Agent skill

CLI Discover

by vellum-ai in vellum-ai/vellum-assistant

Discover which CLI tools are installed, their versions, and authentication status

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install CLI Discover

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vellum-ai/vellum-assistant --skill cli-discover -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vellum-ai/vellum-assistant cli-discover --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/vellum-ai/vellum-assistant.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cli-discover .claude/skills/cli-discover && 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
cli-discover
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~658 tokens
SKILL.md length
170 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Discover which CLI tools are installed, their versions, and authentication status

  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Checking if a CLI exists, Getting version info, Auth-check commands and Common CLIs worth checking, plus 1 more section
  • Calls gh, aws and gcloud

What it does

CLI Discover is an agent skill from vellum-ai/vellum-assistant. Discover which CLI tools are installed, their versions, and authentication status

Its SKILL.md is about 660 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Vellum personal assistants

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. It works with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Netlify and Vercel. The repository describes itself as: An AI Assistant that’s easy to setup, does your work 24/7, knows your preferences and gets better over time. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • DevOps & Cloud work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/cli-discover”

Requirements

  • Docker
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Vellum personal assistants

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c92ead1. 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:

    • gh
    • aws
    • gcloud
    • az
    • vercel
    • netlify
    • fly
    • heroku
    • railway

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, aws, gcloud, az, vercel and netlify, 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

    Designed for Vellum personal assistants

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

CLI Discover loads about 658 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 170 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~658

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 vellum-ai/vellum-assistant at commit c92ead1, republished under its MIT licence (© vellum-ai). 170 words, ~658 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cli-discover/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cli-discover
description
Discover which CLI tools are installed, their versions, and authentication status
compatibility
Designed for Vellum personal assistants
metadata.emoji
🔍

CLI Discovery

When you need to discover what CLI tools are available on the system, use host_bash to check directly. Do not use sandboxed bash for discovery - it may not see host-installed CLIs or auth state, leading to false negatives.

Checking if a CLI exists

bash
which <name>        # returns path if found, exits non-zero if missing
command -v <name>   # alternative, works in all POSIX shells

Getting version info

bash
<name> --version    # most CLIs support this flag

Use a 5-second timeout to avoid hanging on unresponsive CLIs.

Auth-check commands

For CLIs that support authentication, check whether the user is logged in:

CLIAuth check command
ghgh auth status
awsaws sts get-caller-identity
gcloudgcloud auth list --filter=status:ACTIVE --format=value(account)
azaz account show
vercelvercel whoami
netlifynetlify status
flyfly auth whoami
herokuheroku auth:whoami
railwayrailway whoami

Common CLIs worth checking

When doing a broad discovery, check these categories:

  • Version control & code hosting: gh, git, gitlab
  • Project management: linear, jira
  • Communication: slack
  • Cloud providers: aws, gcloud, az
  • Containers & infra: docker, kubectl, terraform
  • Runtimes & package managers: node, bun, deno, python3, pip3
  • HTTP clients: curl, httpie
  • Hosting & deploy: vercel, netlify, fly, heroku, railway

Output format

Report findings in markdown:

markdown
## Available CLIs

- **git** (/usr/bin/git) - git version 2.x.x
- **gh** (/usr/bin/gh) - gh version 2.x.x [authenticated: user@example.com]
- **bun** (~/.bun/bin/bun) - 1.x.x

## Not found: jira, linear, slack

© vellum-ai, 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 skills/cli-discover of vellum-ai/vellum-assistant.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c92ead1

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Categories

Questions about CLI Discover

What does CLI Discover do?

Discover which CLI tools are installed, their versions, and authentication status. CLI Discover is an agent skill from vellum-ai/vellum-assistant.

When should I use CLI Discover?

CLI Discover fits situations like: devOps & Cloud work in your project.

How do I install CLI Discover in Claude Code?

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

How do I install CLI Discover in Codex?

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

Can I use CLI Discover 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 vellum-ai/vellum-assistant --skill cli-discover -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cli-discover, .gemini/skills/cli-discover, .github/skills/cli-discover and .opencode/skills/cli-discover in your project.

What does CLI Discover need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, CLI Discover needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, aws, gcloud, az, vercel and netlify). Our summary lists: Docker. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Vellum personal assistants.

Does CLI Discover access the network?

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

Is CLI Discover 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 CLI Discover use?

CLI Discover 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 CLI Discover use?

About 658 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 CLI Discover?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with CLI Discover: Frugal (yuanboP/frugal, 198 stars), Vercel Migration Deep Dive (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Gamma Deploy Integration (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Langfuse Deploy Integration (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains CLI Discover?

vellum-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in vellum-ai/vellum-assistant, which has 1,397 GitHub stars. The repository holds 108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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