Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Purpose

Spawn a new terminal window to run CLI commands (ffmpeg, curl, python, etc.). Use for non-AI command execution.

UncategorizedID: aiskillstore/marketplace/spawn-terminal

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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace/tree/HEAD/skills/consiliency/spawn-terminal

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Skill Metadata

Name
spawn-terminal
Description
"Spawn a new terminal window to run CLI commands (ffmpeg, curl, python, etc.). Use for non-AI command execution."

Purpose

Spawn a new terminal window to execute CLI commands. This skill is for generic command execution, NOT for spawning AI agents. For AI agents, use the spawn:agent skill instead.

Variables

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | LOG_TO_FILE | false | Write full terminal output to debug file | | CAPTURE | false | Block and return output directly |

Instructions

MANDATORY - You MUST follow the Workflow steps below in order. Do not skip steps.

  1. Identify the CLI command the user wants to run
  2. Run <command> --help first to verify syntax and options
  3. Execute the command in a new terminal using fork_terminal()

Red Flags - STOP and follow Cookbook

If you're about to:

  • Execute a command without checking its --help first
  • Assume you know the command syntax
  • Skip the --help step "because it's simple"
  • Spawn an AI agent (use spawn:agent instead)

STOP -> Run <command> --help first -> Review output -> Then proceed

Workflow

MANDATORY CHECKPOINTS - Verify each before proceeding:

  1. [ ] Understand the user's request
  2. [ ] VERIFY: This is a CLI command, NOT an AI agent request
  3. [ ] READ: '../agent/fork_terminal.py' to understand the tooling
  4. [ ] Follow the Cookbook: Read './cookbook/cli-command.md'
  5. [ ] CHECKPOINT: Ran <command> --help and reviewed options
  6. [ ] Execute fork_terminal(command, log_to_file=False, log_agent_output=False)

Cookbook

CLI Commands

  • IF: User requests any non-AI CLI command (ffmpeg, curl, python, npm, etc.)
  • THEN: Read and execute './cookbook/cli-command.md'
  • Examples:
    • "Create a new terminal to run ffmpeg"
    • "Spawn terminal with curl"
    • "Fork a terminal to run python script.py"
    • "New terminal: npm run build"

Usage

The fork_terminal() function is located at ../agent/fork_terminal.py:

from spawn.agent.fork_terminal import fork_terminal

# Simple command execution (no output capture)
fork_terminal("npm run build")

# With debug output capture
file_path = fork_terminal("ffmpeg -i video.mp4 output.gif", log_to_file=True)

# Blocking capture (waits for completion)
output = fork_terminal("python script.py", capture=True, log_to_file=True)

When to Use spawn:agent Instead

If the user mentions any of these, use spawn:agent:

  • Claude, Claude Code
  • Codex, OpenAI
  • Gemini, Google
  • Cursor
  • OpenCode
  • Copilot, GitHub Copilot
  • "AI agent", "coding agent", "spawn agent"