Silent and Unattended CLI Execution Skill

Overview

This skill provides a comprehensive reference for running command line programs in unattended/non-interactive environments. It documents environment variables, command-line flags, and configuration options to:

• Disable interactive prompts - Ensure programs run without user input
• Suppress progress indicators - Disable spinners, progress bars, and real-time updates
• Disable colored output - Remove ANSI color codes and terminal formatting
• Reduce output verbosity - Limit output to essential information only
• Force non-TTY mode - Prevent programs from detecting terminal capabilities

Coverage

• 155 programs across Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Cloud platforms, containers, version control, build tools, databases, security, monitoring, CI/CD, IaC, and more

Structure

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├── SKILL.md              # This file - skill overview
├── INDEX_BY_NAME.md      # Program index alphabetically
├── INDEX_BY_CATEGORY.md  # Program index by category
├── PLATFORM_COVERAGE.md  # Platform coverage statistics
├── UNIX.md               # Unix/Linux usage examples
├── WINDOWS.md            # Windows-specific notes
├── programs/             # Individual program documentation (155 files)
│   ├── git.md
│   ├── curl.md
│   ├── aws.md
│   ├── docker.md
│   └── ...
└── scripts/              # Helper scripts (if needed)

Quick Reference

• INDEX_BY_NAME.md - Alphabetical listing of all programs
• INDEX_BY_CATEGORY.md - Programs organized by category
• PLATFORM_COVERAGE.md - Platform coverage statistics
• UNIX.md - Unix/Linux usage examples
• WINDOWS.md - Windows-specific notes (reserved filenames, etc.)
• CONTRIBUTING.md - How to contribute, program documentation format

Universal Environment Variables

These environment variables affect many programs: