Recipes

Configurations that come up when more than one tool, more than one package, or more than one environment is in play. For straightforward setup (npx agent-kit init + per-IDE --target), see Agent integrations. For flag-level CLI reference, see CLI usage.

Per-workspace AGENTS.md in a monorepo

A monorepo where each package has its own conventions. agent-kit operates on the directory you point it at via --cwd, deriving one set of per-tool files per project root. To get per-workspace CLAUDE.md files, run sync inside each workspace.

repo/
├── AGENTS.md                  # repo-wide conventions
├── CLAUDE.md                  # derived
├── packages/
│   ├── api/
│   │   ├── AGENTS.md          # api-specific conventions
│   │   └── CLAUDE.md          # derived from api/AGENTS.md
│   └── web/
│       ├── AGENTS.md
│       └── CLAUDE.md

Drive it from a workspace-aware script (yarn workspaces foreach, pnpm -r, turbo run, etc.) so every package re-derives on install:

npx agent-kit sync --cwd packages/api
npx agent-kit sync --cwd packages/web

Each editor opens the closest *.md to the file being edited, so contributors working in packages/api/ get the api-specific config without manual selection.

Filter skills from a noisy dependency

By default, agent-kit scans every installed package under node_modules/ for a skills/ folder and exports them all. When a dependency ships skills you don’t want — too many, off-topic, duplicate with your own — use pick (allowlist) or omit (denylist) in package.json.

{
  "agentKit": {
    "omit": {
      "@some-vendor/sdk": true,
      "@warlock.js/core": ["add-connector", "send-response"]
    }
  }
}

true drops the whole package; a string array drops specific skills by their source folder name (not the destination slug). The next agent-kit sync skips them entirely.

To go the other way — only sync a curated allowlist:

{
  "agentKit": {
    "pick": {
      "@warlock.js/core": true,
      "@mongez/agent-kit": ["overview"]
    }
  }
}

pick runs first to allowlist packages; omit runs after to drop specific skills from what survived. Both fields together let you say “include @warlock.js/core but skip its noisy add-connector skill” in one config block.

CI guardrail: fail if the derived files drifted

Catch the case where someone edited AGENTS.md but forgot to commit the re-derived CLAUDE.md / .gemini/GEMINI.md / etc. Run sync in CI, then check git for unexpected diffs.

.github/workflows/agents.yml

- run: npx agent-kit sync
- run: |
    if ! git diff --exit-code; then
      echo "::error::Derived agent files are stale — run 'npx agent-kit sync' and commit."
      exit 1
    fi

A green CI then proves: every committed CLAUDE.md, .gemini/GEMINI.md, etc. matches the corresponding AGENTS.md. Drift can’t ship to main.

Programmatic use — skip the CLI boundary

For scripts that already run in Node (custom build steps, test fixtures, IDE plugins, internal CLIs) skip spawning a child process and call the API directly.

import { deriveAll, syncSkills, findProjectRoot } from "@mongez/agent-kit";

const root = await findProjectRoot();
if (!root) throw new Error("No package.json found");

await deriveAll({ root, targets: ["claude"] });
await syncSkills({
  root,
  targets: ["claude", "cursor"],
  scanPaths: ["@warlock.js"],
});

Equivalent to agent-kit sync --target claude,cursor --path @warlock.js but inside a longer pipeline without a process-boundary. Note: the API takes scanPaths (plural array); the CLI flag is --path (comma-separated string).

Every exported function — deriveAll, syncSkills, findProjectRoot, scanForSkillPackages, deriveSlugForSkill, loadAgentKitConfig — is fully typed. See Overview for the full API surface.

Watch mode while iterating on AGENTS.md or local skills

When you’re actively rewriting AGENTS.md or editing a local skills/<name>/SKILL.md and want the derived files + mirrored destinations updated on save:

npx agent-kit watch
npx agent-kit watch --path packages   # also watch a monorepo's workspaces

The process re-runs sync on every change with a 150ms debounce. Useful in a side terminal while editing. Pair with --target to keep the noise down to just the agents you actually use.

Without --path, watch tracks AGENTS.md + your project’s own skills/**/SKILL.md + node_modules/**/skills/**/SKILL.md. With --path, the listed directories are watched the same way — packages there win on dedupe over node_modules/, so your local edits always take precedence.