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skillx

skillx cache

Synopsis

Terminal window
skillx cache <command>

Manage the local skill cache. Skills fetched from remote sources are cached in ~/.skillx/cache/ with a configurable TTL (default 24 hours). Both run and install share the same cache.

Subcommands

skillx cache ls

List all currently cached skills.

Terminal window
$ skillx cache ls


Cached Skills
  pdf-processing — github:anthropics/skills/[email protected] (cached 2026-03-22 10:30)
  code-review — github:org/skills/[email protected] (cached 2026-03-21 14:15)


  2 entries

Each entry shows the skill name, source, and when it was cached.

skillx cache clean

Remove all cached skills.

Terminal window
$ skillx cache clean


✓ Cleaned 2 cached entries.

Cache Behavior

  • Remote skills are cached using a SHA-256 hash of the source string as the directory name
  • Cache entries include metadata (source, skill name, cache timestamp, TTL)
  • Expired entries are automatically skipped when resolving skills
  • Use --no-cache on run or install to force a fresh fetch

Configuration

Cache TTL can be configured in ~/.skillx/config.toml:

[cache]
ttl = "24h"      # Cache expiration time (default: 24h)
max_size = "1GB"  # Maximum total cache size

Cache Directory

~/.skillx/cache/
└── <source-hash>/
    ├── meta.json       # Cache metadata (source, timestamp, TTL)
    └── <skill-files>   # Cached skill files

Examples

Check what’s cached

Terminal window
skillx cache ls

Clear all cached skills

Terminal window
skillx cache clean

Force fresh fetch (bypass cache)

Terminal window
skillx run github:org/skills/my-skill --no-cache
skillx install github:org/skills/my-skill --no-cache