Agent skill

Qmd

Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD.

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Qmd

skills CLI

$ npx skills add compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install compozy/compozy qmd --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/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .claude/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .claude/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd

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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install compozy/compozy qmd --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .agents/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .agents/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install compozy/compozy qmd --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .cursor/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .cursor/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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/compozy/compozy.git --path .agents/skills/qmd

--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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install compozy/compozy qmd --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/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .gemini/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .gemini/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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 compozy/compozy qmd

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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .github/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .github/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -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 compozy/compozy qmd --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/compozy/compozy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qmd .opencode/skills/qmd && 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 "qmd" agent skill from https://github.com/compozy/compozy/tree/main/.agents/skills/qmd into .opencode/skills/qmd/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qmd", 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: qmd
GitHub stars: 2.8k
Token cost: ~1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 314 words
Files: 2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 47
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD.

Users ask to search notes
SKILL.md covers Status, MCP: query, Other MCP Tools and CLI, plus 2 more sections
Calls curl and npm
Look up information

What it does

Qmd is an agent skill from compozy/compozy. Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD. Use when users ask to search notes, find documents, or look up information.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/mcp-setup.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires qmd CLI or MCP server. Install via npm install -g @tobilu/qmd.

It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Knowledge bases and Markdown. The repository describes itself as: An operating system for AI agents. Plug in the agent CLIs you already use (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor) and they become a team: they split the work, hand tasks to each… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Users ask to search notes
Look up information

Example prompts

“/qmd”

Requirements

Node.js
Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires qmd CLI or MCP server. Install via `npm install -g @tobilu/qmd`.
Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(qmd:*), mcp__qmd__*

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eec2ed1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Bash(qmd:*)
- mcp__qmd__*
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- curl
- npm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl and npm, 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.
Compatibility
Requires qmd CLI or MCP server. Install via `npm install -g @tobilu/qmd`.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Qmd loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 314 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~1.5k

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 compozy/compozy at commit eec2ed1, republished under its MIT licence (© compozy). 314 words, ~1,017 tokens.

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

name: qmd
description: Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD. Use when users ask to search notes, find documents, or look up information.
allowed-tools: Bash(qmd:*), mcp__qmd__*
compatibility: Requires qmd CLI or MCP server. Install via `npm install -g @tobilu/qmd`.
license: MIT
metadata.author: tobi
metadata.version: 2.0.0

QMD - Quick Markdown Search

Local search engine for markdown content.

Status

!qmd status 2>/dev/null || echo "Not installed: npm install -g @tobilu/qmd"

MCP: `query`

json

{
  "searches": [
    { "type": "lex", "query": "CAP theorem consistency" },
    { "type": "vec", "query": "tradeoff between consistency and availability" }
  ],
  "collections": ["docs"],
  "limit": 10
}

Query Types

Type	Method	Input
`lex`	BM25	Keywords — exact terms, names, code
`vec`	Vector	Question — natural language
`hyde`	Vector	Answer — hypothetical result (50-100 words)

Writing Good Queries

lex (keyword)

2-5 terms, no filler words
Exact phrase: "connection pool" (quoted)
Exclude terms: performance -sports (minus prefix)
Code identifiers work: handleError async

vec (semantic)

Full natural language question
Be specific: "how does the rate limiter handle burst traffic"
Include context: "in the payment service, how are refunds processed"

hyde (hypothetical document)

Write 50-100 words of what the answer looks like
Use the vocabulary you expect in the result

expand (auto-expand)

Use a single-line query (implicit) or expand: question on its own line
Lets the local LLM generate lex/vec/hyde variations
Do not mix expand: with other typed lines — it's either a standalone expand query or a full query document

Intent (Disambiguation)

When a query term is ambiguous, add intent to steer results:

json

{
  "searches": [
    { "type": "lex", "query": "performance" }
  ],
  "intent": "web page load times and Core Web Vitals"
}

Intent affects expansion, reranking, chunk selection, and snippet extraction. It does not search on its own — it's a steering signal that disambiguates queries like "performance" (web-perf vs team health vs fitness).

Combining Types

Goal	Approach
Know exact terms	`lex` only
Don't know vocabulary	Use a single-line query (implicit `expand:`) or `vec`
Best recall	`lex` + `vec`
Complex topic	`lex` + `vec` + `hyde`
Ambiguous query	Add `intent` to any combination above

First query gets 2x weight in fusion — put your best guess first.

Lex Query Syntax

Syntax	Meaning	Example
`term`	Prefix match	`perf` matches "performance"
`"phrase"`	Exact phrase	`"rate limiter"`
`-term`	Exclude	`performance -sports`

Note: -term only works in lex queries, not vec/hyde.

Collection Filtering

json

{ "collections": ["docs"] }              // Single
{ "collections": ["docs", "notes"] }     // Multiple (OR)

Omit to search all collections.

Other MCP Tools

Tool	Use
`get`	Retrieve doc by path or `#docid`
`multi_get`	Retrieve multiple by glob/list
`status`	Collections and health

CLI

bash

qmd query "question"              # Auto-expand + rerank
qmd query $'lex: X\nvec: Y'       # Structured
qmd query $'expand: question'     # Explicit expand
qmd query --json --explain "q"    # Show score traces (RRF + rerank blend)
qmd search "keywords"             # BM25 only (no LLM)
qmd get "#abc123"                 # By docid
qmd multi-get "journals/2026-*.md" -l 40  # Batch pull snippets by glob
qmd multi-get notes/foo.md,notes/bar.md   # Comma-separated list, preserves order

HTTP API

bash

curl -X POST http://localhost:8181/query \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searches": [{"type": "lex", "query": "test"}]}'

Setup

bash

npm install -g @tobilu/qmd
qmd collection add ~/notes --name notes
qmd embed

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/qmd of compozy/compozy.

SKILL.md
references/mcp-setup.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eec2ed1

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Questions about Qmd

What does Qmd do?

Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD. Qmd is an agent skill from compozy/compozy. Search markdown knowledge bases, notes, and documentation using QMD.

When should I use Qmd?

Qmd fits situations like: users ask to search notes; look up information.

How do I install Qmd in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Qmd in Codex?

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

Can I use Qmd 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 compozy/compozy --skill qmd -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/qmd, .gemini/skills/qmd, .github/skills/qmd and .opencode/skills/qmd in your project.

What does Qmd need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Qmd needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl and npm). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(qmd:*), mcp__qmd__*. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires qmd CLI or MCP server. Install via `npm install -g @tobilu/qmd`..

Does Qmd access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Qmd 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 Qmd use?

Qmd is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Qmd use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 499 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Qmd?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Qmd: Qmd (SAP/e-mobility-charging-stations-simulator, 227 stars), Wiki Viewer (rohitg00/pro-workflow, 2.9k stars), Okf Open Knowledge Format (fabricioctelles/skills, 106 stars) and Kb Setup (BlackBeltTechnology/pi-agent-dashboard, 315 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Qmd?

compozy (a GitHub organization) maintains it in compozy/compozy, which has 2,792 GitHub stars. The repository holds 47 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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

Install Qmd

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Compatibility

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

QMD - Quick Markdown Search

Status

MCP: query

Query Types

Writing Good Queries

Intent (Disambiguation)

Combining Types

Lex Query Syntax

Collection Filtering

Other MCP Tools

CLI

HTTP API

Setup

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Qmd

MCP: `query`