# add-agent-adapter

A skill for adding a new AI coding agent to Gryph or rewiring an adapter that is already there.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 179
- Author: safedep
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/safedep/gryph/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/add-agent-adapter

## What it does

The skill walks you through `docs/agent-adapter.md`, which it treats as the only source of truth for the job. Read that document end to end first, then work through its steps in order and check every edit against the wiring table inside it. The `agent/gemini/` package serves as the reference model for the `settings.json` pattern. Finish by running the verify commands from the last step.

An adapter touches files under `agent/`, `config/`, `cli/` and `tui/`. Miss one and detection, registration or the security response path breaks. That is why the skill tells you not to build an adapter from memory. It also lists invariants: `HookConfigPaths()` has to return a glob for every file the install step writes, and `Hooks()` needs one `events.HookSpec` per hook with its phase. Agent knowledge belongs in the adapter package, not in `aarm/loader` or `aarm/pdp`; shell commands go through `aarm/shellcmd`, which parses them with `mvdan.cc/sh`, so a regex is the wrong tool. Register the adapter only in `RegisterAdapters` in `engine/engine.go`.

When the code drifts from the document, update `docs/agent-adapter.md` in the same change. Self-protection here is best effort, and the skill says not to describe it as a security boundary.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add safedep/gryph --skill add-agent-adapter -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/add-agent-adapter/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add safedep/gryph --skill add-agent-adapter -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add safedep/gryph --skill add-agent-adapter -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install safedep/gryph add-agent-adapter
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add safedep/gryph --skill add-agent-adapter -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/safedep/gryph --path .claude/skills/add-agent-adapter
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add safedep/gryph --skill add-agent-adapter -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/safedep/gryph/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/add-agent-adapter/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- add support for a new AI coding agent to Gryph
- wire hook events for an adapter
- find every file a new adapter has to touch
- regenerate the enforcement coverage doc after hook changes
- keep detection and the security response path intact

## Example prompts
- Add an adapter for a new agent to Gryph following `docs/agent-adapter.md`
- Wire the new agent's hooks and register the adapter in `RegisterAdapters`
- Check the adapter invariants and regenerate `docs/agent-enforcement-coverage.md`

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: add-agent-adapter
description: Use when adding support for a new AI coding agent to Gryph, or when changing how an existing agent adapter is wired. Trigger this whenever the user wants to integrate a new agent (for example Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini, Codex, Windsurf, or any other tool), add a new adapter package under agent/, wire agent hook events, or asks how adapters detect, install hooks, parse events, or register. Also trigger on phrases like "add a new agent", "support agent X", "new adapter", or "hook up agent X to gryph", even when the user does not say the word "adapter".
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# Add a New Agent Adapter

The full, current guide is `docs/agent-adapter.md`. It is the single source of truth for this task. Read it and follow it step by step.

Do not add an agent adapter from memory. The adapter pattern touches several files across `agent/`, `config/`, `cli/`, and `tui/`. A missed file breaks detection, registration, or the security response path. The doc lists every file and the exact change each one needs.

## How to use this skill

1. Read `docs/agent-adapter.md` in full.
2. Follow each step in order. Use the wiring table in the doc to change every listed file.
3. Use an existing adapter as your reference. The `agent/gemini/` package is the recommended model for the `settings.json` pattern.
4. Run the verify commands from the doc's final step before you finish.

## Invariants

The doc explains these. They break silently if you miss them.

1. Implement `HookConfigPaths()` and return a glob for every file the install step writes. Self-protection guards only these paths. `TestAdapters_InstallWritesOnlyDeclaredHookConfig` fails when a written file has no glob.
2. Implement `Hooks()` with one `events.HookSpec` per hook, including its phase. The decision service reads the phase from it. Regenerate `docs/agent-enforcement-coverage.md` with `GRYPH_UPDATE_DOCS=1 go test ./cli -run TestEnforcementCoverageDoc`.
3. Keep agent knowledge in the adapter package. Do not add agent paths, file names, or command regexes to `aarm/loader` or `aarm/pdp`. The loader derives the shell-command check from the declared paths, and `aarm/shellcmd` parses commands with `mvdan.cc/sh`. Do not match shell commands with a regex.
4. Register the adapter only in `RegisterAdapters` in `engine/engine.go`. The self-protection globs come from that list.
5. Self-protection is best effort. Do not describe it as a security boundary. Kernel-based self-protection is on the roadmap.

## Keep the doc correct
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