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layout: article
title: Agent skills
description: Install Appwrite skills to give AI agents pre-built knowledge of Appwrite SDKs and services for your preferred language.
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Skills are open-source Markdown files that give AI agents deep knowledge of Appwrite SDKs and services. When installed, skills provide your AI tools with accurate, language-specific context about Appwrite APIs, so they generate correct code without needing to look up documentation. You can find all Appwrite skills on [GitHub](https://github.com/appwrite/skills/).

Skills work across all major AI dev tools that support them. They are installed per-project or globally, and are available for all Appwrite client and server SDKs. Supported tools include but not limited to:

- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
- Google Antigravity
- OpenCode
- Zed
- *and more...*

# Benefits

- **Accurate code generation**: Skills provide AI agents with correct SDK usage patterns, method signatures, and best practices for your chosen language.
- **No manual context needed**: Instead of pasting documentation into prompts, skills give agents the context they need automatically.
- **Language-specific**: Each skill is tailored to a specific SDK, so agents generate idiomatic code for your language and framework.
- **Always up to date**: Skills are maintained alongside the SDKs, so agents always have access to the latest APIs and patterns.
- **Works with any compatible agent**: Skills are not locked to a single tool. Install once and use across any AI agent that supports them.

# Install skills

**Automatic installation**

When you run `appwrite init project`, the Appwrite CLI auto-detects your project configuration and installs relevant skills automatically. You can also install skills manually using the steps below.

## 1. Run the install command

Run the following command in your project directory:

```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills
```

## 2. Select skills

You will be prompted to select which skills to install. Skills are available for the Appwrite CLI and the following SDKs:

- TypeScript
- Dart
- .NET
- Go
- Kotlin
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Swift

Select the skills that match the SDKs you use in your project.

![Skill selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/skills.avif)

## 3. Select tools

Choose which AI tools should use the installed skills. This configures the skills for the agents you work with.

![Tool selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/tools.avif)

## 4. Select scope

Choose whether to install the skills at the **project** level or **globally**:

- **Project**: Skills are available only in the current project. This is useful when different projects use different Appwrite SDKs.
- **Global**: Skills are available across all your projects. This is useful if you use the same SDKs everywhere.

![Scope selection prompt](/images/docs/skills/scope.avif)

## 5. Choose installation method

Select **symlink** as the installation method. This creates a symbolic link to the skills, so they stay in sync across all your AI tools.

![Installation method prompt](/images/docs/skills/method.avif)

# Try it

Skills teach your agent how to **write** Appwrite code. They do not call your project APIs live. For actions like listing users or creating buckets, use the [MCP server](/docs/tooling/ai/mcp-servers) instead.

After installing, ask your agent something like:

- Implement email/password sign-in with the Appwrite SDK
- Review my Appwrite auth implementation against best practices
- Add Realtime updates to my dashboard with the Appwrite SDK