nicely-auth
Use when an ncly command needs a key, or answers AUTH_MISSING, KEYRING_UNAVAILABLE, KEY_NOT_GRANTED, or TERMINAL_REQUIRED.
Install / Use
npx skills add pascalandy/nicely --skill nicely-authInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
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Our assessment of nicely-auth
nicely-auth scores 48/100 on our quality scale, 4306th of 4,642 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.0 KB long, lightly structured (1 heading) and no code examples: fairly brief, so expect to fill in details yourself.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated today, so nicely-auth is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 80/100, with 2 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.
Automated pattern scan on 2026-10-29. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install nicely-auth?
- Run
npx skills add pascalandy/nicely --skill nicely-auth. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does nicely-auth work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is nicely-auth safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. It declares no license and scores 80/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is nicely-auth still maintained?
- The repository was last updated today, so nicely-auth is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: nicely-auth description: Use when an ncly command needs a key, or answers AUTH_MISSING, KEYRING_UNAVAILABLE, KEY_NOT_GRANTED, or TERMINAL_REQUIRED.
Nicely keys and grants
A key stays with the human. You find where each key comes from, and relay what the human must do.
- List the keys that installed extensions need, and where each one comes from, with
ncly auth status --json. Its findings are underservices, and it never prints a key - On
AUTH_MISSING,KEYRING_UNAVAILABLE,KEY_NOT_GRANTED, orTERMINAL_REQUIRED, relayhintandnextto the human, who stores the key withncly auth loginand grants it to an extension withncly auth grant, or takes a grant back withncly auth revoke. Never type or pipe a key yourself, and never grant one - Auth grant and revoke select one extension with its slug, as doctor does:
ncly auth grant SERVICE SLUG ncly doctorwarnsGRANT_UNUSEDfor a grant whose extension is gone from its path, or no longer declares the service. Relay itsnextto the human
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.