# teamcity-cli

A skill that teaches your agent to work TeamCity builds through the CLI: pull failure logs, trace build chains, edit pipelines.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 741 installs · ★ 40
- Author: cline
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cline/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/teamcity-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/teamcity-cli

## What it does

The skill covers the `teamcity` CLI: runs, logs, jobs, queues, agents, pools, projects and pipelines. Instead of guessing flags, the agent checks the command reference. Handy when you paste a failing build URL and want a diagnosis rather than a summary.

Inside are a quick start, a gotchas list and a command table split by area. Builds are runs (`teamcity run`), build configurations are jobs (`teamcity job`). Separate workflows cover failure investigation, build chain debugging, the pipeline lifecycle and GitHub App connections.

You need working auth first: `teamcity auth status` tells you whether you are logged in. Setting `TEAMCITY_URL` on its own bypasses stored auth, so set both `TEAMCITY_URL` and `TEAMCITY_TOKEN` or leave both alone. Composite builds have empty logs, so the real failure lives in child builds. And `pipeline push` does not validate anything — run `teamcity pipeline validate` first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cline/skills teamcity-cli
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- list failed builds and dump the full error log
- trace a build chain down to the root cause
- start a build and watch it to completion
- edit a pipeline and validate it before pushing
- bind a GitHub repo through an App connection

## Example prompts
- why did build <id> fail? show me the failed step logs
- show the tree for build <id> and find the deepest failed child
- pull pipeline <id>, validate it, then push it back

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

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---
name: teamcity-cli
version: 1.0.0
description: Use when working with TeamCity CI/CD or when a user provides a TeamCity build URL — drives the `teamcity` CLI for builds, logs, jobs, queues, agents, pools, projects, and pipelines.
---

# TeamCity CLI (`teamcity`)

## Quick Start

```bash
teamcity auth status                    # Check authentication
teamcity run list --status failure      # Find failed builds
teamcity run log <id> --failed --raw    # Full failure diagnostics
```

**Do not guess flags or syntax.** Use the [command reference](references/commands.md) or `teamcity <command> --help`. Builds are **runs** (`teamcity run`); build configurations are **jobs** (`teamcity job`). Never use `--count` — use `--limit` (or `-n`).

## Gotchas

- **Composite builds have empty logs** — drill into child builds for the actual failure.
- **Build chains fail bottom-up** — deepest failed dependency is the root cause. Use `teamcity run tree <id>`.
- **`--local-changes` excludes Kotlin DSL** — push `.teamcity/` changes before running.
- **`TEAMCITY_URL` alone bypasses stored auth** — set both `TEAMCITY_URL` and `TEAMCITY_TOKEN`, or leave unset.
- **Logs**: use `--raw` and dump to a temp file. **Builds**: use `--watch` when starting them.
- **VCS triggers aren't always wired up** — after pushing a fix you may need to start builds manually.
- **`pipeline push` does not validate** — always `teamcity pipeline validate` first.
- **GitHub VCS roots: use a GitHub App connection.** Never paste a PAT via `--auth password`. See [workflows](references/workflows.md).

## Core Commands

| Area      | Commands                                                                                          |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Auth      | `auth login`, `logout`, `status`                                                                  |
| Builds    | `run list`, `view`, `start`, `watch`, `log`, `cancel`, `restart`, `tests`, `changes`, `tree`      |
| Artifacts | `run artifacts`, `run download`                                                                   |
| Metadata  | `run pin/unpin`, `run tag/untag`, `run comment`                                                   |
| Jobs      | `job list`, `view`, `create`, `tree`, `pause/resume`, `step list/view/add/delete`, `param list/get/set/delete`, `settings list/get/set` |
| Projects  | `project list`, `view`, `create`, `tree`, `param`, `token put/get`, `settings export/status`      |
| VCS/Conn  | `project vcs list/view/create/delete`, `project connection list/create/authorize/delete`          |
| Queue     | `queue list`, `approve`, `remove`, `top`                                                          |
| Agents    | `agent list`, `view`, `enable/disable`, `authorize/deauthorize`, `exec`, `term`, `reboot`, `move` |
| Pools     | `pool list`, `view`, `link/unlink`                                                                |
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