Agent skill

Swe CLI Skills

by SylphAI-Inc in SylphAI-Inc/skills

Senior engineer CLI expertise for AI agents — workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, and anti-patterns across cloud, IaC, containers, databases, dev tools, and platforms

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Swe CLI Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add SylphAI-Inc/skills --skill swe-cli-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install SylphAI-Inc/skills swe-cli-skills --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/SylphAI-Inc/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/swe-cli-skills .claude/skills/swe-cli-skills && 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
swe-cli-skills
GitHub stars
112
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
707 words
Files
44
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Senior engineer CLI expertise for AI agents — workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, and anti-patterns across cloud, IaC, containers, databases, dev tools, and platforms

  • Works in 2 steps: Read this root SKILL.md to find the… → Read only the specific CLI guide you…
  • Tasks that involve Infrastructure as code
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Available CLI Guides, Quick Reference: Critical… and Token Efficiency, plus 1 more section
  • Calls terraform, npm and kubectl

What it does

Swe CLI Skills is an agent skill from SylphAI-Inc/skills. Senior engineer CLI expertise for AI agents — workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, and anti-patterns across cloud, IaC, containers, databases, dev tools, and platforms

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 47 other files (for example `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `README.md` and `SKILL_TEMPLATE.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Infrastructure as code, Git workflow and Containers. It works with Git, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. The repository describes itself as: Community-shareable skills for AdaL — the automation-first agent harness. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Infrastructure as code
  • Tasks that involve Git workflow
  • Tasks that involve Containers

Example prompts

  • “/swe-cli-skills”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Docker

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read this root SKILL.md to find the right category
  2. Read only the specific CLI guide you need (e.g., skills/cloud/aws.md)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 51a5abd. 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:

    • terraform
    • npm
    • kubectl
    • helm
    • git
    • stripe
    • firebase

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, kubectl, helm, git and firebase, 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

Swe CLI Skills loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 707 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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 SylphAI-Inc/skills at commit 51a5abd, republished under its MIT licence (© SylphAI-Inc). 707 words, ~1,672 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/swe-cli-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 43 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
swe-cli-skills
description
Senior engineer CLI expertise for AI agents — workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, and anti-patterns across cloud, IaC, containers, databases, dev tools, and platforms

SWE CLI Skills

man pages for machines — Your agent knows the commands. We teach it the workflows.

This skill provides expert-level CLI knowledge for the tools software engineers use daily. Each guide encodes senior engineer judgment — not reference docs, but operational workflows, safety guardrails, flag gotchas, error recovery, and composition patterns.

When to Use This Skill

Load a specific CLI guide when:

  • You need to run complex CLI operations (multi-step workflows, piped commands)
  • You're unsure about flag ordering, safety checks, or non-interactive alternatives
  • You encounter a CLI error and need the actual fix (not generic advice)
  • You need to compose multiple CLIs together (e.g., aws → jq → xargs)

Available CLI Guides

Guides are organized by category. Read the category index or jump directly to a CLI guide.

☁️ Cloud (skills/cloud/)
CLIFileUse For
AWS CLIskills/cloud/aws.mdS3 filter ordering, IAM auth, EC2 queries, JMESPath, Lambda
gcloudskills/cloud/gcloud.mdGCP project/config management, GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, logging
Azure CLIskills/cloud/azure.mdResource groups, AKS, App Service, RBAC, ARM deployments
🏗️ Infrastructure as Code (skills/iac/)
CLIFileUse For
Terraformskills/iac/terraform.mdState management, import workflows, safe apply, workspace migration
🐳 Containers & Orchestration (skills/containers/)
CLIFileUse For
Dockerskills/containers/docker.mdBuild cache, multi-stage builds, compose v2, cleanup, debugging
kubectlskills/containers/kubectl.mdContext safety, namespace gotchas, rollout/rollback, pod debugging
Helmskills/containers/helm.mdValues precedence, upgrade resets, rollback, chart debugging
🔀 Git & Version Control (skills/git-vcs/)
CLIFileUse For
Gitskills/git-vcs/git.mdNon-interactive alternatives, rebase, merge, conflict resolution
GitHub CLIskills/git-vcs/gh.mdPR workflows, issue management, releases, Actions
🛠️ Dev Tools (skills/dev-tools/)
CLIFileUse For
jqskills/dev-tools/jq.mdJSON filtering, select vs map, array ops, shell variable injection
sedskills/dev-tools/sed.mdStream editing, in-place substitution, macOS vs Linux portability
makeskills/dev-tools/make.mdBuild automation, Makefile patterns, phony targets, variables
curlskills/dev-tools/curl.mdAuth headers, multipart uploads, API debugging, response handling
SSH/SCPskills/dev-tools/ssh.mdTunneling, ProxyJump, key management, agent-safe patterns
📦 Package Managers (skills/package-managers/)
CLIFileUse For
npmskills/package-managers/npm.mdDependency management, scripts, workspaces, publishing, lockfiles
pip & uvskills/package-managers/pip-uv.mdVirtual envs, dependency resolution, uv acceleration, constraints
🗄️ Databases (skills/databases/)
CLIFileUse For
psqlskills/databases/psql.mdConnection strings, non-interactive queries, backup/restore, meta-commands
redis-cliskills/databases/redis.mdConnection, key operations, debugging, persistence, cluster management
🚀 Platforms & Services (skills/platforms/)
CLIFileUse For
Stripe CLIskills/platforms/stripe.mdWebhook testing, API debugging, fixtures, payment flow testing
Sentry CLIskills/platforms/sentry.mdRelease management, sourcemap uploads, deploy tracking
Vercel CLIskills/platforms/vercel.mdDeployments, env vars, serverless functions, domains
Firebase CLIskills/platforms/firebase.mdHosting deploy, Firestore rules, auth emulators, Cloud Functions
flyctlskills/platforms/fly.mdApp deployment, scaling, secrets, regions, Machines API
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Quick Reference: Critical Gotchas

These are the highest-impact mistakes — check the full guide for details:

  • AWS S3: --exclude must come BEFORE --include (left-to-right evaluation)
  • Terraform: Always terraform plan after terraform import (detects drift)
  • Docker: Copy dependency files before source code (cache optimization)
  • kubectl: ALWAYS verify kubectl config current-context before apply
  • Helm: helm upgrade RESETS values not specified — use --reuse-values
  • Git: Use git --no-pager and --no-edit flags (agents have no TTY)
  • SSH: Use BatchMode=yes to prevent password prompt hangs
  • psql: Always use -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 in scripts (psql continues after errors by default)
  • Redis: NEVER use KEYS * in production — use SCAN instead (blocks server)
  • gcloud: Always set --project explicitly in automation (don't rely on default project)
  • npm: Use npm ci in CI/CD, not npm install (ensures reproducible builds)
  • sed: sed -i behaves differently on macOS vs Linux — use -i.bak for portability
  • make: Indentation MUST be real tabs, not spaces (invisible error)
  • Stripe: stripe listen webhook secret changes on every restart — update your env var
  • Sentry: Sourcemap --url-prefix must exactly match browser request paths
  • Vercel: vercel without --prod deploys to preview, not production
  • Firebase: firebase deploy without --only deploys EVERYTHING

Token Efficiency

This skill uses a category sub-index architecture. Instead of loading all CLI guides at once:

  1. Read this root SKILL.md to find the right category
  2. Read only the specific CLI guide you need (e.g., skills/cloud/aws.md)

This keeps token usage minimal — load one guide (~200-400 lines) instead of the entire library.

Each Guide Contains

  1. Setup & Auth — Installation and credential configuration
  2. Core Workflows — The 20% of commands covering 80% of usage
  3. Flag Gotchas — Ordering traps, version quirks, surprising defaults
  4. Error Patterns — Real error messages → real fixes
  5. Anti-Patterns — "Never do X because Y" with safe alternatives
  6. Composability — How to pipe this CLI with others
  7. Agent Constraints — Non-interactive alternatives, TTY workarounds

© SylphAI-Inc, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 43 other files in skills/swe-cli-skills of SylphAI-Inc/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • .gitignore
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • SKILL_TEMPLATE.md
  • skills/cloud/INDEX.md
  • skills/cloud/aws.md
  • skills/cloud/azure.md
  • skills/cloud/gcloud.md
  • skills/containers/INDEX.md
  • skills/containers/docker.md
  • skills/containers/helm.md
  • skills/containers/kubectl.md
  • skills/databases/INDEX.md
  • skills/databases/psql.md
  • skills/databases/redis.md
  • … and 27 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 51a5abd

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Questions about Swe CLI Skills

What does Swe CLI Skills do?

Senior engineer CLI expertise for AI agents — workflows, safety guardrails, gotchas, and anti-patterns across cloud, IaC, containers, databases, dev tools, and platforms. Swe CLI Skills is an agent skill from SylphAI-Inc/skills.

When should I use Swe CLI Skills?

Swe CLI Skills fits situations like: tasks that involve Infrastructure as code; tasks that involve Git workflow; tasks that involve Containers.

How do I install Swe CLI Skills in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Swe CLI Skills in Codex?

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

Can I use Swe CLI Skills 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 SylphAI-Inc/skills --skill swe-cli-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/swe-cli-skills, .gemini/skills/swe-cli-skills, .github/skills/swe-cli-skills and .opencode/skills/swe-cli-skills in your project.

What does Swe CLI Skills need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Swe CLI Skills needs the command-line tools its instructions call (terraform, npm, kubectl, helm, git and stripe). Our summary lists: Node.js; Docker.

Does Swe CLI Skills access the network?

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

Is Swe CLI Skills 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 Swe CLI Skills use?

Swe CLI Skills is published under the MIT licence (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Swe CLI Skills use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k 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 Swe CLI Skills?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Swe CLI Skills: Senior DevOps Toolkit (maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit, 260 stars), Agent Bom Scan Infra (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Research To Deploy (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Discover Infra (rand/cc-polymath, 181 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Swe CLI Skills?

SylphAI-Inc (a GitHub organization) maintains it in SylphAI-Inc/skills, which has 112 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 22, 2026.

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