Agent skill

Railway

by hoodini in hoodini/ai-agents-skills

Deploy applications on Railway platform. An agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills.

No licenceAuto-check: notesDevOps & Cloud

Install Railway

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill railway -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills railway --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/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/railway .claude/skills/railway && 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
railway
GitHub stars
282
Token cost
~781 tokens
SKILL.md length
46 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Deploy applications on Railway platform. An agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills.

  • Deploying containerized apps
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, railway.toml Configuration, Nixpacks Configuration and Environment Variables, plus 8 more sections
  • Calls railway and npm; needs API_KEY
  • Setting up databases

What it does

Railway is an agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills. Deploy applications on Railway platform. Use when deploying containerized apps, setting up databases, configuring private networking, or managing Railway projects. Triggers on Railway, railway.app, deploy container, Railway database.

Its SKILL.md is about 780 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. It works with Railway. The repository describes itself as: 🧠 AI Agent Skills Repository - A curated collection of specialized skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf). Created by Yuval Avidani using…

When your agent uses it

  • Deploying containerized apps
  • Setting up databases
  • Configuring private networking
  • Managing Railway projects

Example prompts

  • “/railway”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f7a43d8. 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:

    • railway
    • npm

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.railway.app

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

  • Credentials

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

    • API_KEY

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

Context cost

Railway loads about 781 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 46 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~781

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:68
    railway variables set < .env

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 46 words (~781 tokens).

“Deploy and manage applications on Railway's platform.”

— opening of SKILL.md by hoodini
name
railway

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/railway of hoodini/ai-agents-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f7a43d8

Compare with similar skills

Railway next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Railway compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Railway this skillhoodini/ai-agents-skills282—~781Automated safety check: NotesNone
Deployclacky-ai/openclacky1.2k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Railway Deploydavila7/claude-code-templates33k—~875Automated safety check: PassMIT
Railway Docsdavila7/claude-code-templates33k—~498Automated safety check: PassMIT
Memstack Deployment Railway Deploycwinvestments/memstack423—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassProprietary
RailwayAnil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors1.3k—~661Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Railway

What does Railway do?

Deploy applications on Railway platform. An agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills. Railway is an agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills. Deploy applications on Railway platform.

When should I use Railway?

Railway fits situations like: deploying containerized apps; setting up databases; configuring private networking; managing Railway projects.

How do I install Railway in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill railway -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/railway in hoodini/ai-agents-skills) into .claude/skills/railway in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Railway in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill railway -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/railway in hoodini/ai-agents-skills) into .agents/skills/railway in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Railway 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill railway -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/railway, .gemini/skills/railway, .github/skills/railway and .opencode/skills/railway in your project.

What does Railway need to run?

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

Does Railway access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.railway.app. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Railway safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Railway use?

No licence was found for Railway or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Railway use?

About 781 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Railway?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Railway: Deploy (clacky-ai/openclacky, 1.2k stars), Railway Deploy (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Railway Docs (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars) and Memstack Deployment Railway Deploy (cwinvestments/memstack, 423 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Railway?

hoodini (a GitHub user) maintains it in hoodini/ai-agents-skills, which has 282 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 11, 2026.

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