Agent skill

Thread List

by get-bb in get-bb/bb

Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions.

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Install Thread List

skills CLI
$ npx skills add get-bb/bb --skill thread-list -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install get-bb/bb thread-list --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/get-bb/bb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/thread-list/skills/thread-list .claude/skills/thread-list && 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
thread-list
GitHub stars
4.2k
Token cost
~880 tokens
SKILL.md length
420 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
33
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions.

  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Thread List is an agent skill from get-bb/bb. Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions.

Its SKILL.md is about 880 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: The agent IDE that builds itself. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/thread-list”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 68a1e8b. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    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

Thread List loads about 880 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 420 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~880

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 get-bb/bb at commit 68a1e8b, republished under its MIT licence (© get-bb). 420 words, ~880 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/thread-list/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
thread-list
description
Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions.

Thread list preferences

The Thread list plugin owns the sidebar's layout state. Read it with bb thread-list prefs list --json; keys are showProviderIcons, threadLifecycles, organizationMode, environmentGrouping, groupByReadStatus, chronologicalSort, sortDirection, sectionOrder, manualSectionOrder, machineSectionOrder, hiddenGroups (including the built-in threads group), rowActions, collapsedSections, collapsedProjects, collapsedThreads, collapsedEnvironments, collapsedThreadSections, and collapsedMachines.

sh
bb thread-list prefs list [--json]
bb thread-list prefs get <key> [--json]
bb thread-list prefs set <key> <value> [--json]
bb thread-list prefs reset <key> [--json]

set takes JSON; a bare word is read as a string, so bb thread-list prefs set organizationMode machine and bb thread-list prefs set manualSectionOrder '["pinned","sections","threads"]' both work. A value the key's schema rejects fails with invalid_preference_value and leaves the stored value alone. Every open window applies a change immediately. Sections themselves and a thread's section are bb core state: use bb thread section and bb thread update.

On first load the plugin copies any non-default sidebar.* values from bb settings ui once; after that the two are independent.

The header's Filter menu selects Active, Archived, or both; at least one must remain selected. bb thread-list prefs set threadLifecycles '["archived"]' shows archived threads, and '["active","archived"]' shows both. The default is '["active"]'. Archived results load in pages; use Show more at the end of the list. The same preference is available through setPreference RPC.

rowActions picks up to three quick-action buttons a thread row shows on hover, left to right before its actions menu. Choose from split, copyLink, read, pin, move (opens a section menu), rename, and archive; the default is '["archive"]' and '[]' leaves only the menu. For example, bb thread-list prefs set rowActions '["pin","archive"]'. In the app, a thread row's actions menu has Customize row actions, which previews the row's three action slots; each slot picks an action or Hide, and filled slots drag to reorder.

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Organize → Rows → Provider icons toggles the icon before each thread title. showProviderIcons defaults to true; use bb thread-list prefs set showProviderIcons false to hide them. Unknown provider ids have no icon.

Organize → Groups → By read status lists threads that show the unread dot above the rest, keeping the selected sort within each group. groupByReadStatus defaults to false; use bb thread-list prefs set groupByReadStatus true to turn it on. Parents start collapsed while it is on, without changing collapsedThreads, and environmentGrouping is ignored. The open thread keeps its place until another thread is opened.

New threads inherit the sidebar group where creation was invoked. Pinned creates pinned threads; custom sections supply their section; project, machine, and general thread groups start unsectioned and unpinned. Environment rows reuse their environment and the containing group's placement. In Pinned, they retain the group's common underlying section for unpinning; mixed-section groups use no underlying section.

© get-bb, MIT. 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 plugins/thread-list/skills/thread-list of get-bb/bb.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 68a1e8b

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Turn This Into A Threadsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Layoutrshankras/claude-code-apple-skills781—~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Thread List

What does Thread List do?

Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions. Thread List is an agent skill from get-bb/bb. Inspect or change the sidebar thread list's layout preferences: organization mode, sort, section order, hidden groups, collapsed groups, and thread row actions.

How do I install Thread List in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add get-bb/bb --skill thread-list -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/thread-list/skills/thread-list in get-bb/bb) into .claude/skills/thread-list in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Thread List in Codex?

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

Can I use Thread List 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 get-bb/bb --skill thread-list -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/thread-list, .gemini/skills/thread-list, .github/skills/thread-list and .opencode/skills/thread-list in your project.

What does Thread List need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Thread List is instructions for the agent only.

Does Thread List 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 Thread List 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 Thread List use?

Thread List 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 Thread List use?

About 880 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Thread List?

get-bb (a GitHub organization) maintains it in get-bb/bb, which has 4,155 GitHub stars. The repository holds 33 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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