mactop

v1.0.1

Retrieve real-time hardware metrics from Apple Silicon Macs using mactop's TOON format. Provides CPU, RAM, GPU, power, thermal, network, disk I/O, and Thunderbolt bus information. Use when the user wants system stats, hardware monitoring, or performance metrics on Apple Silicon Macs.

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Purpose & Capability
The name/description promise hardware metrics from Apple Silicon Macs and the SKILL.md only instructs running the mactop CLI and parsing its TOON output. References to installing via brew and ensuring /usr/sbin is on PATH are consistent with a macOS CLI tool. One small mismatch: the registry metadata has no OS restriction while the skill clearly targets Apple Silicon macOS.
Instruction Scope
All runtime instructions are limited to invoking mactop and parsing its stdout with grep/awk; they do not ask the agent to read unrelated files, environment variables, or send data to external endpoints. Troubleshooting steps reference PATH and which mactop, which is reasonable for a CLI-based skill.
Install Mechanism
This is instruction-only (no install spec or code). The SKILL.md suggests installing mactop via Homebrew (brew install mactop). That is a low-risk, common approach, but because the skill source/homepage is unknown you should verify the brew package origin/tap before installing third-party binaries.
Credentials
No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. The instructions only require PATH to include /usr/sbin for sysctl access, which is reasonable for local system metric collection.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not always-enabled, has no install-time persistence, and makes no requests to modify other skills or system-wide configuration. It does not request elevated privileges in the manifest.
Assessment
This skill is internally consistent for collecting Apple Silicon hardware metrics via the mactop CLI, but the package/source is unknown. Before installing or running these commands: 1) verify the mactop Homebrew package and its tap (use brew info mactop) to confirm the publisher and that it is trustworthy; 2) ensure you are on an Apple Silicon mac — the tool is not relevant on other OSes; 3) be aware that running third-party binaries (even via brew) executes native code on your machine — review upstream project/homepage or source code if available; 4) the SKILL.md uses shell pipelines (grep/awk) which are harmless here but will run exactly as written, so avoid pasting untrusted modifications. If you want higher assurance, request a skill that includes a verifiable homepage/source or a packaged install spec from a known release host.

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MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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