Open CLI

starship

productivity
$ brew install starship
Summary

Prompt customization, shell ux, and context awareness from the terminal.

  • starship fits git & github well, especially for prompt customization, shell ux, and context awareness from the terminal.
  • 15,554 homebrew installs (30d).
  • Verify with `starship --version` first.
  • Best treated as a human-first terminal tool.
  • Output is mostly text-first, so verify results before scripting around it.
github-starship-SKILL.md

Starship guide

Prompt customization, shell ux, and context awareness from the terminal. Built by Starship.

Open CLI packages the install path, verify step, and safe-start workflow so this tool can move from “interesting CLI” to something you can actually use. It also integrates with skills.sh so each CLI comes with the right companion skills, not just a binary and a docs link.

When to apply

  • prompt customization, shell ux, and context awareness from the terminal.
  • You work with productivity workflows and want a fast terminal interface.
  • You need prompt customization.
  • You need shell ux.
  • You need context awareness.

Quick reference

Installbrew install starship
Verifystarship --version
First real commandstarship init zsh

Open CLI × skills.sh

Open CLI integrates starship with the right skills.sh companions so you get the tool and the workflow together.

Workflow Automation

Recommended pairing

Open CLI recommends this skills.sh skill because it fits productivity workflows. Turn repeated CLI sequences into cleaner, more reliable agent workflows.

View on skills.sh
$ npx skills add https://github.com/supercent-io/skills-template --skill workflow-automation
Starter prompt

Use starship together with the Workflow Automation skills.sh skill. Start with safe inspection commands, summarize what you find, and ask before any step with side effects.

Also useful from skills.sh
Technical Writingskills.shDebuggingskills.sh

Why this tool

  • starship fits git & github well, especially for prompt customization, shell ux, and context awareness from the terminal.
  • 15,554 homebrew installs (30d).
  • Verify with `starship --version` first.

Watch-outs

  • Automation can be brittle.
  • Output is mostly plain text.
  • Better for local use than CI.

Example workflow

1. starship init zsh

Safe start

Step 1

Install starship.

Step 2

Run `starship --version` first.

Step 3

Start with `starship init zsh`.

Step 4

Install the CLI and make sure it is on your PATH.

Alternatives worth considering

prettier

Formatting, markdown, and code consistency from the terminal.

eslint

Linting, js rules, and code health from the terminal.

vitest

Testing, watch mode, and js unit tests from the terminal.