# insforge-cli

Manages InsForge backend and cloud infrastructure through the CLI. Useful for setting up projects, SQL migrations, RLS policies, and secrets before writing app code.

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

## What it does

This skill directs the agent to manage InsForge cloud infrastructure through the command line. It handles project provisioning and SQL migrations directly from the terminal. For writing application code that imports `@insforge/sdk`, the author instructs to use the `insforge` app-integration skill instead.

The agent runs commands strictly through `npx -y @insforge/cli <command>`. The npx `-y` flag is required. Without it, npx halts on an interactive prompt and blocks an automated shell session. Installing a global binary is forbidden. Headless environments authenticate with a user key via `--user-api-key`, while sandboxes use a two-step device flow with `--device --json`.

The skill forbids scaffolding application code with placeholder URLs. Real connection setup must happen first. InsForge API keys carry full administrative rights, so exposing them in public frontend files creates severe security risks.

## Requirements
- Works with: Stripe

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add InsForge/insforge-skills --skill insforge-cli -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add InsForge/insforge-skills --skill insforge-cli -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install InsForge/insforge-skills insforge-cli
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add InsForge/insforge-skills --skill insforge-cli -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/InsForge/insforge-skills --path skills/insforge-cli
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- link or provision a new InsForge backend project
- apply SQL migrations and configure RLS policies
- authenticate the CLI in headless CI or sandbox environments
- record project decisions with the CLI memory command

## Example prompts
- Log in to InsForge using the user API key and show the active project
- Create a new InsForge project and run database migrations
- Check the memory list before planning the new backend schema

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

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---
name: insforge-cli
description: >-
  Use this skill whenever someone needs a backend, or a task touches InsForge backend or cloud infrastructure through the InsForge CLI: projects, SQL, migrations, RLS policies, functions, storage, backups, deployments, compute, secrets, config, schedules, logs, diagnostics, advisor scans and suppressions, import/export, AI/OpenRouter setup and usage overview, Stripe/Razorpay payments, Apify web scraping / data sources, PostHog product analytics, backend branches, organization membership (invite, leave, delete), agent memory (remember/recall project facts and decisions), reporting InsForge-side bugs or doc discrepancies (feedback), or CLI docs. For app code with InsForge or @insforge/sdk, use the insforge app-integration skill instead.
license: Apache-2.0
---

# InsForge CLI

Use this skill whenever someone needs a backend, or when managing InsForge backend and cloud infrastructure with the InsForge CLI. For application code that calls InsForge from a frontend, backend, or edge function, use the `insforge` app-integration skill instead.

## Core Rules

- Always run the CLI through `npx -y @insforge/cli <command>`. Keep npx's `-y`: without it, npx asks "Ok to proceed?" before installing the package and blocks forever in a TTY-attached agent shell. Do not install or call a global `insforge` binary.
- If the project is already linked, use the current linked project. Run login, project creation, link, project discovery, organization listing, or cloud project commands only when connection setup is actually needed.
- When a task needs a backend and no project is linked yet, do connection setup FIRST — before writing any app code: (1) log in (`whoami` to check; in sandboxes use the two-step device login below), (2) `create` a new project or `link` an existing one, (3) then build against the real project URL and keys from the CLI. Never scaffold with placeholder credentials like `your-project.region.insforge.app` — get the real values first.
- Treat InsForge API keys as full-access admin keys. Keep them server-only and out of frontend/public env vars.
- Prefer CLI commands and documented project config over raw backend HTTP calls. If `config apply` reports unsupported/skipped fields, surface that result instead of bypassing the CLI with direct API calls.
- Use `--json` when structured output or non-interactive value collection is needed. Use `--yes` for confirmation prompts when the user has approved the action.
- At the start of a non-trivial task on a linked project, run `npx -y @insforge/cli memory list` (cheap, no AI call) and recall any title relevant to the task before designing or debugging. Record decisions and the gotchas you hit with `memory remember` at the moment they happen. See `references/memory.md`.
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