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/status Command

Display current AIKit configuration and system status.

Usage

# Show full status
/status

# Show specific config section
/status agents
/status skills

Arguments

ArgumentTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
<section>stringNoAllSection to display

Output

Shows comprehensive status including:

  • AIKit version
  • Configuration files
  • Loaded skills, agents, commands, tools
  • Beads status
  • Active session (if any)
  • Git state

Example output:

🚀 AIKit v0.1.17

✓ Configuration loaded

Global Config: ~/.config/aikit/aikit.json
Project Config: .aikit/aikit.json

Components:
  Skills: 22
  Agents: 8
  Commands: 42
  Tools: 20+

Beads: ✅ Installed
  Beads directory: .beads/

Active Session: 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
  Started: 1/2/2026, 2:30:00 PM
  Duration: 2h 45m
  Status: In Progress

Git State:
  Branch: feature/auth
  Last Commit: abc1234 (Add JWT support)
  Modified Files: 12

Status Sections

All

/status

Shows everything.

Skills

/status skills

Shows:

  • Total skills loaded
  • Global vs project skills
  • Skill categories

Agents

/status agents

Shows:

  • Available agent types
  • Default agent
  • Agent system prompts

Commands

/status commands

Shows:

  • Total commands loaded
  • Command categories
  • Command counts by category

Config

/status config

Shows:

  • Configuration file paths
  • Loaded configuration keys
  • Overridden values

Beads

/status beads

Shows:

  • Beads installation status
  • Tasks in progress
  • Configuration

Configuration Display

Global Configuration

# Show global config location
ls -la ~/.config/aikit/aikit.json

# Show global skills directory
ls ~/.config/aikit/skills/

Project Configuration

# Show project config location
ls -la .aikit/aikit.json

# Show project-specific configuration
cat .aikit/aikit.json

Active Session Information

If a session is active, shows:

  • Session ID and name
  • Start time
  • Duration so far
  • Goals and progress
  • Current git state
# Example active session
Session ID: 20260102-1430-auth-refactor
Name: Authentication Refactor
Started: 1/2/2026, 2:30:00 PM
Duration: 2h 45m (ongoing)

Goals:
  - [x] Refactor OAuth 2.0 flow
  - [x] Add JWT support
  - [ ] "Fix authentication bugs"

Progress:
  - 1/2/2026, 3:45 PM: Implemented OAuth flow
  - 2/2/2026, 4:15 PM: Added JWT generation
  - Current: "Fixing authentication bugs"

Git State:
  Branch: feature/auth
  Modified Files: 9 files
  Last Commit: def5678 (Added JWT validation)

Troubleshooting

Configuration Not Loading

# Verify global config exists
ls ~/.config/aikit/aikit.json

# Verify project config
ls .aikit/aikit.json

# Check AIKit installation
aikit --version

Skills Not Showing

# List global skills
ls ~/.config/aikit/skills/

# List project skills
ls .aikit/skills/

# Check skills file format
cat ~/.config/aikit/skills/intro.md

Beads Not Installed

# Check Beads installation
bd --version

# Initialize Beads
bd init

# Verify .beads directory
ls -la .beads/