colima SKILL.md skillA
colima from technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/colima@git:20260527.f43c6bcPins git:20260527.f43c6bc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins
- Path
plugins/dev-tools/skills/colima/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260527.f43c6bc, committed May 27, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 1, 2026
- Size
- 3,104 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Use when Docker commands fail with "Cannot connect to Docker daemon", when starting/stopping container environments on macOS, when managing Docker contexts or profiles, or when running incus (system containers / VMs with nested virtualization) on macOS - provides Colima lifecycle management, profile handling, SSH commands, and troubleshooting.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Colima
## Overview
Colima provides container and VM runtimes (Docker, Containerd, Incus) on macOS with minimal setup. It runs a Linux VM and exposes the chosen runtime to the host.
**Use this skill when:**
- Docker commands fail ("Cannot connect to Docker daemon")
- Starting/stopping container runtime on macOS
- Managing multiple Docker profiles/contexts
- Troubleshooting container environment issues
- Need SSH agent forwarding for Docker builds
- Running incus on macOS (system containers or VMs with nested virtualization)
**Not for:** Docker Compose or Kubernetes clusters.
## Quick Reference
| Operation | Command |
|-----------|---------|
| Start | `colima start` or `colima start <profile>` |
| Start with SSH agent | `colima start <profile> -s` |
| Stop | `colima stop` or `colima stop --force` |
| Status | `colima status -p <profile>` |
| List profiles | `colima list` |
| SSH into VM | `colima ssh` or `colima ssh -- <cmd>` |
| SSH with chained commands | `colima ssh -- bash -c "cmd1 && cmd2"` |
| Get socket path | `colima status -p <profile> --json \| jq -r .docker_socket` |
## Docker Context Basics
Colima creates Docker contexts per profile:
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/colima@sha256:6a14a46cd9a38833The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260527.f43c6bc, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hnlgozlz37o76k5u)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 1, 2026 and May 27, 2026, about one every 115 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260527.f43c6bc latest | 2026-05-27 | f43c6bc | 3,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260201.365b4f8 | 2026-02-01 | 365b4f8 | 2,835 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3104 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hnlgozlz37o76k5u GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=technicalpickles/pickled-claude-plugins/colima GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6a14a46cd9a38833450fa69d0e7d2c4f4ee89577cffe8e4b013d3a2dd5e28254
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.