# sdk-install

Installs and initializes the right LaunchDarkly SDK in your project: detects the stack, builds a plan, then edits the code.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2300 installs · ★ 28
- Author: launchdarkly
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/launchdarkly/ai-tooling/tree/HEAD/skills/onboarding/sdk-install/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill runs three nested steps in order. `detect` reads the language, package manager, monorepo target, entrypoint and any existing LaunchDarkly usage. `plan` picks the SDK, lists the files to change and lays out the env plan. `apply` installs the packages, wires secrets into `.env`, adds init code and runs a compile check. Some points are blocking: the skill asks a structured question and waits before moving on.

Keys stay out of the first two steps. The SDK key, client-side ID or mobile key is collected at `apply`, when env wiring happens, and never hardcoded. When MCP is already configured, account status comes from OAuth instead of a prompt.

The project needs a supported language or framework, otherwise you fall back to the SDK recipes and the full catalog. A dual-SDK case — Next.js server plus client, or a user who wants frontend and backend — gets both packages and both inits, and the second one is not done until the lockfile and entrypoint show it. In a monorepo the skill stays inside the subtree you picked.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill sdk-install -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill sdk-install -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill sdk-install -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install launchdarkly/ai-tooling sdk-install
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill sdk-install -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/launchdarkly/ai-tooling --path skills/onboarding/sdk-install
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add launchdarkly/ai-tooling --skill sdk-install -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/launchdarkly/ai-tooling/tree/HEAD/skills/onboarding/sdk-install/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wire a LaunchDarkly SDK into an unfamiliar project
- identify the language and package manager before installing
- move keys into env variables instead of hardcoding them
- show a file-change plan before touching anything
- set up server-side and client-side SDKs together

## Example prompts
- set up the LaunchDarkly SDK in this project
- install the SDK for both the frontend and the backend
- verify the SDK install and that the code still compiles

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---
name: sdk-install
description: "Install and initialize the correct LaunchDarkly SDK during onboarding by running nested skills in order: detect, plan, apply. Parent onboarding Step 4 is first flag."
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Requires a supported language/framework in the project. SDK credentials are required by [Apply](apply/SKILL.md), not for [Detect](detect/SKILL.md) / [Plan](plan/SKILL.md) alone (see parent onboarding **Prerequisites**).
metadata:
  author: launchdarkly
  version: "0.2.0"
---

# LaunchDarkly SDK Install (onboarding)

Installs and initializes the right LaunchDarkly SDK for the user’s project by following **three nested skills in order**. **Do not** skip ahead to feature flags here—the parent [LaunchDarkly onboarding](../SKILL.md) continues with **Step 4: First flag**.

## Prerequisites

- Project context from parent **Step 1: Explore the Project** (reuse it; only re-run deep detection if something is unclear)
- **SDK key / client-side ID / mobile key:** Needed when you reach [Apply code changes](apply/SKILL.md) (env wiring). **Do not** ask the user for these during detect or plan solely because you opened this skill—follow parent onboarding: account status is inferred via MCP OAuth when MCP is already configured, or surfaced at D7 in apply; key material is collected at apply (see parent [Prerequisites](../SKILL.md#prerequisites)).

## Key types (summary)

| SDK Type    | Variable (logical)        | Source in LaunchDarkly        |
|-------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Server-side | `LAUNCHDARKLY_SDK_KEY`    | Environments → SDK key        |
| Client-side | Client-side ID (bundler-prefixed env names) | Environments → Client-side ID |
| Mobile      | `LAUNCHDARKLY_MOBILE_KEY` | Environments → Mobile key     |

**Never hardcode keys.** Full env rules, consent, and bundler tables: [Apply code changes](apply/SKILL.md) Step 2.

## Workflow — run these nested skills in order

Execute **all three** unless the [detect decision tree](detect/SKILL.md#decision-tree) short-circuits (e.g. skip to apply only). Each nested skill may contain decision points — some **blocking** (marked `D<N> -- BLOCKING`, where you must call your structured question tool and wait for the user's response before continuing) and some **non-blocking** (where you present information and continue unless the user objects). Do NOT batch tool calls across blocking boundaries.

| Order | Nested skill | Role |
|-------|----------------|------|
| 1 | [Detect repository stack](detect/SKILL.md) | Language, package manager, monorepo target, entrypoint, existing LD usage |
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