry skill install acme/review-skill --harness pi --scope project --output json
observal registry skill install acme/review-skill --harness pi --no-write --output json
observal registry skill install acme/review-skill --harness pi --raw

JSON output performs the installation unless no-write is selected. It reports write_performed and installed_path. Raw mode emits only the generated config and performs no write. Lockfile state is recorded only after the skill content is written successfully.

The command fails if the harness lacks skill support, the source cannot be installed, a project symlink cannot be created, or installed state cannot be recorded.

Edit

observal registry skill edit acme/review-skill --description "Updated" --output json
observal registry skill edit acme/review-skill --from-file updates.json --output json

Edit-lock conflicts preserve conflict exit code 6. Invalid fields and files use the shared validation, not-found, permission, and unavailable categories.

Related

• observal registry: complete registry reference
• observal agent: attach skills to agents