# chainctl skills

URL: https://chainguard-docs-preview-git-fix-learning-lab-jsonld.chainguard.app/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills.md
Last Modified: October 15, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

## chainctl skills

Skills registry related commands.

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl/)	 - Chainguard Control
* [chainctl skills accept-terms](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_accept-terms/)	 - Accept legal terms required to publish skills.
* [chainctl skills delete](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_delete/)	 - Remove a published version of a skill.
* [chainctl skills describe](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_describe/)	 - Show metadata for a published skill.
* [chainctl skills entitlements](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_entitlements/)	 - Manage skills entitlements for an organization.
* [chainctl skills harden](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_harden/)	 - Submit a skill for server-side hardening.
* [chainctl skills install](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_install/)	 - Download a skill and install it into agent directories.
* [chainctl skills list](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_list/)	 - List skills published by an org.
* [chainctl skills pull](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_pull/)	 - Download a published skill to a local directory.
* [chainctl skills push](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_push/)	 - Package a skill directory and publish it to uploads.cgr.dev.
* [chainctl skills registry](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_registry/)	 - Publish and install skills in any OCI registry by reference.
* [chainctl skills status](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_status/)	 - Check a harden job or wait for it to finish.
* [chainctl skills uninstall](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_uninstall/)	 - Remove a skill from agent directories on the local machine.
* [chainctl skills validate](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_validate/)	 - Check a local skill directory's format (not its authenticity) without making network calls.
* [chainctl skills verify](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_verify/)	 - Verify that Chainguard signed a published skill.
* [chainctl skills versions](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_skills_versions/)	 - List all published versions (tags) for a skill.