Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Cello

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hyperledger-cello/cello --skill cello -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hyperledger-cello/cello cello --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/hyperledger-cello/cello.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/cello .claude/skills/cello && 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
cello
GitHub stars
918
Token cost
~443 tokens
SKILL.md length
157 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API.

  • The user asks to inspect Cello
  • SKILL.md covers Setup and Topics — load the matching…
  • Calls curl and jq; needs CELLO_PASSWORD
  • Fabric networks

What it does

Cello is an agent skill from hyperledger-cello/cello. Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API. Use when the user asks to inspect Cello, Fabric networks, nodes, peers, orderers, channels, chaincodes, or organizations.

Its SKILL.md is about 440 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `chaincodes.md`, `channels.md` and `nodes.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering REST APIs. The repository describes itself as: Operating System for Enterprise Blockchain. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to inspect Cello
  • Fabric networks

Example prompts

  • “/cello”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cd208b2. 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:

    • curl
    • jq

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • CELLO_PASSWORD

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Cello loads about 443 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 157 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
~443

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 hyperledger-cello/cello at commit cd208b2, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© hyperledger-cello). 157 words, ~443 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cello/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
cello
description
Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API. Use when the user asks to inspect Cello, Fabric networks, nodes, peers, orderers, channels, chaincodes, or organizations.

Cello API

Read-only inspection of a running Cello API Engine.

Setup

  • Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api/v1
  • Credentials: read from ~/.cello/credentials, an env-style file with CELLO_EMAIL=... and CELLO_PASSWORD=... (create it once, chmod 600).
  • Auth: send the JWT from ~/.cello/token as the Authorization: JWT <token> header. If ~/.cello/token is missing, run the login helper below first. Tokens expire after ~1 hour, so on any 401 re-run the helper and retry the request.

Login helper:

bash
mkdir -p ~/.cello
set -a; . ~/.cello/credentials; set +a
curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/login \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d "{\"email\":\"$CELLO_EMAIL\",\"password\":\"$CELLO_PASSWORD\"}" \
  | jq -r '.data.token' > ~/.cello/token
chmod 600 ~/.cello/token

If login fails or the token is empty or null, ask the user to verify ~/.cello/credentials and API availability. Do not guess credentials.

Successful responses use {status, msg, data}; error responses may not.

List endpoints default to per_page=10; use per_page=100 for inspection and page further only when .data.total > 100.

Topics — load the matching file as needed

User mentions…Read this file
nodes, peers, orderersnodes.md
channelschannels.md
chaincodes, smart contractschaincodes.md
organizations, membersorganizations.md

Load only the file relevant to the user's question, not all of them.

© hyperledger-cello, 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

SKILL.md and 4 other files in .claude/skills/cello of hyperledger-cello/cello.

  • SKILL.md
  • chaincodes.md
  • channels.md
  • nodes.md
  • organizations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cd208b2

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Categories

Questions about Cello

What does Cello do?

Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API. Cello is an agent skill from hyperledger-cello/cello. Read the status of a Hyperledger Cello deployment through its REST API.

When should I use Cello?

Cello fits situations like: the user asks to inspect Cello; fabric networks.

How do I install Cello in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Cello in Codex?

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

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

What does Cello need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cello needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl and jq) and credentials named CELLO_PASSWORD.

Does Cello access the network?

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

Is Cello 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 Cello use?

Cello 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 Cello use?

About 443 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Cello?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cello: API Designer (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars), Paperclip (paperclipai/paperclip, 99k stars), Nodejs Backend Patterns (ever-works/ever-works, 158 stars) and OpenAPI to MCP Server (mcp-use/mcp-use, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cello?

hyperledger-cello (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hyperledger-cello/cello, which has 918 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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