APEX Skills Installer

NPX-runnable installer for APEX platform engineering skills. Installs skills for Claude Code and Kiro CLI via symlinks from a local clone of the repository.

Usage

npx apex-skills

Or to update an existing installation:

npx apex-skills --update

What it does

1. Clones (or updates) the sample-apex-skills repo to ~/.apex-skills/
2. Symlinks each skill directory into your AI tool's skills folder
3. Optionally installs steering workflows and slash commands

Flags

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --claude-only | Install for Claude Code only | | --kiro-only | Install for Kiro CLI only | | --project | Install to current project directory instead of global | | --no-steering | Skip steering/commands setup | | --update | Pull latest and re-symlink (non-interactive) | | --version <tag> | Pin to a specific release (e.g. v1.0.0) | | --branch <name> | Use a specific branch instead of main | | --uninstall | Remove symlinks (keeps cloned repo) | | -h, --help | Show help |

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• git
• macOS or Linux (Windows is not supported; use WSL)

Installed paths

| Tool | Skills | Steering | |------|--------|----------| | Claude Code | ~/.claude/skills/{name} | ~/.claude/commands/apex/ | | Kiro CLI | ~/.kiro/skills/{name} | ~/.kiro/steering/ |

Uninstall

npx apex-skills --uninstall
rm -rf ~/.apex-skills  # optional: remove cloned repo