Command overview
beacon skills install installs the Beacon Skills into the
user-level skill directories agent runtimes read, so every project on this machine sees
them. beacon skills uninstall removes the copies Beacon installed.
Command syntax
beacon endpoint install runs
beacon skills install for you unless you turn the Beacon agent skills off in the wizard.
The skills are carried in the beacon binary, so installing them needs no network. They go to:
Each skill directory Beacon writes carries a
.beacon-managed marker. Beacon replaces or
removes only directories that carry it, so a skill of the same name that you wrote or
installed another way is left alone.
Running beacon skills install again updates Beacon’s copies. Every
beacon endpoint install and beacon endpoint repair also brings them up to date with
the installed binary, so an upgrade never leaves an agent following instructions for
commands that changed. Neither ever installs skills you removed.
If you also installed the Beacon plugin from a marketplace, a harness may list the skills
twice: once from the plugin and once from the user-level directory. Remove one copy with
beacon skills uninstall or by uninstalling the plugin.
Related
Beacon Skills
What each skill does and how to use it.
Endpoint onboarding
The wizard step that installs the skills.