@vanillagreen/pi-skills-manager

Polished Pi skills manager with a dedicated /skill menu for browsing, previewing, inserting, creating, editing, renaming, deleting, and toggling skills while preserving native /skill:name invocation.

Packages

Package details

extension

Install @vanillagreen/pi-skills-manager from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

npm repo home report

$ pi install npm:@vanillagreen/pi-skills-manager

Package: @vanillagreen/pi-skills-manager
Version: 1.0.6
Published: May 15, 2026
Downloads: 615/mo · 615/wk
Author: vanillagreencom
License: MIT
Types: extension
Size: 280 KB
Dependencies: 0 dependencies · 3 peers

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./extensions/skills-manager.ts"
  ],
  "image": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vanillagreencom/vstack/main/pi-extensions/pi-skills-manager/assets/skills-manager.png"
}

Security note

Pi packages can execute code and influence agent behavior. Review the source before installing third-party packages.

README

pi-skills-manager

Skills Manager overlay

Dedicated skills manager. Browse, preview, create, edit, rename, delete, and toggle skills from one /skill view while keeping Pi's native /skill:<name> invocation.

Highlights

Project, global, and package skills shown separately.
Search by name, description, source, scope, and path.
enter inserts the enabled skill as a native /skill:<name> command into the editor.
tab previews frontmatter and rendered content.
Create new project or global skills using the current model. Falls back to a deterministic template when the model is unavailable.
Edit, rename, and delete your own top-level skills. Package skills stay preview/toggle/insert only.
Hides Pi's startup [Skills] block so skill discovery lives in the manager.

Install

Via npm:

pi install npm:@vanillagreen/pi-skills-manager

Via vstack:

cargo install --git https://github.com/vanillagreencom/vstack.git vstack
vstack add vanillagreencom/vstack --pi-extension pi-skills-manager --harness pi -y

Restart Pi after installation.

Commands

Command	Action
`/skill`	Open the manager.
`/skill disable`	Disable the feature toggle. Run `/reload` to unload.
`/skill:enable`	Recovery command when disabled.
`/skill:<name>`	Native Pi skill invocation (handled by Pi).

Each view (browse, preview, edit) documents its own keys in the footer.

Create: name (normalized to a lowercase slug), trigger-focused description, visibility (project .pi/skills/<name>/SKILL.md or global ~/.pi/agent/skills/<name>/SKILL.md).

Settings

Open /extensions:settings; settings appear under the Skills Manager tab.

Setting	What it does
Hide startup skills block	Hide Pi's built-in startup `[Skills]` list.
AI skill generation	Use the current model to draft new `SKILL.md` files. Falls back to a deterministic template.
Default create location	`project` or `global`.
Popup width	Number of columns or `82%`-style percentage.
Popup max height	Number of rows or percentage.
Visible list rows	Rows shown before scrolling.

Notes

Native /skill:<name> registration is controlled by Pi's enableSkillCommands setting (/settings → Skill commands). This manager doesn't change it.

Attribution

Locally owned by vstack, based on ideas from the MIT-licensed @kmiyh/pi-skills-menu. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.