NikiforovAll dial CLI skill
Thin wrapper over the dial CLI shipped with the pi-dial package. Use it to answer questions about DIAL models, capabilities, and rate limits — nothing more. Do not delegate to subagents.
Prerequisites
DIAL_API_KEYis set in the environment.dialis onPATH— thepi-dialextension auto-prepends<pkg>/binon load.
Commands
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| List accessible models | dial models list |
| Full catalog (incl. inaccessible) | dial models list --catalog |
| Filter list | dial models list --filter <text> |
| All metadata in list | dial models list --all |
| Model details | dial models <id> |
| Model details, all fields | dial models <id> --all |
| Rate limits / usage | dial models <id> limits |
| Refresh local cache | dial models refresh |
Add --json to any command for machine-parseable output.
Output shapes
dial models <id> --all --json → object with id, display_name, display_version, description, capabilities, features, pricing.{prompt,completion,unit}, limits.{max_completion_tokens,max_total_tokens}, lifecycle_status, tokenizer_model.
dial models <id> limits --json → { minuteTokenStats: { used, total }, dayTokenStats: { used, total } }. A total of 0 means no access; very large values mean unlimited.
Tips
- Don't fabricate prices — read them from
pricingon each call. DIAL pricing is not pinned in this skill on purpose. - For programmatic lookups always pair with
--jsonand pipe tojq.