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Switch trickle packages between local symlinked development versions and published registry versions. Use when the user asks to switch to local/dev/symlinked, switch to published/production/registry, or test with published packages.
Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.
Based on SOC occupation classification
Create a new Claude Code skill. Use when the user wants to create, scaffold, build, or set up a new skill, custom slash command, or reusable instruction for Claude Code. Also use when someone says "make a skill", "I keep repeating myself to Claude", or "teach Claude how to do X".
Publish all trickle packages (npm, PyPI, VSCode extension). Use when the user asks to publish, release, bump versions, or push packages to registries.
Dogfood trickle by creating real demo projects, running trickle on them, finding bugs and UX issues, then fixing and publishing them. Use when asked to test trickle, dogfood, find bugs, try trickle on a real project, or improve trickle's developer experience. Also use when someone says "test trickle on react", "try trickle with python", "dogfood ML workflow", etc.
| name | switch-env |
| description | Switch trickle packages between local symlinked development versions and published registry versions. Use when the user asks to switch to local/dev/symlinked, switch to published/production/registry, or test with published packages. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| argument-hint | [local|published] |
Switches all trickle packages between local development (symlinked) and published (registry) versions.
For development — uses the source code directly so changes are reflected immediately.
# npm: link CLI and JS client globally
cd packages/cli && npm link
cd packages/client-js && npm link
# Python: editable install
cd packages/client-python && pip install -e .
# VSCode extension: copy built dist to installed extension
cd packages/vscode-extension && npm run build
cp dist/extension.js ~/.vscode/extensions/yiheinchai.trickle-vscode-*/dist/extension.js
Then tell the user to reload VSCode.
For testing what end users will get from npm/PyPI.
# npm: unlink and install from registry
npm unlink -g trickle-cli
npm unlink -g trickle-observe
npm install -g trickle-cli
npm install -g trickle-observe
# Python: uninstall editable, install from PyPI
pip uninstall trickle trickle-observe -y
pip install trickle-observe
After switching, verify with:
# Check CLI — symlink vs real install
which trickle && ls -la $(which trickle)
# Check Python — look for "Editable project location" (local) vs plain Location (published)
pip show trickle-observe | grep -E "Version|Location|Editable"
# Check npm global
npm ls -g trickle-observe trickle-cli --depth=0
trickle (editable install). If switching from local to published, uninstall both trickle AND trickle-observe to avoid conflicts./opt/anaconda3/bin/python — system python3 points to 3.14 which may lack build tools.