SkillsBar

Claude Code and Codex CLI skills, plugins, collections, and agents in the menu bar.

macOS 14+ SwiftUI Free & open source Carbon HotKey

Your AI CLI library, always visible.

Browse, search, pin, group, and track usage of your Claude Code and Codex CLI skills, plugins, collections, and agents from a lightweight menu bar popover.

  • Tabbed browsing with count badges for Claude Code, Codex, and Collections.
  • Search skills, plugins, collections, and agents by name, description, or trigger.
  • Browse installed Codex plugins and the skills they contribute.
  • Pin frequently used skills to the top of each tab.
  • Create custom collections that mix Claude Code and Codex skills for repeatable workflows.
  • Usage stats from Claude Code and Codex history, including Codex plugin skills.
  • What's New section for recently changed skills and plugins.
  • Settings for appearance, default sort, and showing or hiding What's New.
  • "New" badge for skills modified in the last 24 hours.
  • Detail views with metadata, collection membership, trigger command, included skills, and file listings.
  • Full content preview of raw SKILL.md body.
  • Right-click context menu for pin, add to collections, open, copy, and delete.
  • Agent browsing for sub-agents with model and tools metadata.
  • Global hotkey Option+Shift+S to toggle from anywhere.
  • Live updates via FSEvents directory watcher.
  • No Dock icon, lives entirely in the menu bar.
SkillsBar popover showing Claude Code skills and agents.
Skills popover with tabbed browsing, search, and badges.

Install

Download SkillsBar.zip from GitHub Releases, unzip and move to Applications, then remove the quarantine flag:

Terminal
$ xattr -cr /Applications/SkillsBar.app

Usage stats

Tracks skill invocations from Claude Code and Codex CLI history with source-aware insights, summary breakdowns, ranked sections, and clearer stale-entry labels.

Plugins & agents

Browse installed Codex plugins with versions and included skills, plus Claude Code sub-agents with model, color, and tools metadata.

Settings

Toggle What's New, choose system, light, or dark appearance, and control the default sort order right from the menu bar.

Codex tab with plugins and plugin skills
Codex tab
Skill detail view
Detail view
Usage statistics
Usage stats
Collections tab showing a custom skill collection
Collections
Collection view mixing Claude Code and Codex skills
Mixed collections