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Looplia

looplia skill

The skill command installs and manages individual skills from the catalog.

Usage

Section titled “Usage”
Terminal window
looplia skill <subcommand>

Subcommands

Section titled “Subcommands”

add

Section titled “add”

Install a skill from the catalog to your workspace.

Terminal window
looplia skill add <name>

Examples:

Terminal window
looplia skill add xlsx
looplia skill add frontend-design
Section titled “search”

Search the skills.sh registry for skills matching your query.

Terminal window
looplia skill search <query>

Examples:

Terminal window
looplia skill search "pdf"
looplia skill search "excel spreadsheet"

In interactive mode (TTY), you’ll be prompted to select skills to install:

Found 3 skill(s):


─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  #  NAME                 OWNER/REPO                    DESCRIPTION
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  1  pdf                  anthropics/skills             PDF manipulation...
  2  xlsx                 anthropics/skills             Excel processing...
  3  docx                 anthropics/skills             Word documents...
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────


Enter number(s) to install (comma-separated), or 'q' to quit: 1,2

list

Section titled “list”

List skills in your workspace.

Terminal window
# List installed skills
looplia skill list


# List all available skills from catalog
looplia skill list --available

info

Section titled “info”

Display detailed information about a skill including its source, description, and usage.

Terminal window
looplia skill info <name>

Example:

Terminal window
looplia skill info xlsx

remove

Section titled “remove”

Remove an installed skill from your workspace.

Terminal window
looplia skill remove <name>

update

Section titled “update”

Update a third-party skill by pulling the latest changes from its source repository.

Terminal window
looplia skill update <name>

Quick Reference

Section titled “Quick Reference”
CommandDescription
looplia skill add <name>Install a skill
looplia skill search <query>Search skills.sh registry
looplia skill listList installed skills
looplia skill list --availableList all available skills
looplia skill info <name>Show skill details
looplia skill remove <name>Uninstall a skill
looplia skill update <name>Update a skill

Workflow Skills Declaration

Section titled “Workflow Skills Declaration”

Workflows can declare which skills they need using the skills: field in frontmatter:

---
name: document-processor
skills:
  - xlsx
  - pdf
  - docx
steps:
  - skill: xlsx
    input:
      file: "{input.spreadsheet}"
---

When you declare skills in your workflow:

  • Only declared skills are loaded into the Claude Code context
  • Core skills are always loaded automatically
  • This reduces context window usage significantly

See Also

Section titled “See Also”