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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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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futurejj Bundle Shell ScriptingShell scripting including Bash best practices, error handling, process management, and task automation. Trigger for shell script writing, Bash debugging, or CLI tool development.
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iliaal Bundle Linux Bash Scripting 2Defensive Bash scripting for Linux: safe foundations, argument parsing, production patterns, ShellCheck compliance. Use when writing "bash script", "shell script", "linux automation", "system script", "cron job", "deployment script", "CLI tool in bash", or "automate with 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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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.
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majiayu000 Bundle Bash 2Write Bash scripts following best practices. Use when creating shell scripts, automation, or CLI tools. Covers safe scripting patterns.
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tomevault-io Bundle Bash Script GeneratorCreate, generate, write, or scaffold bash/shell scripts (.sh), automation, or CLI tools. Use when this capability is needed.
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aibot88 Bundle Bash CLI ExpertWrite, debug, and optimize bash scripts and CLI solutions for macOS using modern tools (fd, rg, sd, jq) with shellcheck compliance. Use when creating shell scripts, one-liners, pipelines, automation, or solving complex CLI tasks.
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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'.
- majiayu000 Bundle Shell Automation
Production-grade shell automation - scripts, CI/CD, makefiles
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dvcrn Skill AutoHelps automate repetitive tasks with scripts, scheduled jobs, and simple workflows. Use when the user wants to script an action, run something on a schedule (cron, Task Scheduler), automate builds or deploys, or reduce manual steps in a workflow.
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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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neuralblitz Skill Shell ScriptingShell scripting for command-line automation
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duck4nh Skill Bash AutomationBash scripting for security automation. One-liners, enumeration, post-exploitation. Use for quick scripts and automation tasks.
- tomevault-io Bundle Shell Scripting 3
Create, refactor, or review Bash shell scripts with strict mode, safe argument parsing, idempotent behavior, and rich CLI output (structured logs plus readable usage/help with color fallback). Use when users ask for .sh scripts, shell automation, CLI wrappers, or script hardening. Use when this capability is needed.
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- tomevault-io Bundle Joaquimscosta Arkhe Claude Plugins Playwright CLI
Playwright CLI
- tomevault-io Bundle Knokmki612 Dotfiles Playwright CLI
Browser Automation with playwright-cli
- tomevault-io Bundle Ssd Mkdocs Platform Teams Board Playwright CLI
Browser Automation with playwright-cli
- neuralblitz Skill Bash
Write 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.
Audited 1 - dvcrn Skill Automation
Task automation specialist. Workflow optimization and scheduled tasks.
32 - majiayu000 Bundle Skogai Argc
Create and manage argc-powered bash CLIs and Argcfile.sh task runners. Use when creating Argcfile.sh files, converting bash scripts to argc CLIs, adding argument parsing, shell completion, or task automation to projects.
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waterplanai Bundle Ac QA Playwright CLIBrowser automation via playwright-cli. Token-efficient alternative to Playwright MCP - uses CLI commands through Bash instead of MCP tool schemas. Supports navigation, interaction, screenshots, video recording, and session management. Triggers on keywords: browser, e2e, playwright, screenshot, navigate, click, type, test browser, visual test
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modbender Skill AutomationTask automation specialist. Workflow optimization and scheduled tasks.
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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.