Boxyard CLI Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to use Boxyard, not develop Boxyard itself.

Boxyard is a Python CLI for managing and syncing folders ("boxes") across local and remote storage using rclone or local storage. A box has data, metadata, optional sync configuration, group membership, and sync records.

Where generated data should live

Generated data — including large outputs — generally belongs inside the box it relates to, not in some sibling directory chosen to dodge syncing. Do not move heavy outputs out of a box to keep it "small". The whole point of Boxyard is that syncing makes large boxes comfortable to live with: anything you don't want pushed can be excluded from sync via the box's conf/.rclone_exclude / conf/.rclone_filters (see "Per-box sync configuration"), or the box itself can be excluded locally with boxyard exclude. Keep data colocated with its box and control sync with filters — don't fragment it to avoid sync.

Before running commands

• If operating from this repository checkout, prefer:

  cd /path/to/boxyard && uv run boxyard ...
  

  If Boxyard is already installed in the environment, boxyard ... is also fine.