Installation

Install a release

Install the latest release on macOS or Linux:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/yaojie-shen/Skills-Manager-TUI/raw/main/install.sh | sh

Install a specific release:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/yaojie-shen/Skills-Manager-TUI/raw/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --version TAG

Install the latest main build:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/yaojie-shen/Skills-Manager-TUI/raw/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --channel nightly

This is a prerelease rebuilt on every push to main, intended for testing.

The installer checks the archive against the release’s SHA256SUMS. It stops when the platform is unsupported or the release asset is missing.

Confirm the installation:

skills --version
skills --help

Supported targets

System	Architectures / targets
macOS	ARM64 (aarch64-apple-darwin), x86-64 (x86_64-apple-darwin)
Linux	ARM64 (aarch64-unknown-linux-musl), x86-64 (x86_64-unknown-linux-musl)

The installer requires curl or wget, tar, and sha256sum or shasum. Native Windows is not supported, and unsupported targets do not fall back to a source build.

Choose the destination

The default destination is ~/.local/bin/skills. If that directory is not on PATH, open a new shell after installation or update the current one:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Available overrides:

Option	Environment variable	Purpose
--channel CHANNEL	SKILLS_CHANNEL	stable (default) or nightly, the latest main build.
--version TAG	SKILLS_VERSION	Install a specific release.
--target TRIPLE	SKILLS_TARGET	Select a release target.
--install-dir DIR	SKILLS_INSTALL_DIR	Change the install directory.
—	SKILLS_REPO	Download from another release repository.
—	SKILLS_NO_PATH_UPDATE=1	Leave shell profiles unchanged.

Build from source

From a repository checkout:

cargo build --release --locked
cargo install --path . --locked

The project requires Rust 1.98 or newer and uses edition 2024. Cargo chooses the install destination from its own configuration.

Git-backed imports and root backup require git. Archive URL imports require curl and support ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, and TAR.XZ. Git processes launched by Skills Manager do not prompt for credentials in the terminal.

Node is needed only to maintain this documentation site, not to run skills.