Skills Guide

Karkinos Worker Monitor TUI Launcher

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Launches the Karkinos worker-progress TUI in a separate terminal window, with install instructions if the CLI is missing.

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Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevOpsBeginner
9/21/2026
Claude Code
#monitoring#tui#terminal#worker-orchestration#karkinos

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Automated summary

Launches the Karkinos terminal UI in a separate window so you can follow worker progress while Claude Code keeps running.

Strengths

  • Checks whether the karkinos CLI is present with `which` before doing anything else
  • Picks the right launch method per environment (split pane in VS Code/Cursor, new Terminal.app window, gnome-terminal/xterm/konsole on Linux)
  • Prints the exact install command (`uv tool install karkinos`) when the CLI is missing
  • Simple flags to disable the animated header (`--no-crabs`) or speed up the animation (`--speed 0.2`)

Limitations

  • Relies on an external tool, the karkinos CLI, that must be installed separately via uv
  • macOS and Linux only — no Windows support is described
  • Opens a separate window; no progress data is surfaced back inside the Claude Code conversation
When to use it

Use it when Karkinos workers are running and you want live visibility into how far along they are.

When not to use it

Skip it if the karkinos CLI is not installed, if you are on Windows, or if you need progress reported directly inside the session.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score72/100

The skill only checks for the presence of a specific CLI tool and launches its TUI in a new terminal window. There are no destructive commands, network exfiltration, obfuscation, or privilege escalation. The Bash usage is narrowly scoped and legitimate.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Open the worker monitor
/karkinos:watch
Watch workers while I keep coding
Open the Karkinos monitor in a new terminal so I can watch the workers progress while we continue.
Monitor without the crab animation
Launch Karkinos watch in a separate terminal with the animated crab header disabled.

name: watch description: Launch the Karkinos TUI to monitor worker progress in a new terminal window. allowed-tools: Bash

Watch Skill

Launch the Karkinos worker monitor TUI in a new terminal window.

Usage

/karkinos:watch

Instructions

When the user invokes /karkinos:watch, follow these steps:

1. Check if karkinos CLI is installed

which karkinos || echo "NOT_FOUND"

2. If installed, spawn the TUI

karkinos watch --spawn

This opens the TUI in a new Terminal window (macOS) or terminal emulator (Linux).

3. If not installed, provide instructions

Tell the user:

The karkinos CLI is not installed. Install it with:

  uv tool install karkinos

Or if you have the source:

  uv tool install /path/to/karkinos

Then run: karkinos watch --spawn

Notes

  • The TUI must run in a separate terminal from Claude Code
  • Use --spawn to automatically open a new terminal:
    • VS Code/Cursor: Splits the current terminal pane
    • Terminal.app: Opens a new window
    • Linux: Opens gnome-terminal, xterm, or konsole
  • Use --no-crabs to disable the animated crab header
  • Use --speed 0.2 for faster animation

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1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/download' --output '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

Tools declared by the author (check availability in your agent): Bash

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

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3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/watch' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2' '.claude/skills/watch'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2'

openskills read 'karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2'

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For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

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Read .skill-downloads/karkinos-worker-monitor-tui-launcher-muar2zf2/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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