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layout: article
title: Agent skills
description: Install Appwrite skills to give AI agents pre-built knowledge of Appwrite SDKs and services for your preferred language.
---

Skills are open-source Markdown files that give AI agents deep knowledge of Appwrite SDKs and services. When installed, skills provide your AI tools with accurate, language-specific context about Appwrite APIs, so they generate correct code without needing to look up documentation. You can find all Appwrite skills on [GitHub](https://github.com/appwrite/agent-skills/).

Skills work across all major AI dev tools that support them. They are installed per-project or globally, and are available for all Appwrite client and server SDKs. Supported tools include but not limited to:

- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
- Google Antigravity
- OpenCode
- Zed
- *and more...*

# Benefits {% #benefits %}

- **Accurate code generation**: Skills provide AI agents with correct SDK usage patterns, method signatures, and best practices for your chosen language.
- **No manual context needed**: Instead of pasting documentation into prompts, skills give agents the context they need automatically.
- **Language-specific**: Each skill is tailored to a specific SDK, so agents generate idiomatic code for your language and framework.
- **Always up to date**: Skills are maintained alongside the SDKs, so agents always have access to the latest APIs and patterns.
- **Works with any compatible agent**: Skills are not locked to a single tool. Install once and use across any AI agent that supports them.

# Install skills {% #install-skills %}

{% info title="Automatic installation" %}
When you run `appwrite init project`, the Appwrite CLI auto-detects your project configuration and installs relevant skills automatically. You can also install skills manually using the steps below.
{% /info %}

{% section #step-1 step=1 title="Run the install command" %}
Run the following command in your project directory:

```bash
npx skills add appwrite/agent-skills
```
{% /section %}

{% section #step-2 step=2 title="Select skills" %}
You will be prompted to select which skills to install. Skills are available for the Appwrite CLI and the following SDKs:

- TypeScript
- Dart
- .NET
- Go
- Kotlin
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Swift

Select the skills that match the SDKs you use in your project.

![Skill selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/skills.avif)
{% /section %}

{% section #step-3 step=3 title="Select tools" %}
Choose which AI tools should use the installed skills. This configures the skills for the agents you work with.

![Tool selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/tools.avif)
{% /section %}

{% section #step-4 step=4 title="Select scope" %}
Choose whether to install the skills at the **project** level or **globally**:

- **Project**: Skills are available only in the current project. This is useful when different projects use different Appwrite SDKs.
- **Global**: Skills are available across all your projects. This is useful if you use the same SDKs everywhere.

![Scope selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/scope.avif)
{% /section %}

{% section #step-5 step=5 title="Choose installation method" %}
Select **symlink** as the installation method. This creates a symbolic link to the skills, so they stay in sync across all your AI tools.

![Installation method prompt](/images/docs/skills/method.avif)
{% /section %}