Agent skill

Rachio

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water.

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Install Rachio

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .claude/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .claude/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .agents/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .agents/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .cursor/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .cursor/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/rachio

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .gemini/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .gemini/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .github/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .github/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors rachio --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/rachio .opencode/skills/rachio && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "rachio" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/rachio into .opencode/skills/rachio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rachio", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: rachio
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~852 tokens
SKILL.md length: 283 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 153
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water.

Works in 5 steps: zone-start opens a real valve and water… → device-on / device-off also require the… → stop (close all valves) needs no… → …
Phrases: rachio
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Rachio is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water. Trigger phrases: rachio, sprinklers, irrigation controller, water the lawn, stop watering.

Its SKILL.md is about 850 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/rachio.py`).

The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Phrases: rachio
Irrigation controller

Example prompts

“/rachio”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

zone-start opens a real valve and water flows. It requires --confirm with the exact string the CLI echoes (e.g. water zone for seconds)…
device-on / device-off also require the echoed --confirm string every time.
stop (close all valves) needs no confirmation: it only ever shuts water off.
The Rachio API is free and rate-limited to roughly 1,700 requests per day. Space out polling; do not loop schedule on a short interval.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/rachio.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Rachio loads about 852 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 283 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~852

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 283 words, ~852 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/rachio/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: rachio
description: Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water. Trigger phrases: rachio, sprinklers, irrigation controller, water the lawn, stop watering.
metadata.includeInPrompt: true
tagline: Control a Rachio smart irrigation controller through the public Rachio API. Check who is signed in, see what the controller is currently running, start…
catalog_auth: personal API key via the secure credential flow
catalog_hosts: api.rach.io

Rachio

Purpose

Control a Rachio smart irrigation controller through the public Rachio API. Check who is signed in, see what the controller is currently running, start watering a specific zone for a set number of seconds, and shut all water off in an emergency. Reach for this when the user asks about sprinklers, watering schedules, or irrigation zones.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/rachio.py:

bash

bin/rachio.py auth                                        # verify the API key
bin/rachio.py person                                      # person info + controller ids
bin/rachio.py schedule --device-id DEVICE_ID              # current schedule on a controller
bin/rachio.py zone-start --zone-id ZONE_ID --seconds 600 \
    --confirm "water zone ZONE_ID for 600 seconds"        # open a zone valve (water flows)
bin/rachio.py stop                                        # EMERGENCY OFF: closes all valves
bin/rachio.py device-on --device-id DEVICE_ID \
    --confirm "enable controller DEVICE_ID"               # enable a controller
bin/rachio.py device-off --device-id DEVICE_ID \
    --confirm "disable controller DEVICE_ID"              # disable a controller

Zone ids come from the Rachio app or a prior person call. stop never asks for confirmation: it is the emergency off and closes every open valve immediately.

Auth

Provider id: rachio (credential is collected as custom.rachio)
Collection: personal API key via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); generate one in the Rachio app under Account settings
Auth scheme: Authorization: Bearer <token> on every request
Allowed hosts: api.rach.io
Status check: bin/rachio.py auth

Operating Rules

zone-start opens a real valve and water flows. It requires --confirm with the exact string the CLI echoes (e.g. water zone <id> for <seconds> seconds). The string must match exactly; a missing or wrong confirmation refuses the call. This is stricter than the standing medium-risk rule: confirmation is required for every start, with no first-use shortcut per device.
device-on / device-off also require the echoed --confirm string every time.
stop (close all valves) needs no confirmation: it only ever shuts water off.
The Rachio API is free and rate-limited to roughly 1,700 requests per day. Space out polling; do not loop schedule on a short interval.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/rachio.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

Files

SKILL.md
bin/rachio.py

Maturity

Draft: written from Rachio's public API docs; not yet live-tested end-to-end.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/rachio of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

SKILL.md
bin/rachio.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Rachio

What does Rachio do?

Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water. Rachio is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Control a Rachio smart sprinkler controller: check schedules, start watering zones, and stop all water.

When should I use Rachio?

Rachio fits situations like: phrases: rachio; irrigation controller.

How do I install Rachio in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/rachio in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/rachio in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Rachio in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/rachio in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/rachio in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Rachio in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill rachio -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rachio, .gemini/skills/rachio, .github/skills/rachio and .opencode/skills/rachio in your project.

What does Rachio need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Rachio needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Rachio access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Rachio safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Rachio use?

Rachio is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Rachio use?

About 852 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Rachio?

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Who maintains Rachio?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,347 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Rachio

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Rachio

Purpose

Tooling

Auth

Operating Rules

Files

Maturity

Files

Compare with similar skills

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