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6ee243cc37 Split the end-user omarchy skill into topic guides (#6602)
* Split the end-user omarchy skill into topic guides

Move default/omarchy-skill to default/agents/skills/omarchy and break the
monolithic SKILL.md into on-demand topic files for Hyprland config, shell
plugins, theming, and hooks. Update the skill symlink wiring, relink
existing installs through a migration, and correct claims that had drifted
from the implementation: plugin hot-reload, terminal reload, menu
customization, refresh scopes, theme overlays, background locations, hook
timing, and the packaged (not git-managed) system directory.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add capture and contributing guides to the omarchy skill

Cover screenshots, screen recording, OCR text capture, and LocalSend or
Taildrop sharing, plus how to route bug reports, suggestions, and support
questions upstream with diagnostics and captures of the problem attached.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Scope Hyprland reload guidance to the Lua config files

hyprsunset.conf and xdph.conf are read by separate processes, so hyprctl
neither applies nor validates them. Document restarting hyprsunset after
editing its config, including in the night light example.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-07 14:36:42 +02:00

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Omarchy Shell: Bar, Plugins, and Idle

Read this before changing the status bar, notifications, shell plugins, widgets, or idle/lock behavior.

The bar, notification daemon, settings panel, and assorted overlays all run inside a single long-running Quickshell process (omarchy-shell).

~/.config/omarchy/shell.json             # User overrides: bar, plugins, idle
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/   # User-owned shell plugins
$OMARCHY_PATH/config/omarchy/shell.json  # Canonical defaults

The shell hot-reloads shell.json on save — no restart needed for layout changes. idle.screensaver and idle.lock are seconds since user idle began.

Commands: omarchy restart shell, omarchy refresh shell

Bar Layout

Use the omarchy bar group to move and manage widgets:

omarchy bar move omarchy.clock --section right

For layout edits beyond what the commands cover, edit the bar configuration in ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json; it hot-reloads on save.

Customizing Built-In Plugins and Widgets

To customize a built-in bar widget, never edit $OMARCHY_PATH/shell/plugins/. Clone it into the user plugin directory instead:

omarchy plugin clone omarchy.workspaces
# Edit ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<username>.workspaces/; saved changes reload automatically.

Cloning switches the bar to the cloned copy (e.g. <username>.workspaces), which is yours to edit and survives updates.

Saving a file anywhere under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins/ reloads plugin code automatically. If a change somehow fails to apply, force a reload with omarchy-shell shell rescanPlugins.

Idle and Lock

Set idle.screensaver and idle.lock in ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json, in seconds since user idle began. Example: "lock after ten minutes" means setting idle.lock to 600.