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Agent skill

Chorus CLI

by Chorus-AIDLC in Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus

How to install, configure, and use the chorus CLI — install it, manage agents with chorus agents (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via chorus mcp.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Chorus CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus --skill chorus-cli -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus chorus-cli --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/chorus/skills/chorus-cli .claude/skills/chorus-cli && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
chorus-cli
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~915 tokens
SKILL.md length
387 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
64
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

How to install, configure, and use the chorus CLI — install it, manage agents with chorus agents (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via chorus mcp.

  • Works in 4 steps: Install → Configure agents — chorus agents → Connection environment variables → …
  • Tasks that involve Secrets management
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Install, 2. Configure agents — chorus…, 3. Connection environment… and 4. MCP operations — chorus mcp
  • Calls npm; needs CHORUS_API_KEY

What it does

Chorus CLI is an agent skill from Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus. How to install, configure, and use the chorus CLI — install it, manage agents with chorus agents (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via chorus mcp. A concise shared reference for any flow that drives Chorus from the shell.

Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Secrets management. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: The Agent Harness for AI-Human Collaboration, inspired by the AI-DLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle). The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Secrets management

Example prompts

  • “/chorus-cli”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in CHORUS_API_KEY

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Install
  2. Configure agents — chorus agents
  3. Connection environment variables
  4. MCP operations — chorus mcp

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4754822. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npm

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • CHORUS_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Chorus CLI loads about 915 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 387 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~915

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus at commit 4754822, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Chorus-AIDLC). 387 words, ~915 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/chorus-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
chorus-cli
description
How to install, configure, and use the `chorus` CLI — install it, manage agents with `chorus agents` (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via `chorus mcp`. A concise shared reference for any flow that drives Chorus from the shell.
license
AGPL-3.0
metadata.author
chorus
metadata.version
0.22.0
metadata.category
project-management
metadata.mcp_server
chorus

chorus-cli — using the chorus CLI

chorus (published as @chorus-aidlc/chorus) is the one command that configures this machine's coding agents for Chorus and talks to the Chorus MCP endpoint from the shell. This is a concise reference — run chorus --help and chorus <command> --help for the full flag surface.

1. Install

bash
npm install -g @chorus-aidlc/chorus       # unpinned — always installs the latest
chorus --version                          # must be >= 0.17.0 (provides `chorus agents` + `chorus mcp`)

2. Configure agents — chorus agents

Agent configuration lives in ~/.chorus/daemon.json; chorus agents is the CRUD group:

  • chorus agents (or chorus agents list) — list configured agents (name, UUID, backend). The API key is never printed; the agent named by CHORUS_AGENT_PROFILE is marked.

  • chorus agents add [--agents <ids>] [--all] [--url <u>] [--api-key <cho_…>] [--yes] [--dsh-profile <name>] — detect installed coding agents, install each one's Chorus plugin, and seed credentials (this is the former chorus init). Idempotent; safe to re-run. --help lists every flag.

  • chorus agents remove <name|uuid> — remove a configured agent from ~/.chorus/daemon.json (matched by UUID or name; an ambiguous name → use the UUID).

  • chorus agents run --name <name|uuid> [--type <type>] [--] [agent args…] — launch a configured agent's binary in the FOREGROUND with its Chorus connection injected into the child only (CHORUS_URL / CHORUS_API_KEY / CHORUS_AGENT_PROFILE; nothing is exported to the parent shell, and the key is never printed). Agent selection: single agent by default; else --name, else CHORUS_AGENT_PROFILE; ambiguous/none → error. Backend defaults to the agent's stored agentType, overridable with --type. Everything after -- is passed to the agent verbatim (never inspected). Type → binary: claude-code/claude→claude, codex→codex, kiro→kiro-cli, pi→pi, opencode→opencode, openclaw→openclaw, dsh→dsh-jsonrpc-agent. Agents added as opencode/openclaw/dsh are stored as offline → pass --type explicitly to launch them.

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3. Connection environment variables

  • CHORUS_URL — the Chorus instance URL.
  • CHORUS_API_KEY — an agent API key (cho_…).
  • CHORUS_AGENT_PROFILE — optional name or UUID of the agent to act as. When set, chorus mcp resolves that agent's key from ~/.chorus/daemon.json, so you need not export CHORUS_API_KEY for the CLI path. Daemon-woken sessions receive it automatically.

4. MCP operations — chorus mcp

Call any Chorus MCP tool from the shell — a byte-exact, token-free path for large content:

  • chorus mcp call <tool> ['<json>'] [--arg-file key=<file>] [--agent <name|uuid>] — call a tool. --arg-file content=<file> streams a file's raw bytes into the JSON content string (no re-typing through the model). Identity resolves from --agent → CHORUS_AGENT_PROFILE → CHORUS_URL+CHORUS_API_KEY → a single configured agent.
  • chorus mcp whoami — print this agent's own UUID.
  • chorus mcp list — list the tools this agent may call.

Requires chorus >= 0.17.0 (the chorus mcp subcommand). See chorus mcp --help.

© Chorus-AIDLC, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/chorus/skills/chorus-cli of Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4754822

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Questions about Chorus CLI

What does Chorus CLI do?

How to install, configure, and use the chorus CLI — install it, manage agents with chorus agents (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via chorus mcp. Chorus CLI is an agent skill from Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus. How to install, configure, and use the chorus CLI — install it, manage agents with chorus agents (add/remove/list), the connection environment variables, and MCP operations via chorus mcp.

When should I use Chorus CLI?

Chorus CLI fits situations like: tasks that involve Secrets management.

How do I install Chorus CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus --skill chorus-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/chorus/skills/chorus-cli in Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus) into .claude/skills/chorus-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Chorus CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus --skill chorus-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/chorus/skills/chorus-cli in Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus) into .agents/skills/chorus-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Chorus CLI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus --skill chorus-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/chorus-cli, .gemini/skills/chorus-cli, .github/skills/chorus-cli and .opencode/skills/chorus-cli in your project.

What does Chorus CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Chorus CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm) and credentials named CHORUS_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in CHORUS_API_KEY.

Does Chorus CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Chorus CLI safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Chorus CLI use?

Chorus CLI is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Chorus CLI use?

About 915 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Chorus CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Chorus CLI: Keypaste Design (notinferred/keypaste, 161 stars), Flow Context (flowexec/flow, 137 stars), Docker Sandboxes Env (docker/skills, 539 stars) and Secret Scanning (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Chorus CLI?

Chorus-AIDLC (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus, which has 1,192 GitHub stars. The repository holds 64 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: Chorus-AIDLC/Chorus on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.