Environment Variables

All environment variables recognized by skillshare.

Configuration

SKILLSHARE_CONFIG

Override the config file path.

SKILLSHARE_CONFIG=~/custom-config.yaml skillshare status

Default: ~/.config/skillshare/config.yaml

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GitHub API

GITHUB_TOKEN

GitHub personal access token for API requests.

When needed:

• Upgrading skillshare CLI
• Installing from private repos
• Hitting rate limits

Usage:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here
skillshare upgrade

Creating a token:

1. Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens
2. Generate new token (classic)
3. No scopes needed for public repos
4. Copy the token

Windows:

# Current session
$env:GITHUB_TOKEN = "ghp_your_token"

# Permanent
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_TOKEN", "ghp_your_token", "User")

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Testing

SKILLSHARE_TEST_BINARY

Override the CLI binary path for integration tests.

SKILLSHARE_TEST_BINARY=/path/to/skillshare go test ./tests/integration

Default: bin/skillshare in project root

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Usage Examples

Temporary override

# Single command
SKILLSHARE_CONFIG=/tmp/test-config.yaml skillshare status

# Multiple commands
export SKILLSHARE_CONFIG=/tmp/test-config.yaml
skillshare status
skillshare list
unset SKILLSHARE_CONFIG

Permanent setup (macOS/Linux)

Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_your_token_here"

Permanent setup (Windows)

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_TOKEN", "ghp_your_token", "User")

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Summary

Variable	Purpose	Default
SKILLSHARE_CONFIG	Config file path	~/.config/skillshare/config.yaml
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub API auth	None
SKILLSHARE_TEST_BINARY	Test binary path	bin/skillshare

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Related

• Configuration — Config file reference
• Windows Issues — Windows environment setup