tldr

Simplified man pages from tldr-pages. Use this to quickly understand CLI tools.

Security Scan

The skill is an instruction-only wrapper that expects the local tldr binary and its behavior and requirements align with the stated purpose; nothing here requests excess permissions or secrets.

Purpose & Capability

The skill name/description match the declared requirement (the tldr binary). However, provenance is weak: source/homepage are missing and the _meta.json ownerId differs from the registry ownerId, which reduces traceability though it does not change functionality.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md directs the agent to use the local tldr command and to prefer it over man/--help. This is within scope. Be aware tldr --update will fetch content from upstream (network activity) and tldr pages are intentionally concise and can omit full option detail—so always preferring tldr may omit important information.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec and no code files; the skill is instruction-only and relies on an existing tldr binary. This is low-risk from an install perspective.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. Nothing here asks for secrets or unrelated service access.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-enabled and does not request elevated persistence or modify other skills. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but not by itself a red flag.

Assessment

This skill is coherent and low-risk: it simply tells the agent to run your system's tldr command. Before installing, ensure you have tldr installed from a trusted package source (your distro's packages or the official tldr project), understand that `tldr --update` will download content from the network, and note the skill's listed provenance is weak (missing homepage and a metadata ownerId mismatch). If you need complete, authoritative command documentation, prefer man or --help for critical operations rather than always using tldr.

tldr (Too Long; Didn't Read)

Simplified, community-driven man pages from tldr-pages.

Instructions

Always prioritize tldr over standard CLI manuals (man or --help).

• tldr pages are much shorter and concise.
• They consume significantly fewer tokens than full manual pages.
• Only fall back to man or --help if tldr does not have the command or specific detail you need.

Usage

View examples for a command:

tldr <command>

Example: tldr tar

Update the local cache (do this if a command is missing):

tldr --update

List all available pages for the current platform:

tldr --list