orca-cli

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Use the public `orca` CLI to operate Orca-managed worktrees, folder contexts, terminals, repos, automations, worktree comments, and the browser embedded inside the Orca app. Use when the user says "$orca-cli", "use orca cli", "Orca worktree", "child worktree", "cardStatus", "spawn codex/claude in a worktree", "read/wait/send Orca terminal", "terminal send", "full handoff", "handover", "give this to another agent", "another worktree", "Orca browser", or "control the browser inside Orca". Prefer this over raw `git worktree`, ad hoc PTYs, Playwright, or Computer Use when the task touches Orca-managed state. Use Computer Use for browser windows, webviews, or desktop UI outside Orca's embedded browser.

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Sourcejustshinobi/orca

Added on2026-08-06

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add justshinobi/orca orca-cli

SKILL.md Content

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Orca CLI

This file is a discovery stub, not the usage guide. The full, version-matched Orca CLI reference is served by the

orca

binary itself — kept out of this file on purpose so it can never drift from the binary that will actually run your commands.

Engage Orca whenever its running editor/runtime is the source of truth: Orca-managed worktrees, folder contexts, terminals, repos, automations, worktree comments, and the browser embedded inside the Orca app. Triggers include "$orca-cli", "Orca worktree", "child worktree", "spawn codex/claude in a worktree", "read/wait/send Orca terminal", "full handoff" / "handover" / "give this to another agent", and "control the browser inside Orca". Use plain shell tools when Orca state does not matter.

Resolve the CLI for this session

Choose the executable once and reuse it for every later command:

If the
```
ORCA_CLI_COMMAND
```
environment variable is set, use its value. Orca exports this for managed WSL sessions.
Otherwise, in a dev checkout whose session exposes
```
ORCA_DEV_REPO_ROOT
```
, use
```
orca-dev
```
.
Otherwise, on Linux outside an Orca-managed terminal, use
```
orca-ide
```
. Never run bare
```
orca
```
there — outside Orca's terminals it normally resolves to the GNOME Orca screen reader (
```
/usr/bin/orca
```
) and starts speech on the user's machine.
Otherwise, use
```
orca
```
.

Below,

ORCA

is a placeholder for the executable you resolved. Substitute it before running anything; do not create a shell variable or run

ORCA

literally. This works the same way in POSIX shells, PowerShell, and cmd.exe.

If the selected executable cannot run, report its exact error and stop. Do not fall through to another executable, which could silently target a different Orca build.

Load the full guide before running Orca commands

text

ORCA skills get orca-cli

That prints the complete, version-matched guide for the exact binary that will handle your next commands — worktrees, handoffs, terminals, automations, and the built-in browser. Read it first, then run the specific command you need.

Don't guess subcommands or flags from memory or from a cached copy of this stub. They change between Orca releases, and this file deliberately no longer lists them. Confirm the app is up with

ORCA status --json

(start it with

ORCA open --json

if needed), and prefer

--json

for agent-driven calls.

If an older Orca does not recognize

skills get

Use this fallback only when the selected binary explicitly reports that

skills get

is an unknown command. Another failure is not proof of an older binary; report it rather than guessing or changing executables. For a confirmed pre-guide binary, use only this bounded, read-only bootstrap to orient. Do not dead-end and do not invent commands:

text

ORCA status --json
ORCA worktree ps --json
ORCA terminal list --json

Then tell the user that updating Orca restores the full, version-matched guide via

ORCA skills get orca-cli

. Beyond these commands, ask the user rather than guessing a command surface this older binary may not support.