Agent skill

Configuration Diagnostics CLI

by VectorSpaceLab in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill

Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the dask command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation…

BSD-3-ClauseAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Configuration Diagnostics CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill configuration-diagnostics-cli -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill configuration-diagnostics-cli --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/VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/repositories/repo-skills/dask/sub-skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli .claude/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli && 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
configuration-diagnostics-cli
GitHub stars
328
Token cost
~694 tokens
SKILL.md length
262 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
159
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
BSD-3-Clause

At a glance

Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the dask command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation…

  • Tasks that involve DataFrames
  • SKILL.md covers Route By Task, Boundaries and Safe Smoke Script
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python
  • Tasks that involve Secrets management

What it does

Configuration Diagnostics CLI is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the dask command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation routing, install extras troubleshooting, and development/test command lookup.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/cli-reference.md`, `references/configuration.md` and `references/development-and-testing.md`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering DataFrames and Secrets management. It works with Dask. The repository describes itself as: A Skill Library for Automated Machine Learning. The licence is BSD-3-Clause.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve DataFrames
  • Tasks that involve Secrets management

Example prompts

  • “/configuration-diagnostics-cli”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac3fe1a. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Configuration Diagnostics CLI loads about 694 tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 262 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~694
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.2k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill at commit ac3fe1a, republished under its BSD-3-Clause licence (© VectorSpaceLab). 262 words, ~694 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
configuration-diagnostics-cli
description
Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the `dask` command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation routing, install extras troubleshooting, and development/test command lookup.
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.disco-role
operating
license
BSD 3-Clause

Configuration, Diagnostics, and CLI

Use this sub-skill when the task involves Dask configuration, local runtime diagnostics, the dask CLI, install extras, or contributor validation commands.

Route By Task

  • Configuration values: Start with references/configuration.md for dask.config.get, set, YAML search paths, environment variables, schema defaults, and import-time config caveats.
  • CLI workflows: Use references/cli-reference.md for dask --help, dask config ..., dask docs, dask info versions, entry-point registration, and safe smoke checks.
  • Progress and profiling: Use references/diagnostics-and-performance.md for ProgressBar, Profiler, ResourceProfiler, CacheProfiler, Callback, and Cache.
  • Development commands: Use references/development-and-testing.md for pixi, pytest, lint, doctest, and targeted validation commands.
  • Failures and caveats: Use references/troubleshooting.md for DASK_CONFIG, YAML parse errors, missing config keys, optional diagnostics dependencies, distributed-vs-core scheduler confusion, browser-opening CLI behavior, and warnings-as-errors.

Boundaries

  • Route array-specific settings such as chunking, rechunking, slicing, array backends, and array query planning to the array workflow sub-skill after checking the generic config mechanics here.
  • Route dataframe-specific settings such as shuffle, parquet, string conversion, dataframe backends, and dataframe query planning to the dataframe workflow sub-skill after checking the generic config mechanics here.
  • Route task graph, delayed, compute, persist, annotations, and scheduler API design to the core graphs/schedulers sub-skill; use this sub-skill only for selecting or troubleshooting scheduler/config surfaces.
  • Do not require the original repository checkout at runtime; use bundled references and scripts/dask_cli_smoke.py for CLI smoke validation.

Safe Smoke Script

Run the bundled smoke script against the active Python environment when you need a quick, side-effect-light CLI check:

bash
python scripts/dask_cli_smoke.py --help
python scripts/dask_cli_smoke.py

The default script run checks dask --help, dask config get temporary-directory, dask config list, and dask info versions without writing configuration files or opening a browser.

© VectorSpaceLab, BSD-3-Clause. 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 6 other files (scripts, references) in skills/repositories/repo-skills/dask/sub-skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli of VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/cli-reference.md
  • references/configuration.md
  • references/development-and-testing.md
  • references/diagnostics-and-performance.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • scripts/dask_cli_smoke.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac3fe1a

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Questions about Configuration Diagnostics CLI

What does Configuration Diagnostics CLI do?

Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the dask command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation…. Configuration Diagnostics CLI is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use this Dask sub-skill for configuration files and environment variables, the dask command line interface, local diagnostics/profiling/progress, callbacks/cache, scheduler/deployment documentation routing, install extras troubleshooting, and development/test command lookup.

When should I use Configuration Diagnostics CLI?

Configuration Diagnostics CLI fits situations like: tasks that involve DataFrames; tasks that involve Secrets management.

How do I install Configuration Diagnostics CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill configuration-diagnostics-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/dask/sub-skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .claude/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Configuration Diagnostics CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill configuration-diagnostics-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/dask/sub-skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .agents/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Configuration Diagnostics CLI 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 VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill configuration-diagnostics-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli, .gemini/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli, .github/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli and .opencode/skills/configuration-diagnostics-cli in your project.

What does Configuration Diagnostics CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Configuration Diagnostics CLI needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Configuration Diagnostics CLI 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 Configuration Diagnostics CLI 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Configuration Diagnostics CLI use?

Configuration Diagnostics CLI is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Configuration Diagnostics CLI use?

About 694 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 5.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Configuration Diagnostics CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Configuration Diagnostics CLI: Dask (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Dask (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Accelerated Computing Cudf (NVIDIA/skills, 3.5k stars) and Polars Dataframes (jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills, 370 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Configuration Diagnostics CLI?

VectorSpaceLab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill, which has 328 GitHub stars. The repository holds 159 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

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