# meticulous-cli

Guides AI assistants through running the Meticulous CLI to record user sessions, replay flows, and catch visual UI regressions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 8600 installs · ★ 10
- Author: alwaysmeticulous
- License: ISC · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alwaysmeticulous/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/meticulous-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/meticulous-cli

## What it does

This skill supplies the agent with command definitions and global flags for the `@alwaysmeticulous/cli` package. The assistant learns how to invoke command groups such as `simulate`, `download`, `agent`, or `schema`, using shared options like `--logLevel`, `--dataDir`, and `--jsonArgs`.

While interactive sessions open browser authentication automatically, headless agent environments fail without a TTY. You must sign in beforehand via `meticulous auth login` or export the `METICULOUS_API_TOKEN` environment variable. When calling the hosted MCP server instead of the local CLI, pass Git context explicitly because MCP tools do not infer commit hashes on their own.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alwaysmeticulous/skills meticulous-cli
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- replay recorded user sessions against a local or remote target URL
- inspect DOM differences and visual regression test runs
- trigger automated test suites through the agent command group
- set up debug workspaces to investigate visual diffs

## Example prompts
- Output the meticulous command schema as JSON
- Replay recorded session <id> using meticulous simulate
- Check the current authentication status with meticulous auth whoami

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description: Overview of the Meticulous CLI tool and its global options. Use when asking about the meticulous CLI in general, available commands, or global flags that apply to all commands.
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# Meticulous CLI

The `meticulous` CLI records user sessions and replays them to catch visual regressions. It is installed as part of `@alwaysmeticulous/cli`.

> Before starting, run the `meticulous-cli-update` skill to ensure the Meticulous CLI and skills are up to date — unless it has already run earlier in this conversation, in which case skip it.

## Invocation

```bash
meticulous <command> [options]
```

The skills assume `meticulous` is on `PATH`. The `meticulous-cli-update` skill installs it globally via `npm install --global @alwaysmeticulous/cli@latest` if missing. It can also be invoked as `npx @alwaysmeticulous/cli` when installed locally per-project.

## Command Groups

| Command               | Purpose                                                                                          |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `agent`               | Read, analyse, and trigger test runs — the agent-facing commands, also exposed on the MCP server |
| `auth`                | Authenticate with Meticulous (login, whoami, logout, project selection)                          |
| `debug`               | Set up AI-ready debug workspaces for investigating replay diffs and replays                      |
| `download`            | Download sessions, replays, and test runs locally                                                |
| `local`               | Find sessions relevant to the current branch's code changes                                      |
| `project`             | Inspect the project you're authenticated against                                                 |
| `simulate` / `replay` | Replay a recorded session against a URL                                                          |
| `schema`              | Output the CLI command schema as JSON (for agent/programmatic use)                               |

See the reference for each group for full option details:

- [references/agent.md](references/agent.md)
- [references/auth.md](references/auth.md)
- [references/debug.md](references/debug.md)
- [references/download.md](references/download.md)
- [references/local.md](references/local.md)
- [references/project.md](references/project.md)
- [references/simulate.md](references/simulate.md)
- [references/schema.md](references/schema.md)

## Global Options

These options are accepted by every command:

| Option       | Type   | Default         | Description                                                                  |
| ------------ | ------ | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--logLevel` | string | `info`          | Log verbosity: `trace`, `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `silent`           |
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