AI agent skills for shell scripting and automation
Shell skills are about writing scripts that fail correctly: quoting that survives spaces in filenames, errexit and pipefail, and a dry-run mode for anything destructive. Portability is the usual trap — a script that works in bash on a Mac and breaks in sh on Alpine, or the reverse. The better skills say which shell they target and test the error path, not just the happy one.
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neuralblitz Skill BashWrite bash scripts for automation, system administration, and command-line productivity, covering variables, conditionals, loops, functions, argument parsing, error handling, and text processing with awk, sed, find, and xargs.
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nivkazdan Skill Bash Script HelperConfigure with bash script helper operations. Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: bash script helper, bash script helper Part of the DevOps Basics skill category. Use when working with bash script helper functionality. Trigger with phrases like "bash script helper", "bash helper", "bash".
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akin-ozer Bundle Bash Script GeneratorCreate, generate, write, or scaffold bash/shell scripts (.sh), automation, or CLI tools.
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g1joshi Skill BashBash shell scripting for automation, pipelines, and system administration. Use for .sh files and Linux scripting.
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pantheon-org Bundle Bash Script GeneratorCreates bash scripts with argument parsing, error handling, logging, and input validation following current standards. Use when creating new bash or shell scripts, .sh files, CLI tools, scripting automation, text processing workflows (grep/awk/sed pipelines), or building production-ready command-line utilities. Trigger phrases include 'write a bash script', 'create a shell script', 'generate a .sh file', 'bash command', 'scripting', or 'automate with bash'.
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antigravity Skill Bash ProWrite defensive, production-grade Bash scripts with strict error handling, safe patterns, and comprehensive testing.
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a5c-ai Bundle Shell Completion GeneratorGenerate shell completion scripts for bash, zsh, and fish from CLI command definitions. Creates intelligent completions with argument suggestions, file completions, and dynamic values.
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landonschropp Skill ScriptUse when creating a new command-line script or standalone executable from scratch. Covers language selection and defers to a language-specific skill for conventions and templates.
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nickgallick Skill Shell Scripting And CLIBash scripting best practices, Node.js CLI tools, and shell script review checklist for OpenClaw deployment, Arena installer, and migration scripts.
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khalilbenaz Skill Automation Script Automation ExpertAutomatisation par scripts (PowerShell, Python, Bash) pour tâches répétitives — cron jobs, batch processing et orchestration. Se déclenche avec "automatiser", "script d'automatisation", "tâche répétitive", "batch", "cron job", "PowerShell automation". Also triggers on "automate a repetitive task", "cron job script", "batch processing script".
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aaaaqwq Bundle Shell ExpertShell scripting expertise, command-line tools, automation, and cross-platform scripting best practices. Covers shell script development, CLI tool usage, and system automation with bash, zsh, and POSIX shell. Use when user mentions shell scripts, bash, zsh, CLI commands, pipes, command-line automation, or writing portable shell code.
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Generate bash script templates with best practices including error handling, argument parsing, logging, and portability considerations.
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micsapp Skill Bash Script HelperBash Script Helper - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Basics. Triggers on: bash script helper, bash script helper Part of the DevOps Basics skill category.
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xonovex Bundle Shell Scripting GuideUse when writing or editing POSIX shell or Bash automation. Triggers on `.sh` files, `#!/usr/bin/env bash` shebangs, and prompts about scripting CI tasks, build helpers, devops automation, or one-off pipelines, even when the user doesn't say 'shell'. Apply for strict mode, quoting, parameter expansion, exit codes, idempotency, shellcheck/shfmt.
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laurigates Bundle Shell ExpertShell scripting: bash, zsh, POSIX, CLI tools, cross-platform automation. Use when writing shell scripts, pipes, command-line automation, or portable shell code.
- neuralblitz Skill Shell Scripting
Shell scripting for command-line automation
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wesley1600 Bundle Bash SkillBuild Automation Skill
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lev-os Bundle Automating Your AutomationsMine atuin history and shell logs to find repetitive workflows, build Rust CLI or bash automations. Use when analyzing command patterns or finding automation opportunities.
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miaoge-ge Skill Bash Scripting ExpertExpert Bash scripting: robust, safe, portable shell scripts. Trigger keywords: bash, shell script, sh, quoting, word splitting, set -euo pipefail, trap, IFS, getopts, mktemp, shellcheck, POSIX, CLI, automation. Use for writing/debugging shell scripts and automation, or fixing quoting, exit-code, and portability bugs.
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pratiyush Bundle Skill With ScriptsExample skill that bundles executable scripts for automated tasks. Use when you need to run shell-based automation via bundled scripts.
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sahit-sai Skill Shell ScriptShell 脚本助手。帮用户编写、调试和优化 Bash/Shell 脚本，自动化日常运维任务。当用户说「帮我写个脚本」「shell脚本」「bash脚本」「自动化脚本」「运维脚本」「批处理」「shell怎么写」「bash script」「脚本报错」「脚本调试」时触发。关键词：shell、bash、脚本、script、自动化、运维、批处理、命令行、终端、sh、zsh、管道、重定向、循环、条件判断、函数、变量、字符串处理、文件操作、进程管理、日志处理、部署脚本、备份脚本、监控脚本、定时脚本
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Validate, lint, audit, or fix bash/shell/.sh scripts via ShellCheck.
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microclaw Skill Shell ScriptingWrite robust, safe bash/shell scripts and one-liners, and explain or fix existing ones. Use when users want a shell script, a command pipeline, automation glue, or ask why a bash snippet misbehaves (quoting, globbing, exit codes). Triggers on mentions of bash, shell script, .sh, command line, pipe, one-liner, cron job command, 脚本, 命令行, 管道, shell.
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subashmurugandev Bundle Agent Automation ScripterImported specialist agent skill for automation scripter. Use when requests match this domain or role.
How to install a shell scripting and automation skill
- Compare the skills. Read the shell scripting and automation skills below — each page shows the full SKILL.md, its safety verdict, and the capabilities it declares.
- Install it. Run npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>. The CLI writes the skill into every agent directory it detects, or use --agent to pin one.
- Use it. Restart your agent. It loads the skill on demand the next time you ask for something that matches — you do not have to name the skill.
What makes a good shell scripting and automation skill?
Shell skills are about writing scripts that fail correctly: quoting that survives spaces in filenames, errexit and pipefail, and a dry-run mode for anything destructive. Portability is the usual trap — a script that works in bash on a Mac and breaks in sh on Alpine, or the reverse. The better skills say which shell they target and test the error path, not just the happy one.
Every skill listed here is a plain SKILL.md file in the format Anthropic documents for Agent Skills, read unchanged by Cursor, OpenAI Codex and 60+ agents. Each passes a safety review before it is publicly listed; the verdict and declared capabilities are on every skill's page.
Frequently asked questions
What is an agent skill for shell scripting and automation?
Shell skills are about writing scripts that fail correctly: quoting that survives spaces in filenames, errexit and pipefail, and a dry-run mode for anything destructive. Portability is the usual trap — a script that works in bash on a Mac and breaks in sh on Alpine, or the reverse. The better skills say which shell they target and test the error path, not just the happy one.
Will a shell skill run commands on my machine?
The skill is text; execution is your agent's. If your agent has a shell tool it can run what the skill suggests, so read the SKILL.md first — skills that expect to run commands declare it, and the destructive ones should be asking before they act.
Which agents can use these shell scripting and automation skills?
Any agent that reads SKILL.md files: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Windsurf, OpenCode and 60+ others. The format is not vendor-specific, so the same file works everywhere — each agent just keeps its skills in a different directory, listed at /agents.
Are these shell scripting and automation skills free?
Yes. Searching, reading and installing skills on SkillMD is free and needs no account. Individual skills carry their own licence, shown on each skill's page.