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Overview

The Qontext CLI (qontext) brings your context repository to the command line. Today it installs and maintains workspace Skills on your local machine: install a skill once, then keep it in sync with a single command. Skills follow the open Agent Skills specification, so they work with any compatible AI tool.

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Install

curl -fsSL https://cli.qontext.ai | sh
If you’d rather not pipe a script into a shell:
  1. Download the archive for your platform from the Releases page.
  2. Verify it against SHA256SUMS-<version>.txt from the same release:
    • macOS / Linux: shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS-<version>.txt
    • Windows: Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 <archive>
  3. Extract and move qontext (or qontext.exe) onto your PATH.

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Authentication

Log in to connect the CLI to your workspace and approve the access request: 
qontext login
Qontext CLI authentication

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Managing skills

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Install a skill

Pass a skill’s link to the CLI:
qontext skills add <link>
To get the link, open the Context tab in the Qontext app, select a skill, and click Install skill. Copy either the full install command or the short link.Install skill button with copy install command and copy short link options
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Keep skills up to date

Pull the latest version of every installed skill:
qontext skills sync
For how skills are created, imported, and distributed across a workspace, see Skills.

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Command reference

CommandDescription
qontext loginAuthenticate the CLI with your workspace.
qontext skills add <link>Install a skill from your context repository.
qontext skills syncUpdate all installed skills to their latest version.

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FAQ

Any tool that supports the open Agent Skills specification, such as Claude Code. The CLI places skills in the client’s local skills folder.
Run qontext skills sync. Skills stay centrally managed in your workspace, so every installed copy updates from a single source of truth.