dotfiles

Name: dotfiles
Author: nicksp

by nicksp

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My personal dotfiles: Zsh, Git, VSCode, Cursor, Obsidian, Ghostty, etc.

415stars

99forks

Shell

Added 12/27/2025

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/nicksp/dotfiles

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 5/21/2026

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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is dotfiles?

dotfiles is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by nicksp. My personal dotfiles: Zsh, Git, VSCode, Cursor, Obsidian, Ghostty, etc. It has 415 GitHub stars.

Is dotfiles safe to use?

Yes. dotfiles passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install dotfiles?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/nicksp/dotfiles" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is dotfiles written in?

dotfiles is primarily written in Shell. It is open-source under nicksp on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to dotfiles?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh dotfiles against similar tools.

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~nicksp 🌮

My personal dotfiles for configuring macOS with Zsh and Homebrew.

nicksp terminal

[!IMPORTANT] Please only open pull requests that fix bugs or add improvements without any breaking changes.

[!WARNING] I recommend forking this repository to create your own set of dotfiles.

Requirements

macOS
Homebrew (the install script will install Homebrew)
Zsh (the install script will install Zsh via Homebrew)

What's in there?

Handy binary scripts.
AI agents config automation.
Custom color scheme.
Custom zsh theme with Git status, etc. using Starship.
Git aliases.
Shell aliases.
Obsidian as a second brain.
zsh / fzf.
git / delta syntax-highlighting diff tool.
Sensible macOS defaults.
Visual Studio Code and Cursor settings synchronization.
Config for other apps and utils.
macOS apps and VSCode / Cursor extensions I use.
macOS tips & tricks.

Installation

Point the DNS Servers to Cloudflare DNS
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
Configure Git and GitHub SSH
1. Generate SSH key and add it to the ssh-agent
2. Add your public SSH key to GitHub account
3. Test your authentication with:
```
ssh -T git@github.com
```
Configure GPG commit signature verification
Install MonoLisa font
Choose manual or automatic dotfiles installation below

Manually

git clone git@github.com:nicksp/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
cd ~/dotfiles
./setup/zsh.sh
./setup/brew.sh
./setup/misc.sh
./setup/symlinks.sh

Automatically

To automate the setup of your dotfiles on a new machine, use the setup script.

[!CAUTION] Use at your own risk!

git clone git@github.com:nicksp/dotfiles.git ~/dotfiles
~/dotfiles/setup.sh

This will install all required dotfiles in your home directory as symlinks. Everything is then configured via modifying files in ~/dotfiles.

Extras

Set macOS defaults

set-defaults

Use alternative apps icons

sync-apps-icons

Install colors themes

sync-color-themes

Local customizations

The dotfiles can be extended to suit additional local requirements by using the following files:

`~/.zsh.local`

If this file exists, it will be automatically sourced after all the other shell related files allowing its content to add to or overwrite the existing aliases, settings, PATH, etc.

`~/.gitconfig.local`

If this file exists, it will be automatically included after the configurations from ~/.gitconfig allowing its content to overwrite or add to the existing git configurations.

[!TIP] Use ~/.gitconfig.local to store sensitive information such as the git user credentials for individual repositories.

Updating

To update an existing install:

cd ~/dotfiles
git pull
./setup.sh

License

MIT License.

dotfiles

Frequently Asked Questions

What is dotfiles?

Is dotfiles safe to use?

How do I install dotfiles?

What programming language is dotfiles written in?

Are there alternatives to dotfiles?

Related Skills

~nicksp 🌮

Requirements

What's in there?

Installation

Manually

Automatically

Extras

Set macOS defaults

Use alternative apps icons

Install colors themes

Local customizations

~/.zsh.local

~/.gitconfig.local

Updating

License

Inspiration

`~/.zsh.local`

`~/.gitconfig.local`