Public Netlify skills for AI coding agents. Each skill is a focused, factual reference for a Netlify platform primitive — designed to help agents build correctly on Netlify without needing to search docs.
| Skill | What it covers |
|---|---|
| netlify-functions | Serverless functions — modern syntax, routing, background/scheduled/streaming |
| netlify-edge-functions | Edge compute — Deno runtime, middleware, geolocation |
| netlify-blobs | Object storage — key-value and binary data |
| netlify-db | Managed Postgres (Neon) with Drizzle ORM and migrations |
| netlify-image-cdn | Image transformation and optimization via CDN |
| netlify-forms | HTML form handling, AJAX submissions, spam filtering |
| netlify-config | netlify.toml — redirects, headers, build settings, deploy contexts |
| netlify-cli-and-deploy | CLI commands, Git vs manual deploys, environment variables |
| netlify-frameworks | Framework adapters for Vite, Astro, TanStack, and Next.js |
| netlify-caching | CDN cache control, cache tags, purge, stale-while-revalidate |
| netlify-ai-gateway | AI Gateway proxy for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google SDKs |
| netlify-deploy | Deployment workflow — auth, site linking, preview/production deploys |
Some skills include references/ subdirectories with deeper content:
- User-uploaded images pipeline — composing Functions + Blobs + Image CDN
- Vite on Netlify
- Astro on Netlify
- TanStack Start on Netlify
- Next.js on Netlify
- CLI commands reference
- Deployment patterns
- netlify.toml guide
Add the marketplace and install the plugin:
/plugin marketplace add netlify/context-and-tools
/plugin install netlify-skills@netlify-context-and-tools
This installs all Netlify skills into Claude Code. The included skills/CLAUDE.md acts as a router — it tells the agent which skill to read based on what you're building.
Install from the Cursor plugin marketplace:
- Open Cursor Settings (
Cmd+,/Ctrl+,) - Go to Plugins
- Search for netlify-skills
- Click Install
Or install via the command palette: Cmd+Shift+P → Plugins: Install Plugin → search netlify-skills.
This installs 21 .mdc rule files covering all Netlify platform primitives. A router rule (netlify-skills-router.mdc) is always active and directs the agent to the right skill for the task.
Manual installation (without the plugin marketplace)
Copy pre-built rule files directly into your project:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools.git /tmp/netlify-skills && \
mkdir -p .cursor/rules && \
cp /tmp/netlify-skills/cursor/rules/*.mdc .cursor/rules/ && \
rm -rf /tmp/netlify-skillsThis copies .mdc rule files into .cursor/rules/, where Cursor automatically discovers them.
Copy the pre-built codex/ directory into your project root:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools.git /tmp/netlify-skills && \
cp -r /tmp/netlify-skills/codex . && \
rm -rf /tmp/netlify-skillsThis gives you codex/AGENTS.md (the skill router) and codex/skills/ with all Netlify skills. Codex discovers AGENTS.md automatically and activates skills by name using $skill-name syntax.
Each SKILL.md file is a self-contained reference with YAML frontmatter (name and description) and markdown body. Feed them into any agent's context as needed.
- Factual, not opinionated — platform behavior and API reference, not workflow preferences
- Composable — skills cover individual primitives; agents combine them as needed
- Concise — each SKILL.md stays under 500 lines; detailed content goes in
references/ - Current — covers modern Netlify patterns (v2 functions, Vite plugin, AI Gateway)
Keep skills focused on Netlify platform primitives. Each skill should answer "how does this Netlify feature work?" rather than "how should I structure my project?"
Follow the existing format: YAML frontmatter with name and description, markdown body, code examples with TypeScript where applicable. Use references/ subdirectories for content that would push a SKILL.md past 500 lines.
The cursor/rules/ and codex/ directories are auto-generated from skills/ by GitHub Actions workflows. Always edit the source files in skills/ — the workflows rebuild on every push to main that changes skills/. To test locally:
bash scripts/build-cursor-rules.sh
bash scripts/build-codex-skills.sh