Ai-skills outline

Search, read, and manage Outline wiki documents. Use when: (1) searching wiki for documentation, (2) reading wiki pages or articles, (3) listing wiki collections or documents, (4) creating or updating wiki content, (5) exporting documents as markdown. Works with any Outline wiki instance (self-hosted or cloud).

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sanjay3290/ai-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/outline" ~/.claude/skills/sanjay3290-ai-skills-outline && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/outline/SKILL.md

source content

Outline Wiki Skill

Search, read, create, and manage documents in any Outline wiki instance. Works with all AI clients supporting the Agent Skills Standard.

Requirements

Python 3.8+
Dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Setup

Get your API key from your Outline wiki:
- Go to Settings > API Tokens
- Create a new token with appropriate permissions

Configure the environment:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your API key

Set the environment variables:

export OUTLINE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
# Optional: for self-hosted instances
export OUTLINE_API_URL=https://your-wiki.example.com/api

Usage

Search documents

python3 scripts/outline.py search "deployment guide"
python3 scripts/outline.py search "API documentation" --limit 10
python3 scripts/outline.py search "onboarding" --collection-id <id>

Read a document

python3 scripts/outline.py read <document-id>
python3 scripts/outline.py read <document-id> --json

List collections

python3 scripts/outline.py list-collections
python3 scripts/outline.py list-collections --limit 50

List documents in a collection

python3 scripts/outline.py list-documents --collection-id <id>

Get collection details

python3 scripts/outline.py get-collection <collection-id>

Create a document

python3 scripts/outline.py create --title "New Guide" --collection-id <id>
python3 scripts/outline.py create --title "Guide" --collection-id <id> --text "# Content here"
python3 scripts/outline.py create --title "Draft" --collection-id <id> --draft

Update a document

python3 scripts/outline.py update <document-id> --title "Updated Title"
python3 scripts/outline.py update <document-id> --text "New content"
python3 scripts/outline.py update <document-id> --publish

Export document as markdown

python3 scripts/outline.py export <document-id>
python3 scripts/outline.py export <document-id> --output doc.md

Test authentication

python3 scripts/outline.py auth-info

JSON Output

Add

--json

flag to any command for machine-readable output:

python3 scripts/outline.py search "query" --json
python3 scripts/outline.py read <id> --json

Operations Reference

Command	Description	Required Args
search	Full-text search	query
read	Get document content	document_id
list-collections	List all collections	-
list-documents	List docs (optionally in collection)	-
get-collection	Get collection details	collection_id
create	Create new document	--title, --collection-id
update	Update existing document	document_id
export	Export as markdown	document_id
auth-info	Test API connection	-

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
OUTLINE_API_KEY	Yes	-	Your Outline API token
OUTLINE_API_URL	No	https://app.getoutline.com/api	API URL
OUTLINE_TIMEOUT	No	30	Request timeout (seconds)
OUTLINE_VERIFY_SSL	No	true	Set to `false` to skip SSL verification (for self-hosted instances with self-signed certs)

Troubleshooting

Error	Solution
API key not configured	Set OUTLINE_API_KEY environment variable
Authentication failed	Verify API key is valid and not expired
Connection timeout	Check OUTLINE_API_URL and network connectivity
SSL certificate error	Set `OUTLINE_VERIFY_SSL=false` for self-signed certs
Document not found	Verify document ID is correct
Permission denied	Check API token has required permissions

Exit Codes

0: Success
1: Error (auth failed, not found, invalid request)

Workflow

Run
```
auth-info
```
to verify connection
Run
```
list-collections
```
to see available collections
Run
```
search
```
or
```
list-documents
```
to find content
Run
```
read
```
to get full document content
Use
```
create
```
/
```
update
```
to modify wiki content