Official agent skill

Aqua CLI

by oracle in oracle/accelerated-data-science

Complete CLI reference for the ADS AQUA command-line interface (ads aqua).

OfficialUPL-1.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Aqua CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add oracle/accelerated-data-science --skill aqua-cli -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install oracle/accelerated-data-science aqua-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/oracle/accelerated-data-science.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/aqua-cli .claude/skills/aqua-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
aqua-cli
GitHub stars
125
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
152 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
UPL-1.0

At a glance

Complete CLI reference for the ADS AQUA command-line interface (ads aqua).

  • Asks about CLI commands
  • SKILL.md covers Installation, Authentication Setup, Model Commands and Deployment Commands, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls pip
  • Wants to run AQUA operations from terminal

What it does

Aqua CLI is an agent skill from oracle/accelerated-data-science, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Complete CLI reference for the ADS AQUA command-line interface (ads aqua). Covers all model, deployment, evaluation, and fine-tuning commands with full parameter documentation. Triggered when user asks about CLI commands, wants to run AQUA operations from terminal, or needs command syntax.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/params.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Fine-tuning and Deployment. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: ADS is the Oracle Data Science Cloud Service's python SDK supporting, model ops (train/eval/deploy), along with running workloads on Jobs and Pipeline resources.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks about CLI commands
  • Wants to run AQUA operations from terminal
  • Needs command syntax

Example prompts

  • “/aqua-cli”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0418ab4. 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:

    • pip

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, 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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Aqua CLI loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 152 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.8k

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

Its licence (UPL-1.0) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 152 words (~2,147 tokens).

“The ads aqua CLI provides command-line access to all AI Quick Actions operations. It uses Python Fire under the hood.”

— opening of SKILL.md by oracle, UPL-1.0
name
aqua-cli
user-invocable
true
disable-model-invocation
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/aqua-cli of oracle/accelerated-data-science.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/params.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0418ab4

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Questions about Aqua CLI

What does Aqua CLI do?

Complete CLI reference for the ADS AQUA command-line interface (ads aqua). Aqua CLI is an agent skill from oracle/accelerated-data-science, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Complete CLI reference for the ADS AQUA command-line interface (ads aqua).

When should I use Aqua CLI?

Aqua CLI fits situations like: asks about CLI commands; wants to run AQUA operations from terminal; needs command syntax.

How do I install Aqua CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add oracle/accelerated-data-science --skill aqua-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/aqua-cli in oracle/accelerated-data-science) into .claude/skills/aqua-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aqua CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add oracle/accelerated-data-science --skill aqua-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/aqua-cli in oracle/accelerated-data-science) into .agents/skills/aqua-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aqua 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 oracle/accelerated-data-science --skill aqua-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/aqua-cli, .gemini/skills/aqua-cli, .github/skills/aqua-cli and .opencode/skills/aqua-cli in your project.

What does Aqua CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Aqua CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Aqua CLI access the network?

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

Is Aqua 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 Aqua CLI use?

Aqua CLI is published under the UPL-1.0 licence (the repository's licence).

How many tokens does Aqua CLI use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Aqua CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aqua CLI: Rl Standard Launch Leonardo (open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-Agent, 301 stars), Monitor With Haoleme (HaolemeApp/Haoleme, 157 stars), Hugging Face Vision Trainer (huggingface/skills, 11k stars) and Google Agents CLI Adk Code (pifferologo/cloud-agents-cli, 129 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aqua CLI?

oracle (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in oracle/accelerated-data-science, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

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