operating-ghostty
Installation
SKILL.md
Operating Ghostty
Treat the installed binary and its help output as the source of truth because Ghostty behavior varies by version, build, and platform.
Establish Context
- Run
command -v ghostty,ghostty +version, andghostty --helpbefore relying on remembered syntax. - Run
ghostty +<cli-action> --helpbefore using a helper action whose flags or effects are uncertain. - Use
ghostty +helpto list CLI helper actions. - Use
ghostty +list-actions --docsto list documented keybind and command-palette actions. - Use
ghostty +list-keybinds --plainfor active keybinds and add--defaultwhen inspecting built-in bindings.
Do not confuse the two action systems.
CLI helper actions have names such as +show-config and are invoked as commands.
Names from +list-actions, such as new_tab, reload_config, and toggle_fullscreen, are configuration actions and cannot generally be invoked as ghostty +<name>.