# Mycroft Skills Manager Mycroft Skills Manager (MSM) is a command line tool used to add, manage and remove Skills on any Mycroft installation. It can install any Skill listed on the [Mycroft Skills Repository](https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-skills) or from any Github repository. It is a handy tool for Developers and those who may frequently reconfigure, install and uninstall Skills. ## Video Tutorial {% embed url="" %} Video Tutorial: Mycroft Skills Manager {% endembed %} ## Information ### List all Skills To list all Skills available in the Marketplace run: ``` mycroft-msm list ``` ### Search for a Skill To search the available Skills run: ``` mycroft-msm search ``` ### Show information To show all available information on a Skill you can use the name or repository url: ``` mycroft-msm info ``` ## Install ### From the Marketplace To install a Skill from the Mycroft Marketplace you can provide a rough title and MSM will return the most likely match. ``` mycroft-msm install cocktail ``` ### From a Specific Author If you know the author of the Skill, particularly where multiple Skills with similar names exist, the `install` command has an additional optional parameter. If I wanted a Dice Skill, but only if it was authored by Forslund, I would run: ``` mycroft-msm install dice forslund ``` Such a Skill doesn't exist so MSM returns a list of alternative options from the same author: ``` INFO - building SkillEntry objects for all skills INFO - Best match (0.34): cocktails by forslund MultipleSkillMatches: cocktails, youtube-music-skill.forslund, mycroft-spotify, game-zork, fallback-aiml ``` ### From a Github repository {% hint style="warning" %} Installing Skills from outside the Mycroft Marketplace is done at your own risk. To be included in the Marketplace, all Skills are reviewed to ensure they contain no malicious or otherwise harmful code. We strongly recommend reviewing any code you are loading onto your device. {% endhint %} To install a Skill that is not included in the Mycroft Marketplace use the url of the repository. ``` mycroft-msm install https://github.com/krisgesling/tea-skill ``` ### From a Marketplace branch To install a Skill from a different branch of the Mycroft-Skills Marketplace repository, use the `-b` flag: ``` mycroft-msm -b dev install weather ``` ### From an Alternate Marketplace To install a Skill from an independently managed listing of Skills, you can specify the url for that Marketplace using the `-u` flag: ``` mycroft-msm -u https://github.com/krisgesling/mycroft-skills install cocktails ``` ## Updating ### All installed Skills To update all Skills installed on a device run: ``` mycroft-msm update ``` Note that if Mycroft detects that any file in a Skill has been modified, it will not update that Skill. This is to prevent loss of any work you are doing in that directory. See [MSM Troubleshooting > Uncommitted Changes](/docs/skill-development/mycroft-skills-manager/msm-troubleshooting.md#uncommitted-changes) for tips to resolve this. ### Install and update defaults To install all default Skills for the device, as well as update all Skills, run: ``` mycroft-msm default ``` ## Removal To uninstall or remove any Skill from the device run: ``` mycroft-msm remove ``` Note that default Skills will be reinstalled by the system unless they are explicitly blacklisted. See ["How do I disable a Skill?"](/docs/skill-development/faq.md#how-do-i-disable-a-skill) for more info. ### Specifying author The `remove` command also has an optional `author` parameter that can be used to specify which Skill you intend to be uninstalled. ``` mycroft-msm remove ``` ## Show Help Information To show help information describing how to use MSM's different commands, use the `-h` flag. For a complete overview run: ``` mycroft-msm -h ``` Or for command specific information include the command. ``` mycroft-msm install -h ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://mycroft-ai.gitbook.io/docs/skill-development/mycroft-skills-manager.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.