Halo cli operations
Use when operating Halo themes, plugins, attachments, backups, or moments from the terminal. This includes install, upgrade, activate, enable, disable, upload, download, create, delete, reload, and batch maintenance flows. Trigger this skill whenever the user mentions Halo themes, plugins, attachments, backups, moments, or any Halo CMS maintenance operation in a CLI context.From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add halo-dev/cli --skill halo-cli-operationsAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
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- skips confirmationTells the agent to proceed without asking first, 4 times: "use `--yes` to bypass that prompt in automation or other non-interactive runs" and 3 more.
- runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 8 commands, including `halo theme --help` and 7 more.
SKILL.md
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Halo CLI Operations
Use this skill for halo theme, halo plugin, halo attachment, halo backup, and halo moment.
Commands
halo theme --help
halo plugin --help
halo attachment --help
halo backup --help
halo moment --help
Themes
halo theme list
halo theme current
halo theme get <name>
halo theme install --file ./theme.zip
halo theme install --url https://example.com/theme.zip
halo theme activate <name>
halo theme reload <name>
halo theme upgrade <name>
halo theme upgrade <name> --online
halo theme upgrade --all --online --yes
halo theme delete <name> --force
Rules:
theme listmarks the active theme in table output.- Local theme install uses
--file. theme install --urlandtheme upgrade --urlprompt for confirmation when the remote host is notwww.halo.run; use--yesto bypass that prompt in automation or other non-interactive runs.- App Store upgrades use
--online.upgrade --all --online --yesupgrades all themes from the App Store without prompting.
Plugins
halo plugin list
halo plugin get <name>
halo plugin install --file ./plugin.jar
halo plugin install --url https://example.com/plugin.jar
halo plugin install --app-id app-SnwWD
halo plugin enable <name>
halo plugin disable <name> --force
halo plugin upgrade <name>
halo plugin upgrade <name> --online
halo plugin upgrade --all --online --yes
halo plugin uninstall <name> --force
Rules:
- Install from the Halo App Store with
--app-id. - App Store upgrades use
--online.upgrade --all --online --yesupgrades all plugins from the App Store without prompting. plugin install --urlandplugin upgrade --urlprompt for confirmation when the remote host is notwww.halo.run; use--yesto bypass that prompt in automation or other non-interactive runs.- Treat
disable,upgrade, anduninstallas mutating operations.
Attachments
halo attachment list
halo attachment get <name>
halo attachment upload --file ./image.png
halo attachment upload --url https://example.com/image.png
halo attachment download <name> --output ./downloads/image.png
halo attachment delete <name> --force
Rules:
- Use exactly one upload source:
--fileor--url. - Upload and download show progress in TTY mode unless
--jsonis enabled.
Backups
halo backup list
halo backup get <name>
halo backup create
halo backup create my-backup
halo backup create --wait
halo backup create --wait --wait-timeout 300
halo backup create --format zip --expires-at "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z"
halo backup download <name> --output ./backup.zip
halo backup delete <name> --force
Rules:
backup create [name]accepts an optional backup name.backup create --waitpolls until completion or timeout.--formatsets the backup format (default:zip).--expires-atsets an expiration time in ISO-8601 format.
Moments
halo moment list
halo moment get <name>
halo moment create --content "Hello from Halo CLI"
halo moment create --content "<p>Hello Halo</p>" --visible PUBLIC --tags life,cli --approved true
halo moment update <name> --content "Updated content"
halo moment update <name> --visible PRIVATE --tags updated
halo moment delete <name> --force
Rules:
--visibleacceptsPUBLICorPRIVATE.--tagsis comma-separated.--release-timeaccepts ISO-8601 datetime.--approvedacceptstrueorfalse.
Safety And Automation
- Use
--profile <name>for the intended environment. - Use
--jsonwhen another tool needs structured output. - Use
--forcefor destructive non-interactive actions. - Prefer
listorgetbefore batch or destructive maintenance.
What ships with it
Read from the repository
Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.
Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most operations skills give in 961 tokens
Counted across 483 of the 484 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-07
- Collect monitoring data throughout the simulationin 14 of 483, across 6 files
- Set the random seed for reproducibilityin 14 of 483, across 6 files
- Validate simulations against analytical solutionsin 12 of 483, across 4 files
- Clarify goals, constraints, and inputsin 11 of 483, across 2 files
- Implement contract tests for integration pointsin 11 of 483, across 2 files
- Implement strangler fig infrastructure with API gatewayin 11 of 483, across 2 files
- Audit modernized components for security vulnerabilitiesin 11 of 483, across 2 files
- Avoid Python blocking calls in processesin 10 of 483, across 3 files
- Use resource context managers for automatic cleanupin 9 of 483, across 2 files
- Maintain consistent time unitsin 9 of 483, across 2 files
- Validate outcomes against success criteriain 8 of 483, across 1 file
- Analyze the legacy codebase for technical debtin 8 of 483, across 1 file
Said here and by no other author read
- use the halo cli for cms operations
- use --file for local installs
- use --url for remote installs
- use --online for app store upgrades
- use --app-id for app store plugin installs
- use exactly one attachment upload source
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.