dotagents

by sentry

Manage agent skill dependencies with dotagents. Use when asked to "add a skill", "install skills", "remove a skill", "update skills", "dotagents init",…

npx skills add https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript --skill dotagents

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Manage agent skill dependencies declared in agents.toml. dotagents resolves, installs, and symlinks skills so multiple agent tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, OpenCode) discover them from .agents/skills/.

Running dotagents

If dotagents is not available as a direct command, use npx @sentry/dotagents instead. For example: npx @sentry/dotagents sync. All commands and flags work the same way.

References

Read the relevant reference when the task requires deeper detail:

Document	Read When
references/cli-reference.md	Full command options, flags, examples
references/configuration.md	Editing agents.toml, source formats, trust, MCP, hooks, wildcards, scopes
references/config-schema.md	Exact field names, types, and defaults

Quick Start

# Initialize a new project (interactive TUI)
dotagents init

# Add a skill from GitHub
dotagents add getsentry/skills find-bugs

# Add multiple skills at once
dotagents add getsentry/skills find-bugs code-review commit

# Add all skills from a repo
dotagents add getsentry/skills --all

# Add a pinned skill
dotagents add getsentry/warden@v1.0.0

# Install all dependencies from agents.toml
dotagents install

# List installed skills
dotagents list

Commands

Command	Description
`dotagents init`	Initialize `agents.toml` and `.agents/` directory
`dotagents install`	Install all skills from `agents.toml`
`dotagents add <specifier>`	Add a skill dependency
`dotagents remove <name>`	Remove a skill
`dotagents update [name]`	Update skills to latest versions
`dotagents sync`	Reconcile state (adopt orphans, repair symlinks, verify integrity)
`dotagents list`	Show installed skills and their status
`dotagents mcp`	Add, remove, or list MCP server declarations

All commands accept --user to operate on user scope (~/.agents/) instead of the current project.

For full options and flags, read references/cli-reference.md.

Source Formats

Format	Example	Description
GitHub shorthand	`getsentry/skills`	Owner/repo (resolves to GitHub HTTPS)
GitHub pinned	`getsentry/warden@v1.0.0`	With tag, branch, or commit
GitHub SSH	`git@github.com:owner/repo.git`	SSH clone URL
GitHub HTTPS	`https://github.com/owner/repo`	Full HTTPS URL
Git URL	`git:https://git.corp.dev/team/skills`	Any non-GitHub git remote
Local path	`path:./my-skills/custom`	Relative to project root

Key Concepts

.agents/skills/ is the canonical home for all installed skills
agents.toml declares dependencies; agents.lock pins exact commits and integrity hashes
Symlinks: .claude/skills/, .cursor/skills/ point to .agents/skills/
Wildcards: name = "*" installs all skills from a source, with optional exclude list
Trust: Optional [trust] section restricts which sources are allowed
Hooks: [[hooks]] declarations write tool-event hooks to each agent's config
Gitignore: When gitignore = true, managed skills are gitignored; custom in-place skills are tracked
User scope: --user flag manages skills in ~/.agents/ shared across all projects