# Gum Interactive Shell Script Toolkit

> Gum by Charmbracelet is a tool for building glamorous shell scripts. It provides configurable terminal UI components (choose, confirm, input, filter, spin, table, format) that can be used directly from bash to create interactive, visually polished CLI experiences.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit

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# Gum Interactive Shell Script Toolkit

Gum by Charmbracelet is a tool for building glamorous shell scripts. It provides configurable terminal UI components (choose, confirm, input, filter, spin, table, format) that can be used directly from bash to create interactive, visually polished CLI experiences.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install gum
- go install github.com/charmbracelet/gum@latest
- brew list | gum choose --no-limit | xargs brew uninstall

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- The above example is running from a single shell script ([source](./examples/demo.sh)).
- Check out the [complete example](https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum/blob/main/examples/commit.sh) for combining these commands in a single script.
- Use a package manager:

- Source: https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/charmbracelet/gum/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/gum-interactive-shell-script-toolkit/)