# argos-cli

A skill that maps the argos CLI for agents: builds, snapshot diffs, reviews, flaky tests. Useful when you drive Argos from a script or CI pipeline.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 761 installs · ★ 18
- Author: argos-ci
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/argos-ci/argos-javascript/tree/HEAD/skills/argos-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/argos-cli

## What it does

The skill covers the command map for `argos` plus the two things `--help` won't tell you: the token model and the output contract. Your agent gets the full list of commands for inspecting builds, downloading screenshots, submitting reviews, commenting, checking flaky tests, and managing projects, teams, and automation rules.

Tokens are the part that trips people up. A project token reads build data but cannot review, comment, ignore changes, or administer a project or team — those need a personal access token. `baseline download` takes only a project token, because the baseline lookup rejects a PAT, including the one from `argos login`. If no suitable token is available, the skill says to ask the user rather than guess.

Pass `--json` whenever you parse stdout; otherwise commands print human-readable text. Errors go to stderr as `Error: <message>`, exit 0 means success, exit 1 means failure. Never print token values. `argos login` is for interactive humans, not CI.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add argos-ci/argos-javascript --skill argos-cli -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add argos-ci/argos-javascript --skill argos-cli -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add argos-ci/argos-javascript --skill argos-cli -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install argos-ci/argos-javascript argos-cli
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add argos-ci/argos-javascript --skill argos-cli -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/argos-ci/argos-javascript --path skills/argos-cli
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add argos-ci/argos-javascript --skill argos-cli -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/argos-ci/argos-javascript/tree/HEAD/skills/argos-cli/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- list builds for a branch or commit
- download a build's screenshots to a directory
- submit an approve or reject review
- find a flaky test and its recurring changes
- ignore changes from an unstable test

## Example prompts
- list argos builds on the main branch
- download screenshots for build 72652 into out
- show flaky tests and their changes

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: argos-cli
description: >
  Operate Argos visual testing from the terminal with the `argos` CLI — list
  and inspect builds and snapshot diffs, download a build's screenshots or a
  project's latest baseline, submit reviews, request reviewers, post comments,
  inspect a test's flakiness and its recurring changes, ignore flaky test
  changes, configure a project and its contributors, manage a team's members,
  invites and email domains, manage automation rules, fetch analytics, upload
  screenshots, manage CI builds, and search the Argos documentation. Use
  whenever running `argos` commands or working with Argos builds, snapshots,
  flakiness, projects, teams, or visual-regression reviews from a shell,
  script, or CI pipeline.
  Load before running `argos` — it covers the token model and JSON output
  contract that prevent silent failures.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: argos-ci
  homepage: https://argos-ci.com
  source: https://github.com/argos-ci/argos-javascript
argument-hint: Needs a token (ARGOS_TOKEN, --token, or `argos login`); add `--project owner/project` for build-number refs on review/comment commands, for every `change`, `project` and `automation` command, and for `test` commands unless the token is a project token; `--account <slug>` (or ARGOS_ACCOUNT) for every `account` command.
---

# Argos CLI

Run `argos <command> --help` for the exact flags of any command. This skill
covers only what `--help` can't: the token model, the output contract, and the
command map.

## Output contract (agents)

- Pass `--json` whenever you parse stdout; commands print human-readable text
  otherwise.
- Errors go to **stderr** as `Error: <message>`. Exit `0` = success, `1` = failure.
- Never print token values.

## Authentication

A `<buildReference>` is a build number (e.g. `72652`) or a full build URL. With a
number, add `--project owner/project`; a URL already contains it. A `<changeId>`
is not a build ref: it comes from a diff's `change.id` and does **not** carry the
account, so every `change` command needs `--project owner/project` (or
`ARGOS_PROJECT`). A `<testId>` comes from a diff's `test.id` and carries the
project name but not the account, so `test` commands need the same
`--project`/`ARGOS_PROJECT` — except with a project token, which already
identifies its own project. `project` and `automation` commands take the same
`--project owner/project`; `account` commands take `--account <slug>` (or
`ARGOS_ACCOUNT`).

Two token types — pick by command:

| Commands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Token                       | Resolution order                            |
```
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