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ak skill remove
Remove one per-skill runtime record while preserving the shared package cache and documenting orphan limits.
Use ak skill remove to detach one skill from its local runtime cache without
deleting cache data that other skills may share.
Usage
ak skill remove <kit>/<skill>| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--kits-dir <dir> | AGENTKIT_KITS_DIR or ./kits | Select the local source used to validate the skill and its runtime: block. |
The command first resolves the source skill.yaml. It therefore cannot clean an
orphan record after the source skill disappears or loses its runtime block; those
states return 5 or 4 before deletion.
Disk and recovery behavior
The deletion is idempotent and limited to:
~/.agentkit/skills/<kit>/<skill>/It does not remove ~/.agentkit/cache/<runtime-hash>/, skill content, or kit
files. There is no prompt, preview, backup, or rollback. With
AGENTKIT_SKILL_RUNTIME=0, the runtime deletion is skipped but the command still
reports completion.
To recover a removed record, reinstall from the unchanged local declaration:
ak skill install <kit>/<skill>
ak skill verify <kit>/<skill>The install can reuse the preserved cache.
Output and exits
Success writes [OK] <kit>/<skill> record removed to stderr and leaves stdout
empty, including with --json or --quiet. JSON failures use a structured
error envelope on stderr.
| Exit | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 | The record was removed or already absent; kill-switch no-op also returns 0. |
1 | Parsing or filesystem work failed. |
2 | The reference or flags were invalid. |
4 | The source skill has no runtime block. |
5 | The source kit or skill was not found. |
A missing or extra positional argument is rejected by Cobra before the
classified path and currently exits 1.