neovim-rpc SKILL.md skillA
neovim-rpc from sodiumjoe/dotfiles is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sodiumjoe/dotfiles/neovim-rpc@git:20260924.1820eaePins git:20260924.1820eae in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sodiumjoe/dotfiles
- Path
home/.agents/skills/neovim/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260924.1820eae, committed Sep 24, 2026
- Size
- 3,471 bytes
- Repository stars
- 49
- License
- none declared
Interact with a running neovim instance over RPC — open files, show diffs, execute Lua. Use when you need to open a file in the user's editor, show a vimdiff, or run arbitrary Lua in neovim. Requires $NVIM or $NVIM_SOCKET_PATH to be set.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Neovim RPC Commands
Three commands for interacting with a running neovim instance over its RPC socket. All require `$NVIM` or `$NVIM_SOCKET_PATH` to be set (this is automatic when running inside neovim via agentic.nvim).
## Commands
### nvim-lua
Execute arbitrary Lua in the running neovim instance.
```bash
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-lua '<lua-expression>'
```
The expression is wrapped in `(function() ... end)()`. Return values are printed to stdout.
Examples:
```bash
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-lua "return vim.fn.expand('%:p')"
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-lua "return require('sodium.utils').editor_window()"
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-lua "vim.cmd('echom \"hello\"') return 0"
```
### nvim-open
Open a file in the running neovim instance.
```bash
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-open --editor '<absolute-path>'
```
The `--editor` flag targets the first non-agentic window (i.e., skips windows with Agentic* filetypes). Without `--editor`, opens in whichever window is current.
You can also target a specific window by ID:
```bash
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/nvim-open --window <win-id> '<absolute-path>'
```
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How to install
mdr add sodiumjoe/dotfiles/neovim-rpc@sha256:4e2be8dec94ab983The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.1820eae, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 24, 2026.
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- 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
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Source
sodiumjoe/dotfiles · 49 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xev6bbreb7qacton GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sodiumjoe/dotfiles/neovim-rpc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4e2be8dec94ab9836e3a0c60a2a21cdba8609162707f0e3b745cecd0270f7d42
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.