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r-btw-cli
Use the `btw` CLI to access R documentation, manage R package development, query CRAN, and inspect the R environment from the command line. Use when you need to: (1) read R help pages or vignettes, (2) run R CMD check, tests, or devtools::document(), (3) search CRAN for packages, (4) check installed package versions or R platform info.
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npx add-skill https://github.com/posit-dev/btw/tree/main/inst/cli-skill/r-btw-cli
SKILL.md
btw CLI
btw is a command-line interface for accessing R documentation, package development, CRAN search, and R environment info.
Commands
btw docs help <topic> [-p <pkg>] Read an R help page (tries topic first, falls back to package listing)
btw docs help {<pkg>} List help topics for a package
btw docs help <pkg>::<topic> Read a specific help page (scoped)
btw docs vignette <pkg> [-n <name>] Read a vignette (--list to list available)
btw docs news <pkg> [-s <term>] Read package NEWS/changelog
btw pkg document [--path <dir>] Generate roxygen2 docs
btw pkg check [--path <dir>] Run R CMD check
btw pkg test [-f <filter>] [--path <dir>] Run testthat tests
btw pkg load [--path <dir>] Load package with pkgload
btw pkg coverage [--file <f>] [--json] Compute test coverage
btw info platform [--json] R version, OS, locale
btw info packages [<pkg>...] [--json] Installed package details (--check for quick lookup, --deps for dep types)
btw cran search <query> [-n <count>] [--json] Search CRAN for packages
btw cran info <pkg> [--json] CRAN package details
Run btw --help, btw <group> --help, or btw <group> <cmd> --help for full usage details.
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