Astro Agent Skills

Agent Skills for building with Astro — current to Astro 6. Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, OpenAI Codex, and any agent supporting the Agent Skills specification.

Two skills that give coding agents accurate, up-to-date Astro expertise: a comprehensive reference for building, and an interactive tutorial for learning.

Available Skills

| Skill | Description | Install | |-------|-------------|---------| | astro-framework | Astro framework reference for islands architecture, the Content Layer API, server islands, SSR adapters, sessions, actions, astro:env, i18n, view transitions, CSP, and the Fonts API. | npx skills add Pythoughts-labs/Astro/astro-framework | | learning-astro | Interactive tutorial that teaches Astro by building a personal blog — 3 guided lessons with concepts, reflections, and hands-on code. | npx skills add Pythoughts-labs/Astro/learning-astro |

Quick Start

Install a single skill

npx skills add https://github.com/Pythoughts-labs/Astro --skill astro-framework

npx skills add https://github.com/Pythoughts-labs/Astro --skill learning-astro

Manual installation

Clone the repository and copy the desired skill folder into your agent's skills directory:

git clone https://github.com/Pythoughts-labs/Astro.git
cp -r Astro/skills/astro-framework ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r Astro/skills/learning-astro ~/.claude/skills/

Repository Structure

Astro/
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── skills/
    ├── astro-framework/        # Astro framework reference skill
    │   ├── SKILL.md            # Main skill instructions
    │   ├── AGENTS.md           # Compiled cheatsheet
    │   ├── references/         # Detailed reference docs
    │   └── rules/              # Context-specific rules (glob-scoped)
    └── learning-astro/         # Interactive Astro tutorial skill
        ├── SKILL.md            # Tutoring protocol and lesson structure
        ├── guides/             # Step-by-step lesson guides (3 lessons)
        ├── reflect/            # Reflection moments between parts
        ├── concepts/           # Deep dives on Astro fundamentals
        └── help/               # Common errors and verification procedures

Skills Overview

astro-framework

A reference skill for developers building with Astro. Covers islands architecture, the Content Layer API (glob/file/live loaders), server islands (server:defer), SSR adapters, view transitions, server-side sessions, actions, middleware, astro:env, i18n routing, image optimization, the Fonts API, and Content Security Policy. It provides decision frameworks, code patterns, and glob-scoped rules current to Astro 6.

learning-astro

An interactive tutorial that teaches Astro from scratch by building a personal blog. Designed for beginners and developers coming from other frameworks.

3 lessons (~45 min each):

1. Your First Astro Site — Pages, components, layouts, styling
2. Content & Dynamic Routes — Content collections, blog posts, RSS
3. Interactivity & Launch — Islands, view transitions, deployment

How it works:

• Adapts to the user's experience level (beginner / knows other frameworks / knows Astro)
• Follows a Discover → Build → Reflect rhythm
• Uses the astro-framework skill for technical accuracy

Creating a New Skill

1. Create a new directory under skills/:

   mkdir -p skills/my-new-skill

2. Create the required SKILL.md with frontmatter:

   ---
   name: my-new-skill
   description: What this skill does and when to use it.
   license: MIT
   metadata:
     author: elkaix
     version: "1.0.0"
   ---
   
   # My New Skill
   
   Instructions for the agent...

3. (Optional) Add supporting files:

   • references/ — detailed reference documentation
   • rules/ — context-specific rules with glob patterns

4. Add your skill to the table in this README.

Skill Format

Each skill follows the Agent Skills Specification.

Required: a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter (name matching the directory, description) and instructions.

Optional frontmatter:

---
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: elkaix
  version: "2.0.0"
  category: framework
  tags: astro, islands, ssr
compatibility: Requires Node.js 18+
allowed-tools: Bash(npm:*) Read
---

Compatibility

| Agent | Status | |-------|--------| | Claude Code | Fully supported | | Cursor | Fully supported | | Cline | Fully supported | | OpenAI Codex | Compatible | | GitHub Copilot | Compatible | | Windsurf | Compatible |

Contributing

Contributions are welcome:

1. Fork the repository
2. Add or update a skill under skills/
3. Follow the Agent Skills Specification
4. Update the table in this README
5. Open a pull request

Guidelines:

• Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines (use references/ for detail)
• Use progressive disclosure (metadata → instructions → references)
• Include clear examples
• Add rules/ files with glob patterns for context-specific guidance

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Resources

• Astro Documentation
• Agent Skills Specification
• Anthropic Skills Repository

Maintained by elkaix under Pythoughts-labs.