@alaarab/cortex 1.15.2 → 1.15.3

package/mcp/dist/shell-input.js

@@ -758,7 +758,11 @@ export async function doViewAction(host, key) {
                 });
             }
             else if (key === "a") {
-                host.setMessage(`  Use "cortex skills add ${project ?? "<project>"} <path>" to add a skill`);
+                if (!project) {
+                    host.setMessage("Select a project first.");
+                    return;
+                }
+                host.startInput("skill-add", "");
             }
             break;
         case "Hooks":

package/mcp/dist/shell-view.js

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function renderBottomBar(state, navMode, inputCtx, inputBuf) {
             command: "cmd",
             add: "add task",
             "learn-add": "add finding",
+            "skill-add": "new skill name",
             "mq-edit": "edit Memory Queue item",
         };
         const label = labels[inputCtx] || inputCtx;

package/mcp/dist/shell.js

@@ -140,6 +140,27 @@ export class CortexShell {
                 this.setMessage(`  ${resultMsg(addFinding(this.cortexPath, p, buf))}`);
                 break;
             }
+            case "skill-add": {
+                const p = this.ensureProjectSelected();
+                if (!p)
+                    return;
+                const name = buf.trim().replace(/\.md$/i, "").replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "-");
+                if (!name) {
+                    this.setMessage("  No name entered.");
+                    return;
+                }
+                const destDir = path.join(this.cortexPath, p, "skills");
+                fs.mkdirSync(destDir, { recursive: true });
+                const dest = path.join(destDir, `${name}.md`);
+                if (fs.existsSync(dest)) {
+                    this.setMessage(`  Skill "${name}" already exists.`);
+                    return;
+                }
+                const template = `# ${name}\n\nDescribe what this skill does.\n\n## Usage\n\n\`\`\`\nExample usage here\n\`\`\`\n`;
+                fs.writeFileSync(dest, template, "utf8");
+                this.setMessage(`  Created skill "${name}" — edit ${dest}`);
+                break;
+            }
             case "mq-edit": {
                 const p = this.ensureProjectSelected();
                 if (!p)

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@alaarab/cortex",
-  "version": "1.15.2",
+  "version": "1.15.3",
   "description": "Long-term memory for AI agents. Stored as markdown in a git repo you own.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {