rudder-core — Claude Code plugin: scope and installation

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# RudderStack Agent Skills

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A Claude Code plugin **marketplace** and [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io) collection that teaches your AI coding agent how to drive every programmatic [RudderStack](https://www.rudderstack.com/) surface — CLI, MCP server, Terraform, Profiles, and AI events — with the right preflight checks, commands, and recovery paths. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and 40+ agents.

## What's inside

One marketplace (`rudder-agent-skills`) bundling six plugins. Install the ones you use.

| Plugin | Status | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| [`rudder-core`](plugins/rudder-core/) | ✅ Available | Cross-tool domain knowledge: data catalog, tracking plans, data graphs, instrumentation planning & debugging |
| [`rudder-cli`](plugins/rudder-cli/) | ✅ Available | Workflows for [`rudder-cli`](https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-iac) and [`rudder-typer`](https://www.rudderstack.com/docs/features/ruddertyper/) |
| [`rudder-mcp`](plugins/rudder-mcp/) | ✅ Available | Workflows for [RudderStack's hosted MCP server](https://mcp.rudderstack.com/docs) at `mcp.rudderstack.com` |
| [`rudder-terraform`](plugins/rudder-terraform/) | ✅ Available | Workflows for the [Terraform provider](https://github.com/rudderlabs/terraform-provider-rudderstack) |
| [`rudder-profiles`](plugins/rudder-profiles/) | ✅ Available | Workflows for [RudderStack Profiles](https://github.com/rudderlabs/profiles-mcp): setup, project creation, analysis, updates, and debugging |
| [`rudder-ai-events`](plugins/rudder-ai-events/) | ✅ Available | Onboard an existing app to RudderStack AI events with [`@rudderstack/ai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@rudderstack/ai) (Node.js), [`rudderstack-ai`](https://pypi.org/project/rudderstack-ai/) (Python) and `ai-sdk-go` (Go): discover, plan, instrument, verify |

Most users drive RudderStack with more than one tool. Install `rudder-core` plus whichever tool plugins you use; the domain knowledge lives in `rudder-core` so it never duplicates across tool-specific plugins.

## Installation

One command, any agent — no cloning, no local setup.

### Any agent — Skills CLI (recommended)

The [Skills CLI](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills) installs these skills into Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, and [40+ agents](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#supported-agents):

```bash
# Interactive — pick skills and your agent
npx skills add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills

# Or: list first · install everything globally · target one agent
npx skills add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills --list
npx skills add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills -g --all
npx skills add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills -a claude-code --skill rudder-cli-workflow

# Update anytime
npx skills update
```

### Claude Code — plugin marketplace

```bash
/plugin marketplace add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills
/plugin install rudder-core@rudder-agent-skills      # then add whichever tool plugins you use
```

Non-interactive equivalent: `claude plugin marketplace add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills` then `claude plugin install <plugin>@rudder-agent-skills`. Update with `/plugin marketplace update rudder-agent-skills`.

### Cursor

Add it straight from the [cursor.directory listing](https://cursor.directory/plugins/rudder-agent-skills) with **Add to Cursor**, or use the Skills CLI:

```bash
npx skills add rudderlabs/rudder-agent-skills -a cursor
```

> Manual symlink, git submodule, agent-specific paths, and troubleshooting live in [`docs/installation.md`](docs/installation.md).

## Available skills

### `rudder-core`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-data-catalog` | Creating or managing events, properties, categories, or custom types |
| `rudder-data-graphs` | Modeling entities, events, and relationships for Audiences |
| `rudder-tracking-plans` | Creating tracking plans to group events for specific sources |
| `rudder-instrumentation-planning` | Designing event taxonomy from scratch or restructuring |
| `rudder-instrumentation-debugging` | Fixing validation errors, schema issues, or instrumentation problems |
| `rudder-environment-check` | Checking prerequisites and setup status |

### `rudder-cli`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-cli-workflow` | Iterating on RudderStack resources with validate → dry-run → apply |
| `rudder-import-and-evolve` | Importing existing RudderStack resources to CLI management |
| `rudder-typer-workflow` | Generating type-safe SDKs (Swift/Kotlin) from tracking plans |
| `rudder-transformations` | Creating, editing, or managing transformations and libraries |
| `rudder-cli-setup` | Installing and authenticating rudder-cli |

### `rudder-mcp`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-mcp-workflow` | Connecting AI/LLM agents to RudderStack via MCP server |
| `rudder-mcp-setup` | Configuring Claude Code to connect to MCP server |

### `rudder-terraform`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-terraform-workflow` | Managing RudderStack resources via Terraform provider |
| `rudder-terraform-setup` | Installing Terraform and the RudderStack provider |

### `rudder-profiles`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-profiles-setup` | Installing and wiring the Profiles toolchain and Profiles MCP |
| `rudder-profiles-project` | Bootstrapping a new Profiles project from discovered warehouse resources |
| `rudder-profiles-understand` | Explaining an existing Profiles project, its features, and latest outputs |
| `rudder-profiles-update` | Updating a Profiles project with features, inputs, propensity, or incremental changes |
| `rudder-profiles-debug` | Diagnosing compile failures, run failures, and output-quality issues |

### `rudder-ai-events`

| Skill | When to use |
|---|---|
| `rudder-ai-events-setup` | Onboarding an app to AI events: discovering chat, background-agent, browser and MCP server surfaces and planning `ai-events.yaml` |
| `rudder-ai-events-instrument` | Adding the AI events code from an approved `ai-events.yaml`, including MCP server wrappers |
| `rudder-ai-events-verify` | Validating captured AI events against the spec before real traffic |

## How skills work together

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    plan["rudder-instrumentation-planning<br/>design the taxonomy"]
    plan --> catalog["rudder-data-catalog<br/>build the vocabulary"]
    plan --> evolve["rudder-import-and-evolve<br/>adopt existing resources"]
    plan --> plans["rudder-tracking-plans<br/>group events per source"]
    catalog --> cli["rudder-cli-workflow<br/>validate &rarr; dry-run &rarr; apply"]
    evolve --> cli
    plans --> cli
    cli --> typer["rudder-typer-workflow<br/>generate typed SDKs"]
    cli --> transform["rudder-transformations<br/>transform events"]
    cli --> debug["rudder-instrumentation-debugging<br/>fix validation issues"]
```

## Directory structure

```
rudder-agent-skills/
├── README.md                  # this file
├── CONTRIBUTING.md            # authoring + PR guidelines
├── LICENSE
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── marketplace.json       # the marketplace catalog
├── docs/
│   └── installation.md        # full install guide
├── examples/                  # end-to-end worked examples
└── plugins/
    └── <plugin>/              # rudder-core, rudder-cli, rudder-mcp, rudder-terraform, rudder-profiles, rudder-ai-events
        ├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
        └── skills/
            └── <skill>/
                └── SKILL.md
```

## Prerequisites

A compatible AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, OpenCode, or any of the [40+ supported agents](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills)).

Each plugin includes a setup skill that guides you through installing and configuring tool-specific prerequisites:

| Plugin | Setup Skill | What it installs |
|--------|-------------|------------------|
| `rudder-cli` | `/rudder-cli-setup` | Downloads `rudder-cli` binary, authenticates with RudderStack |
| `rudder-mcp` | `/rudder-mcp-setup` | Configures Claude Code to connect to RudderStack's MCP server at `mcp.rudderstack.com` |
| `rudder-terraform` | `/rudder-terraform-setup` | Installs Terraform, configures the RudderStack provider |
| `rudder-profiles` | `/rudder-profiles-setup` | Installs `pb`, configures `profiles-mcp`, and wires editor MCP settings |
| `rudder-ai-events` | `/rudder-ai-events-setup` | Plans AI events for your app in `ai-events.yaml`; `/rudder-ai-events-instrument` then adds the pinned SDK |

After installing a plugin, run its setup skill to get started. Use `/rudder-environment-check` to verify your full setup.

## Examples

`examples/` contains worked end-to-end projects that demonstrate skills in action — the current example covers the transformations workflow.

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for authoring conventions, testing steps, and PR expectations.

## License

MIT License — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.