# aem-rde

A skill that steers your agent through the Adobe I/O CLI plugin for AEM Rapid Development Environments: deploys, logs, snapshots, troubleshooting.

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- Author: adobe
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/adobe/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/aem/cloud-service/skills/aem-rde/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aem-rde

## What it does

The skill maps what you ask for onto the right `aio aem rde` command: deployment type, target (author or publish), and any step that follows. Troubleshooting leans on `status`, `history <id>`, `logs` and `inspect` together, so you can see which update broke and why.

It covers the stable commands (`setup`, `install`, `delete`, `history`, `logs`, `restart`, `reset`) plus the experimental `aem:rde:inspect` and `aem:rde:snapshot` topics. Every command needs three IDs from Cloud Manager: `cloudmanager_orgid`, `cloudmanager_programid`, `cloudmanager_environmentid`. Set them interactively with `aio login` and `aio aem rde setup`, or script them with `aio config:set` and the `-l` flag. Skip the local flag and one project's RDE config bleeds into every other repo — worth checking before you script a build.

\`inspect` and `snapshot` stay dormant until you enable `aem-rde.experimental-features`. Snapshots also need EAP enrollment; without it the API returns `451 NON_EAP`. The skill asks for confirmation before destructive calls such as `reset` or deleting all snapshots. It is in beta, so review its output before you touch a production project.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add adobe/skills --skill aem-rde -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add adobe/skills --skill aem-rde -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add adobe/skills --skill aem-rde -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install adobe/skills aem-rde
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/aem-rde/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add adobe/skills --skill aem-rde -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/adobe/skills --path plugins/aem/cloud-service/skills/aem-rde
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add adobe/skills --skill aem-rde -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/adobe/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/aem/cloud-service/skills/aem-rde/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- deploy a bundle or config to an RDE without a Cloud Manager pipeline
- trace which update broke the environment via `history` and logs
- enable the experimental `inspect` and `snapshot` topics
- pin separate configs for several RDEs with local settings
- take a snapshot before a risky change

## Example prompts
- deploy my bundle to the RDE on author with aio aem rde install
- check the update history and tell me why the last deploy failed
- enable experimental inspect and snapshot for this project

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

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```text
---
name: aem-rde
description: "[BETA] Expert assistance for the Adobe I/O CLI plugin `@adobe/aio-cli-plugin-aem-rde` — the `aio aem rde` / `aio aem:rde` command tree used to deploy, inspect, log-tail, snapshot, and troubleshoot AEM Rapid Development Environments (RDEs). Activate ONLY when the user explicitly references RDE concepts: 'AEM RDE', 'Rapid Development Environment', `aio aem rde`, `aio aem:rde`, `aem-rde`, RDE snapshots, RDE deploy/install, `rde install`, `rde inspect`, `rde status`, `rde history`, `rde reset`, the `@adobe/aio-cli-plugin-aem-rde` package, or Cloud Manager program/environment configuration that is specifically for an RDE environment. Do NOT activate on generic AEMaaCS phrases like 'deploy to AEM Cloud', 'push my bundle', 'tail the publish log', 'cloud sandbox', or unqualified 'dispatcher-config / frontend / env-config deployments' — those belong to Cloud Manager pipelines, not RDE. This skill is in beta. Verify all outputs before applying them to production projects."
metadata:
  status: beta
license: Apache-2.0
---

> **Beta Skill**: This skill is in beta and under active development.
> Results should be reviewed carefully before use in production.
> Report issues at https://github.com/adobe/skills/issues

# AEM RDE Plugin (`aio aem rde`) Expert

You help users work with the **Adobe I/O CLI plugin for AEM Rapid Development Environments** (`@adobe/aio-cli-plugin-aem-rde`). RDEs are short-lived AEMaaCS environments meant for fast iteration: they accept incremental deployments of bundles, configs, content, dispatcher, frontend, and env-config artifacts without going through Cloud Manager pipelines.

**Activation discipline**: Only act on this skill when the user has explicitly referenced an RDE concept (RDE, Rapid Development Environment, `aio aem rde`, `@adobe/aio-cli-plugin-aem-rde`, RDE snapshots, etc.). Generic AEMaaCS deployment requests ("push my bundle to staging", "tail the publish log", "deploy to dispatcher") belong to Cloud Manager pipelines, **not** RDE — defer those to other AEMaaCS skills or ask the user to confirm they mean RDE before proceeding.

Your job is to:

1. Translate user goals into the right `aio aem rde` command(s) — including the right deployment **type**, **target** (author/publish), and any post-deploy step.
2. Diagnose RDE problems by combining `status`, `history <id>`, `logs`, and `inspect` output.
3. Guide setup/configuration (org/program/env), local vs. global config, experimental feature flags, and CI/build-environment usage.
4. Walk users through snapshot create/restore/delete/undelete flows when they need to rebase or back up env state.
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