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# swe-cli-skills ### man pages for machines 🤖 > Your agent knows the commands. We teach it the workflows. **swe-cli-skills** is an open-source skill that gives AI coding agents senior-engineer-level CLI expertise. It covers **23 CLIs** across 9 categories — not just flag syntax, but operational workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, error recovery, and composition patterns. **One skill. Twenty-three CLIs. Every coding agent.** --- ## ⚡ Install in 30 Seconds ### npx ([skills CLI](https://skills.sh/docs/cli)) ```bash npx skills add SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills ``` Downloads and configures the skill for your AI agent. Works with [AdaL](https://docs.sylph.ai/), Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more. ### AdaL Plugin Marketplace ```bash # Add the marketplace (one-time) /plugin marketplace add SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills # Install the skill /plugin install swe-cli-skills@swe-cli-skills ``` ### Manual Install (per agent) <details> <summary>AdaL</summary> ```bash # Project-level (recommended) git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git .adal/skills/swe-cli-skills # Personal (available in all projects) git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git ~/.adal/skills/swe-cli-skills ``` </details> <details> <summary>Claude Code</summary> ```bash cd your-project git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git .cursor/skills/swe-cli-skills ``` </details> <details> <summary>Codex / OpenAI Agents</summary> ```bash git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git .codex/skills/swe-cli-skills ``` </details> <details> <summary>Cursor CLI</summary> ```bash git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git .cursor/skills/swe-cli-skills ``` </details> <details> <summary>GitHub Copilot</summary> ```bash git clone https://github.com/SylphAI-Inc/swe-cli-skills.git .github/skills/swe-cli-skills ``` </details> <details> <summary>Cursor / Windsurf / Any SKILL.md Agent</summary
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