CodeAlive Skills
Agent skills and Claude Code plugin for CodeAlive — install via skills.sh or as a Claude Code plugin.
Available Skills
Installation
Claude Code users: the recommended installation method is Option 2 (Plugin) — it includes the skill plus authentication hooks and a code exploration subagent.
Option 1: Skills (universal — 30+ agents)
Works with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Codex, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and others.
npx skills add CodeAlive-AI/codealive-skills@codealive-context-engine
Or copy the skills/codealive-context-engine folder into your agent's skills directory:
| Agent | Project scope | User scope |
|---|
| Claude Code | .claude/skills/ | ~/.claude/skills/ |
| Cursor | .cursor/skills/ | ~/.cursor/skills/ |
| GitHub Copilot | .github/skills/ | ~/.copilot/skills/ |
| Windsurf | .windsurf/skills/ | ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/ |
| Gemini CLI | .gemini/skills/ | ~/.gemini/skills/ |
| Codex | .codex/skills/ | ~/.codex/skills/ |
| Goose | .goose/skills/ | ~/.config/goose/skills/ |
| Amp | .agents/skills/ | ~/.config/agents/skills/ |
| Roo Code | .roo/skills/ | ~/.roo/skills/ |
| OpenCode | .opencode/skill/ | ~/.config/opencode/skill/ |
| OpenClaw | skills/ | ~/.openclaw/skills/ |
Option 2: Claude Code Plugin
For Claude Code users, this repository also serves as a plugin marketplace with Claude-specific enhancements.
/plugin marketplace add CodeAlive-AI/codealive-skills
/plugin install codealive@codealive-marketplace
Option 3: MCP Server
For deeper integration, install the CodeAlive MCP server — it gives your agent direct access to CodeAlive's tools via the Model Context Protocol. The skill and MCP server complement each other: the MCP server provides tool access, the skill teaches the agent how to use it effectively.
Setup
After installing the skill, run the interactive setup:
python setup.py
This will ask for your API key, verify it, and store it securely in your OS credential store.
API Key Storage
The API key is resolved in this order:
CODEALIVE_API_KEY environment variable- OS credential store:
| Platform | Store | Manual command |
|---|
| macOS | Keychain | security add-generic-password -a "$USER" -s "codealive-api-key" -w "KEY" |
| Linux | Secret Service | secret-tool store --label="CodeAlive API Key" service codealive-api-key |
| Windows | Credential Manager | cmdkey /generic:codealive-api-key /user:codealive /pass:"KEY" |
The key is stored once and shared across all agents on the same machine.
Self-hosted instance: set CODEALIVE_BASE_URL env var to your instance URL.
Usage
Start your agent and ask naturally:
- "How is authentication implemented?"
- "Show me error handling patterns across services"
- "Find similar features to guide my implementation"
No special commands needed — the agent picks up the skill automatically.
License
MIT
CodeAlive-AI