Official agent skill

Berdctl New Command

by block in block/berd

A skill your agent uses when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface.

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Install Berdctl New Command

skills CLI
$ npx skills add block/berd --skill berdctl-new-command -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install block/berd berdctl-new-command --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/block/berd.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/berdctl-new-command .claude/skills/berdctl-new-command && 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/

Facts

Skill name
berdctl-new-command
GitHub stars
969
Token cost
~574 tokens
SKILL.md length
266 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface.

  • Removing berdctl commands
  • SKILL.md covers Rules and Workflow
  • Calls pnpm, just and cargo
  • Any of the berdctl surface

What it does

Berdctl New Command is an agent skill from block/berd, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface.

Its SKILL.md is about 570 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Tauri. The repository describes itself as: a desktop app for getting work done with any model. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Removing berdctl commands
  • Any of the berdctl surface

Example prompts

  • “/berdctl-new-command”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5bcf29b. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pnpm
    • just
    • cargo

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Berdctl New Command loads about 574 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 266 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~574

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 block/berd at commit 5bcf29b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© block). 266 words, ~574 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/berdctl-new-command/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
berdctl-new-command
description
Use when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface.

berdctl command changes

One command is one renderer module. Descriptors are the source for zod validation, TS input types, CLI help, and generated contract JSON. Background: docs/berdctl-architecture.md.

Rules

  • Verbs must be UI-visible. Prefer reversible mutations, but one-way visible product actions like creating a session or sending a prompt are allowed. Delete, bulk, silent, invisible, or broadly destructive work requires auth/confirmation design review.
  • Put bounds in zod; clap mirrors them.
  • Keep descriptors import-pure. Import stores, Tauri APIs, navigation, providers, and caches only inside execute/precheck.
  • Do not hand-edit generated contract JSON.
  • Keep the broker command-agnostic; normal command changes do not touch src-tauri/plugins/berdctl/.
  • Breaking wire reshapes bump both discovery.rs constants and the contract mirror. New commands and optional fields are not reshapes.

Workflow

  • Add commands with just new-command <noun> <verb>.
  • Implement src/features/berdctl/commands/impl/<verbNoun>.ts with: .strict() schema, .describe() on every field, summary, description, helpFooter, safety metadata, optional precheck, and execute.
  • Update inventories only when needed: registry.ts group cli.about, top-level help pins in tree.rs, and distro/skills/berdctl/SKILL.md for overview changes.
  • Run pnpm generate:berdctl-contract, pnpm vitest run src/features/berdctl, and cargo test -p berdctl from src-tauri/.
  • Before review, confirm the verb is UI-visible and either reversible or a direct visible product action, help is complete, error messages name the fixing command, artifacts are regenerated, and tests cover the behavior.

Keep CLI shapes expressible by the generated field walker. If a requested operation needs an explicit null or another shape that generic flags cannot represent safely, model it as a separate command action instead of adding command-specific Rust mapping. Example: use session move --project-id <id> for moving into a project and session clear-project for moving out.

© block, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/berdctl-new-command of block/berd.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5bcf29b

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Questions about Berdctl New Command

What does Berdctl New Command do?

A skill your agent uses when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface. Berdctl New Command is an agent skill from block/berd, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when adding, extending, modifying, or removing berdctl commands, verbs, nouns, schemas, help text, or any of the berdctl surface.

When should I use Berdctl New Command?

Berdctl New Command fits situations like: removing berdctl commands; any of the berdctl surface.

How do I install Berdctl New Command in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add block/berd --skill berdctl-new-command -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/berdctl-new-command in block/berd) into .claude/skills/berdctl-new-command in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Berdctl New Command in Codex?

Run `npx skills add block/berd --skill berdctl-new-command -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/berdctl-new-command in block/berd) into .agents/skills/berdctl-new-command in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Berdctl New Command 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 block/berd --skill berdctl-new-command -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/berdctl-new-command, .gemini/skills/berdctl-new-command, .github/skills/berdctl-new-command and .opencode/skills/berdctl-new-command in your project.

What does Berdctl New Command need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Berdctl New Command needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm, just and cargo).

Does Berdctl New Command 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 Berdctl New Command 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 Berdctl New Command use?

Berdctl New Command is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Berdctl New Command use?

About 574 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Berdctl New Command?

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Who maintains Berdctl New Command?

block (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in block/berd, which has 969 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: block/berd on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.