> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wherobots.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Install Agent Skills

> Install Wherobots Agent Skills to give AI assistants domain-specific knowledge about Wherobots workflows, APIs, and best practices.

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**Agent Skills** are domain-specific knowledge files that give AI assistants structured context about Wherobots workflows, APIs, and best practices. With skills installed, your AI assistant produces more accurate commands, better interprets results, and handles multi-step operations more reliably.

Without skills, the agent relies only on CLI help text and its general training data. With skills, it has structured context -- leading to fewer errors, less back-and-forth, and more reliable multi-step operations.

<Tip>
  If you use the [Wherobots VS Code Extension](/develop/agentic-tools) in **VS Code**, Agent Skills are included with the extension and available automatically -- no manual installation needed. In **Cursor**, other Code OSS editors, **Claude Code**, and other tools without the extension, skills must be installed manually using the commands below. See the [Agentic Tools Overview](/develop/agentic-tools) for a full breakdown of what each tool installs automatically.
</Tip>

## Before you start

* An agentic terminal or AI-powered editor such as **OpenCode**, **Claude Code**, **Cursor**, or another tool with terminal access.
* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) installed (required for `npx`).

## Install agent skills

Install all Wherobots skills:

```bash theme={"system"}
npx skills add -g wherobots/agent-skills
```

Or install a specific skill:

```bash theme={"system"}
npx skills add wherobots/agent-skills --skill wherobots-usage
```

<Tip>
  For more information on skills and the `skills` CLI, see the [Skills documentation](https://skills.sh/docs/cli).
</Tip>

## Available skills

To see all available Wherobots skills, visit the [wherobots/agent-skills repository](https://github.com/wherobots/agent-skills).

## How skills work

Skills are installed as `SKILL.md` files in your project or globally. When your AI assistant starts a session, it reads these files to gain structured context about:

* **Wherobots APIs and endpoints** -- correct parameter names, expected payloads, and response formats.
* **Spatial SQL patterns** -- common query structures, function signatures, and best practices for geospatial operations.
* **Workflow patterns** -- recommended sequences for tasks like job submission, log streaming, and error recovery.

This context helps the agent make fewer mistakes and resolve errors without manual intervention.

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Agentic Terminal Usage" icon="terminal" href="/develop/cli-agentic-usage">
    Use the CLI with AI-powered terminals like Claude Code and OpenCode for natural language job management.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configure the MCP Server" icon="message-bot" href="/develop/mcp/mcp-server-setup">
    Set up the Wherobots MCP Server for spatial data exploration and query generation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Install the CLI" icon="terminal" href="/develop/cli">
    Install and configure the Wherobots CLI for terminal-based access.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Started" icon="microchip" href="/develop/agentic-tools">
    See which agentic components are installed automatically and which require manual setup.
  </Card>
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