A skill your agent uses when creating, editing or debugging Ghostty terminal configuration - config.ghostty files, config option names and their valid values, keybinds and key sequences, themes…
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-config --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .claude/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .claude/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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 install https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-configType 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.
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-config --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .agents/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .agents/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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.
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-config --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .cursor/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .cursor/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git --path Skills/ghostty-config--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-config --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .gemini/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .gemini/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-configInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .github/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .github/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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.
$ npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sammcj/agentic-coding ghostty-config --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/ghostty-config .opencode/skills/ghostty-config && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ghostty-config" agent skill from https://github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding/tree/main/Skills/ghostty-config into .opencode/skills/ghostty-config/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghostty-config", 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.
ghostty-configA skill your agent uses when creating, editing or debugging Ghostty terminal configuration - config.ghostty files, config option names and their valid values, keybinds and key sequences, themes…
Ghostty Config is an agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding. Use when creating, editing or debugging Ghostty terminal configuration - config.ghostty files, config option names and their valid values, keybinds and key sequences, themes, fonts, shell integration, or ghostty + CLI actions. Covers macOS and Linux/GTK differences.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `CLAUDE.md`, `references/keybindings.md` and `references/options-appearance.md`).
It sits in Development. It works with macOS and Linux. The repository describes itself as: Agentic Coding Rules, Templates etc... The licence is Apache-2.0.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2f25ced. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
raw.githubusercontent.comFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Ghostty Config loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~17k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 598 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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.
The full file from sammcj/agentic-coding at commit 2f25ced, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sammcj). 598 words, ~1,777 tokens.
.claude/skills/ghostty-config/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Config is optional; with no file Ghostty runs on its defaults. Since Ghostty 1.2.3 the file is named config.ghostty; extensionless config still loads for backwards compatibility.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config.ghostty, then $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghostty/config. XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to ~/.config.~/Library/Application Support/com.mitchellh.ghostty/config.ghostty, then .../config.Every matching file loads, later files overriding earlier ones. Within a location config.ghostty loads before config. On macOS the macOS-path files load after the XDG ones, so macOS paths win on conflict.
# Comments start with #
background = 282c34
font-family = "JetBrains Mono"
keybind = ctrl+z=close_surface
font-family = # Empty value resets to defaultfont-family, keybind, palette, env, link) accumulate across lines.ghostty --background=282c34 --font-size=14.config-file = themes/dark.conf
config-file = ?local.conf # ? prefix = optional, no error if missingconfig-file directives are processed at the end of the containing file, so keys written after one still lose to the included file's values. Put overrides in the included file, or include first and keep the parent free of conflicting keys.
ctrl+shift+, (Linux), cmd+shift+, (macOS). Some options need a restart; some apply only to newly created terminals.ghostty +validate-config.ghostty +<action>; add --help for per-action help.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
ghostty +validate-config | Check the config for errors |
ghostty +show-config | Show the effective configuration |
ghostty +show-config --default --docs | Show defaults with documentation |
ghostty +edit-config | Open the config in the default editor |
ghostty +list-fonts | Available fixed-width fonts |
ghostty +list-themes | Available colour themes |
ghostty +list-colors | Available X11 colour names |
ghostty +list-keybinds | Current keybinds (--default for defaults) |
ghostty +list-actions | All keybind actions |
ghostty +show-face | Font face information |
ghostty +ssh-cache | Manage the SSH terminfo cache |
ghostty +new-window | Open a new window (Linux only) |
On macOS the ghostty binary is a helper tool: launch the terminal with open -na Ghostty.app, passing flags as open -na Ghostty.app --args --font-size=14. Use ghostty -e <command> to run a command in a new terminal.
Format: keybind = [prefix:]trigger=action[:param]
Modifiers: shift, ctrl/control, alt/opt/option, super/cmd/command.
keybind = ctrl+shift+t=new_tab
keybind = super+backquote=toggle_quick_terminal
keybind = ctrl+a>n=new_window # Sequence: press ctrl+a, release, press n
keybind = clear # Remove ALL keybinds, including defaults
keybind = ctrl+a=unbind # Remove one binding
keybind = ctrl+a=ignore # Ghostty and the terminal both ignore the keyKeyA, key_a, Digit1, BracketLeft) and outrank unicode codepoints. Prefer them for non-US layouts.| Prefix | Effect |
|---|---|
global: | System-wide (macOS: needs Accessibility permission; Linux: needs an XDG Desktop Portal) |
all: | Applies to all terminal surfaces |
unconsumed: | Passes the input through as well |
performable: | Consumes the input only if the action succeeds |
Prefixes combine: global:unconsumed:ctrl+a=reload_config. Sequences work with unconsumed:/performable: but not with global: or all:.
Ghostty 1.3+ adds modal key tables and in-terminal search actions - see references/keybindings.md.
theme accepts mode switching: theme = light:catppuccin-latte,dark:catppuccin-mocha.font-feature = -calt plus font-feature = -liga.ghostty +list-themes over hand-written colours when the user asks for a known theme.Load one when the task needs it - each is a lookup catalogue, not background reading:
references/options-appearance.mdkey-remap, bell, notifications, links, app lifecycle, or the macos-*, gtk-*, adw-* and linux-* prefixed families -> references/options-behaviour.md:param form, key tables or search actions -> references/keybindings.mdPlatform-gated options sit with their domain, not in a platform bucket: font-thicken (macOS) and window-vsync (macOS) are in the appearance file. Only the prefixed families above live in the platform sections.
The current schema (including tip releases) is at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sammcj/vscode-ghostty-config-syntax/refs/heads/main/schema/ghostty-config-syntax.schema.json - large, so query it programmatically rather than reading it whole.
© sammcj, 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
SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in Skills/ghostty-config of sammcj/agentic-coding.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2f25ced
Ghostty Config next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostty Config this skillsammcj/agentic-coding | 162 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Native Feel Cross Platform Desktopyetone/native-feel-skill | 1.9k | 1 repos | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| JS Cpp Protocolnotepadqq/notepadqq | 2.3k | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| RStudio Copilot Language Server Updaterrstudio/rstudio | 5.1k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| OpenLogi Device DiagnosisAprilNEA/OpenLogi | 23k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Code Change Verificationopenai/openai-agents-python | 30k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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A skill your agent uses when creating, editing or debugging Ghostty terminal configuration - config.ghostty files, config option names and their valid values, keybinds and key sequences, themes…. Ghostty Config is an agent skill from sammcj/agentic-coding.ghostty files, config option names and their valid values, keybinds and key sequences, themes, fonts, shell integration, or ghostty + CLI actions.
Ghostty Config fits situations like: debugging Ghostty terminal configuration - config.ghostty files; config option names and their valid values; keybinds and key sequences; shell integration.
Run `npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/ghostty-config in sammcj/agentic-coding) into .claude/skills/ghostty-config in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/ghostty-config in sammcj/agentic-coding) into .agents/skills/ghostty-config in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sammcj/agentic-coding --skill ghostty-config -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ghostty-config, .gemini/skills/ghostty-config, .github/skills/ghostty-config and .opencode/skills/ghostty-config in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ghostty Config is instructions for the agent only.
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: raw.githubusercontent.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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.
Ghostty Config 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.
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k 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 15k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
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sammcj (a GitHub user) maintains it in sammcj/agentic-coding, which has 162 GitHub stars. The repository holds 64 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: sammcj/agentic-coding on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
