# auth-setup

Installs the Goldsky CLI, walks through goldsky login and confirms your project is reachable. Useful when commands answer with unauthorized.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3600 installs · ★ 12
- Author: goldsky-io
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/goldsky-io/goldsky-agent/tree/HEAD/skills/auth-setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/auth-setup

## What it does

The skill drives the agent through four steps: install the CLI, check login status, authenticate, verify. The installer ships inside the skill at `scripts/install.sh`. By default it pulls Goldsky, Compose and Turbo; pass `cli` for the base tool only, or `compose` and `turbo` for a single add-on. It installs `@goldskycom/cli@^13.17.0` with `npm install --global --prefix "$HOME/.local"`, so no sudo.

Every new shell call has to restore PATH: `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.goldsky/bin:$PATH"`. Skip that and the command looks missing right after a clean install. Then `goldsky project list` tells you whether you are logged in. If the output still says `Make sure to run 'goldsky login'`, the login step never finished.

The agent runs the login itself. `goldsky login` opens a browser and you approve it on the same machine; the token goes to disk, not to the chat. Pasting a token into the conversation is off the table, and so is `--token`, because it lands in the transcript and reaches the model. Platform limits matter here: the Linux Turbo binary needs x64 and glibc 2.39+, the Mac one is Apple Silicon only. On Windows the whole set runs inside WSL, since Compose has no native build.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --skill auth-setup -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --skill auth-setup -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --skill auth-setup -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install goldsky-io/goldsky-agent auth-setup
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --skill auth-setup -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --path skills/auth-setup
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add goldsky-io/goldsky-agent --skill auth-setup -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/goldsky-io/goldsky-agent/tree/HEAD/skills/auth-setup/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install the Goldsky CLI and confirm the versions
- debug a browser that opened but never finished login
- switch between Goldsky projects
- check which project you are authenticated to
- fix `unauthorized` errors from `goldsky turbo`

## Example prompts
- Install the Goldsky CLI and get me logged in
- \`goldsky project list` says I'm not logged in — sort it out
- Which Goldsky project am I connected to right now?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: auth-setup
description: "Set up Goldsky CLI authentication and project configuration. Use this skill when the user needs to: install the goldsky CLI (what's the official install command?), run goldsky login (including when the browser opens but 'authentication failed'), run goldsky project list and see 'not logged in' or 'unauthorized', switch between Goldsky projects, check which project they're currently authenticated to, or fix 'unauthorized' errors when running goldsky turbo commands. Also use for 'walk me through setting up goldsky CLI from scratch for the first time', and when they just installed Goldsky and say 'Set it up and help me get started'. If any other Goldsky skill hits an auth error, redirect here first."
---

# Goldsky Authentication & Project Setup

Set up the Goldsky CLI, authenticate your account, and configure projects for your pipelines and subgraphs.

## Prerequisites

- [ ] macOS, Linux, or Windows with WSL (see Step 1 for binary compatibility)
- [ ] Internet connection
- [ ] A Goldsky account. Creating one happens in the browser during Step 3. Do not send the user to sign up as a separate step.

## Authentication Workflow

**Follow this workflow and verify each step. Execute commands and check results.**

### Step 1: Install and verify the CLI

Install missing tools yourself. Do not ask the user to install binaries or enter a sudo password. You run login in Step 3. The user only approves it in the browser.

On macOS and Linux (including WSL), run the bundled [installer](scripts/install.sh) from this skill's directory. Resolve that path yourself. Do not ask the user where it is.

```bash
bash scripts/install.sh
```

The default installs Goldsky, Compose, and Turbo. Pass `cli` when only the base CLI is needed. For a Compose-only or Turbo-only task, pass `compose` or `turbo`; both include the base Goldsky CLI. The script installs `@goldskycom/cli@^13.17.0` (the newest 13.x, at least 13.17.0) with `npm install --global --prefix "$HOME/.local"` (no sudo, no `@latest`), then runs `goldsky compose install` and `goldsky turbo install` for the requested extensions. If `goldsky turbo install` is not a command, it exits 1. It does not download or execute a remote shell script. Missing npm is a failure. It requires each requested command's version check to succeed. No login is needed.

**Every new shell/tool call must restore PATH**, including authentication and project commands below. An export in a previous tool call does not persist:

```bash
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.goldsky/bin:$PATH"
goldsky --version
goldsky compose --version
goldsky turbo --version
```
````
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