tinker

name	tinker
description	General-purpose Tinker desktop toolbox (100+ plugins: JSON, hash, base64, regex, files, clipboard, converters, editors, and more). Use whenever the user @-mentions or points at this skill, asks to use Tinker, or needs a desktop utility that a Tinker plugin might already provide — even if they never say "plugin" or "Tinker". Prefer discovering and using an installed plugin over writing a one-off script. Also use for opening plugins, listing plugins, MCP tool calls, UI debug via agent-browser, scaffolding plugins, or controlling the Tinker app from the CLI.
allowed-tools	Bash(tinker:*)
hidden	true

Tinker

Tinker is a desktop toolbox, not a niche Tinker-only API. Installed plugins cover everyday tasks (encode/decode, hash, edit JSON, regex, files, media, etc.). The tinker CLI controls the running app over a local IPC socket.

Tinker must be running (or will be auto-launched by the CLI).

When this skill is loaded

Mandatory. If this skill is in context (user @-mentioned it, attached SKILL.md, said "use tinker", or otherwise pointed you here), do not decide the request is "unrelated to Tinker" without checking the plugin catalog first:

tinker list --short              # short ids + names on one line
tinker list <candidate>…         # details for likely matches

Only after that search may you conclude no suitable plugin exists. Prefer a matching plugin (open it, or use MCP tools) over inventing a custom script.

Load the full core guide before other tinker commands:

tinker skills list
tinker skills path core    # print directory, then read SKILL.md inside it

Specialized skills

tinker skills path mcp     # tinker tools / call / mcp
tinker skills path create  # scaffold a new plugin from tinker-whois
tinker skills path debug   # tinker open --inspect + agent-browser

Quick orientation

tinker list --short
tinker list json-editor
tinker open json-editor
tinker ps

For MCP tool calls, load the mcp skill first. For a new plugin, load create.

Troubleshooting

If tinker fails (command not found, connection refused, etc.):

1. Install Tinker from https://tinker.liriliri.io/
2. Open Tinker, tray icon → "安装命令行工具"
3. Verify with tinker ps