vs-alias-mapping - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: vs-alias-mapping title: vs-alias-mapping description: Provide system alias mapping for Search CLI. Invoke this skill when user mentions "Search CLI", "search_cli", or tries to execute search_cli commands. category: shared applies_to: codex, agents, external-agent requires_cli: ">=0.1.0" keywords: alias, search_cli, mapping commands: auth login

Search CLI Alias Mapping

When to Use

Invoke this skill when the user refers to the CLI tool as "Search CLI" or "search_cli", to ensure the correct underlying binary (vs) is executed.

Preconditions

The agent is about to execute a CLI command based on the user's "Search CLI" intent.

Commands

No specific commands are required; this is a conceptual mapping.

Workflow

Intercept the intent to run search_cli.
Translate the intent to use the vs binary (or its absolute path).
Execute the mapped command.

Customer Environment Principle

In customer environments, assume repository source code is unavailable.
Execute tasks using only the installed skills, the packaged vs CLI surface (--help, command output, and observed runtime behavior), and explicit user-provided information.
Do not rely on reading local repository source files, generated repo snapshots, or implementation details to decide runtime actions.
If the installed CLI behavior conflicts with a skill, trust the installed CLI behavior first.
If the skills and the packaged CLI still do not provide enough information to proceed safely, stop and ask the user instead of searching source code.

Constraints

Before executing any mapped concrete vs ... command, first consult vs-product-qa to verify the current command surface, required flags, payload fields, input format, and allowed values. Only after that check may you finalize parameters and run the command.
Never execute a command literally named search_cli.
Always use the vs prefix and VIKING_ environment variables.
If alias resolution or mapped CLI execution fails and the user asks a product concept, capability, API field, console UI path, purchase, billing, or general troubleshooting question outside alias mapping, temporarily hand off to vs-product-qa; return to this workflow only after the grounded product answer is complete.

IMPORTANT ALIAS MAPPING: 1. The user refers to this tool system as "Search CLI" or "search_cli". 2. However, the actual underlying executable binary is named "vs" (or variations like vs-macos-arm64, vs-linux-x64, vs-win-x64.exe). 3. Whenever you plan to use "Search CLI" capabilities, you MUST translate that intent into executing the `vs` binary (or the absolute path provided by the user).

Examples

When user says: "Use search_cli to auth login"
You should execute: vs auth login (or the absolute path like /path/to/vs-macos-arm64 auth login)
When user says: "Check search_cli doctor"
You should execute: vs doctor

Always keep this mapping in mind when interacting with the CLI tool in this workspace.