# netlify-agent-runner

Runs Claude, Claude or Gemini tasks on Netlify infrastructure so the agent edits code in your connected repository.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2400 installs · ★ 45
- Author: netlify
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-agent-runner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/netlify-agent-runner

## What it does

The skill teaches your agent the `netlify agents:*` commands: create a task, poll it, inspect details, stop a run. Tasks execute on Netlify servers against the repository linked to your site, not your local working tree. Anything uncommitted or unpushed stays invisible to the remote agent, so push first.

Results do not land on the branch you picked. The agent pushes its work to a new branch with its own Deploy Preview, which keeps `main` untouched. `netlify agents:create` returns as soon as the task is queued, and nothing notifies you when it finishes. You poll with `netlify agents:show <task-id>` until the status reads `done`, `error` or `cancelled`.

Before the first run the site has to be linked to a Netlify project (`netlify link` or `netlify init`), and the CLI must be installed and authenticated. Passing `--project <name>` skips the linking step. Runs consume plan credits, and once credits run out or the AI usage limit is hit, `netlify agents:create` is blocked. That is an account state, not a bug to route around: when a documented command fails, the skill says to report the error and stop rather than curl the API or read auth tokens off disk.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-agent-runner -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-agent-runner -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-agent-runner -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install netlify/context-and-tools netlify-agent-runner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/netlify-agent-runner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-agent-runner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools --path skills/netlify-agent-runner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-agent-runner -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/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-agent-runner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- queue an agent task against a remote repo
- get a second opinion from another model
- run a security or accessibility audit
- suggest features from the current codebase
- push a routine fix to its own branch with a preview

## Example prompts
- Run an agent on Netlify to add a contact form
- Create a Claude task that updates the README
- Check the task status with netlify agents:show <task-id>

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: netlify-agent-runner
description: Run AI agent tasks remotely on Netlify using Claude, Codex, or Gemini. Use when the user wants to run an AI agent on their site, get a second opinion from another model, or delegate development tasks to run remotely against their repo.
---

# Netlify Agent Runner

Run AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini) remotely on Netlify infrastructure to automate development tasks on your site.

## Prerequisites

- The site must be **linked to a Netlify project** (via `netlify link` or `netlify init`).
- **Or skip linking entirely:** pass `--project <name>` (a project ID or name) directly to `netlify agents:create` to target any Netlify site without linking first.
- The Netlify CLI must be installed and authenticated
- Agent runs **consume plan credits**. If the account has no available credits — or the agent/AI usage limit has been reached — `netlify agents:create` is **blocked** and the run won't start. That's an account/plan-state issue to surface to the user, not something to work around.

## Use only documented CLI surfaces

Interact with agent tasks only through the documented `netlify agents:*` commands (plus `netlify --help` and the public CLI reference). Do **not** go around the CLI:

- **Do not curl `https://api.netlify.com/...`** to fetch, create, or stop a task — the endpoint shapes are not part of the public contract.
- **Do not run `netlify api <method>`** as a recovery hatch when a documented command fails.
- **Do not read auth tokens** out of `~/Library/Preferences/netlify/config.json` (or anywhere on disk) to authenticate side-channel calls.

If a documented command fails, report the exact error and context to the user and stop — don't invent an undocumented way to reach the task.

## How Agent Tasks Run

Read this before creating a task — agent tasks behave differently from running an agent locally, and the differences are easy to miss.

- **Remote, not local.** Tasks run on Netlify infrastructure, not on your machine. They operate on the site's **connected repository**, not your local working tree. The remote agent only sees what has been pushed to the remote — it cannot see uncommitted or unpushed changes.
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