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environment — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Q: How to install environment in Claude Code?

Run `npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill railway/environment` in your terminal.

Inspects, stages, and applies configuration updates across Railway environments. Ideal when modifying environment variables, build parameters, or service instances.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill railway/environment

Open on GitHub

What environment does

This skill helps Claude Code manage Railway infrastructure straight from your project. It duplicates existing environments, updates start commands, manages replica counts, and binds services to GitHub repositories. It also handles variable updates and service removals.

Calls route through railway-cli alongside the railway-api.sh helper for GraphQL mutations. Commands wrap in a bash heredoc block. This prevents shell expansion from breaking multiline strings or exclamation marks inside GraphQL schemas.

The workflow depends on an active railway-cli installation. You must link your local directory to a Railway project before querying context.

What it helps with

clone a production environment into staging
change build and startup commands for Railway services
manage service and shared environment variables
link a GitHub repository branch to a service

Example prompts for the agent

Duplicate production environment to staging with PORT=3001 on api service
Show resolved runtime variables for the current Railway service
Update buildCommand to npm run build and stage the patch

How to install environment

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill railway/environment

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill environment -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/environment/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/environment/

Manually: put the files in place

.agents/skills/environment/SKILL.md

For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

Manually: put the files in place

.cursor/skills/environment/SKILL.md

Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

1GitHub CLI

gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates environment

2Manually: put the files in place

.github/skills/environment/SKILL.md

Platform CLI

gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/railway/environment

Manually: put the files in place

.devin/skills/environment/SKILL.md

The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about environment

How to install environment in Claude Code?

Run npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill railway/environment in your terminal.

What does the environment skill do?

It queries and edits Railway environment setups, covering variables, deployment settings, and service lifecycles. It lets the agent draft changes and commit them directly.

Why does the skill wrap GraphQL calls in heredocs?

Unwrapped bash calls mangle multiline syntax and escape exclamation marks used in GraphQL non-null types. The heredoc structure prevents query failures during execution.

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