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Your own commands, skills and workflows written in Markdown: list, show, expand.

Reference for TALOS CLI 0.3.3 generated from the npm package · released Sep 30, 2026

TALOS CLI 0.5.2 is out; this page still describes 0.3.3 and updates with the next build.

A custom command is a Markdown file, for example in .talos-cli/commands/ of the project. Its arguments are available as {{arg1}}, {{arg2}}… In the interactive screen it is a slash command.

Operation	What it does
`list`default	Lists the commands, skills and workflows, with where they come from and whether they are valid.
`show`	Shows one command: source, arguments and validation.
`run`	Expands a command with its arguments and prints the resulting prompt.

Without an operation, talos command runs list.

`list`

Lists the commands, skills and workflows, with where they come from and whether they are valid.

talos command list

Exit codes and errors1

Code	Exit	Meaning
`COMMAND_LIST_TAKES_NO_ARGUMENTS`	`70`	TALOS could not finish this action. Try again; if it happens again, keep the log for a report.

`show`

Shows one command: source, arguments and validation.

talos command show <name>

Arguments

name: The name, as the list shows it.

Exit codes and errors2

Code	Exit	Meaning
`COMMAND_NAME_REQUIRED`	`2`	The command or the configuration is not valid. Check the command, its options and the configuration.
`COMMAND_SHOW_TAKES_ONE_NAME`	`70`	TALOS could not finish this action. Try again; if it happens again, keep the log for a report.

`run`

Expands a command with its arguments and prints the resulting prompt.

talos command run <name> [arg…]

Arguments

name: The command name or id.
argoptional: Values for {{arg1}}, {{arg2}}…

A project command runs only if the project is trusted.

Exit codes and errors1

Code	Exit	Meaning
`COMMAND_NAME_REQUIRED`	`2`	The command or the configuration is not valid. Check the command, its options and the configuration.