Skill Management - CowAgent

Skill management commands are used to install, query, and manage CowAgent skills. Use /skill <subcommand> in chat or cow skill <subcommand> in the terminal.

list

List installed skills and their status.

/skill list

cow skill list

Example output:

📦 Installed skills (3/4)

✅ pptx
   Use this skill any time a .pptx file is involved…
   Source: cowhub

✅ skill-creator
   Create, install, or update skills…
   Source: builtin

⏸️ image-vision (disabled)
   Image understanding and visual analysis
   Source: builtin

Browse the Skill Hub (view all available skills):

/skill list --remote

cow skill list --remote

Options:

Option	Description	Default
`--remote`, `-r`	Browse Skill Hub remote skill list	No
`--page`	Page number for remote listing	1

search

Search for skills on the Skill Hub.

/skill search pptx

cow skill search pptx

install

Install skills with a single install command from Cow Skill Hub, GitHub, ClawHub, or any URL (zip archives, SKILL.md links) — no manual download or configuration required. From Skill Hub (recommended):

/skill install pptx

cow skill install pptx

From GitHub:

# Install all skills in a repo (auto-discovers subdirectories with SKILL.md)
/skill install larksuite/cli

# Specify a subdirectory to install a single skill
/skill install https://github.com/larksuite/cli/tree/main/skills/lark-im

# Use # to specify a subdirectory
/skill install larksuite/cli#skills/lark-minutes

# Install all skills in a repo (auto-discovers subdirectories with SKILL.md)
cow skill install larksuite/cli

# Specify a subdirectory to install a single skill
cow skill install https://github.com/larksuite/cli/tree/main/skills/lark-im

# Use # to specify a subdirectory
cow skill install larksuite/cli#skills/lark-minutes

Supports full GitHub URLs and owner/repo shorthand. For mono-repos (multiple skills in one repository), omitting the subdirectory auto-discovers and batch-installs all skills; specifying a subdirectory installs only that skill. From ClawHub:

/skill install clawhub:baidu-search

cow skill install clawhub:baidu-search

From URL:

# Install from a zip archive (single or batch)
/skill install https://cdn.link-ai.tech/skills/pptx.zip

# Install from a SKILL.md link
/skill install https://example.com/path/to/SKILL.md

# Install from a zip archive (single or batch)
cow skill install https://cdn.link-ai.tech/skills/pptx.zip

# Install from a SKILL.md link
cow skill install https://example.com/path/to/SKILL.md

Supports installing from zip / tar.gz archive URLs — automatically extracts and discovers directories containing SKILL.md, with support for single or batch install. Also supports installing directly from a SKILL.md file URL, automatically parsing the skill name and description.

uninstall

Uninstall an installed skill.

/skill uninstall pptx

cow skill uninstall pptx

Uninstalling deletes all files in the skill directory. This action cannot be undone.

enable / disable

Enable or disable a skill. Disabled skills will not be invoked by the Agent.

/skill enable pptx
/skill disable pptx

cow skill enable pptx
cow skill disable pptx

info

View details of an installed skill, including a preview of its SKILL.md.

/skill info pptx

cow skill info pptx

Skill Sources

Installed skills track their origin, viewable via /skill list:

Source	Description
`builtin`	Built-in project skills
`cowhub`	Installed from CowAgent Skill Hub
`github`	Installed directly from a GitHub URL
`clawhub`	Installed from ClawHub
`url`	Installed from a SKILL.md URL
`local`	Locally created skills

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