Netlify Context and Tools

Public Netlify skills for AI coding agents. Each skill is a focused, factual reference for a Netlify platform primitive — designed to help agents build correctly on Netlify without needing to search docs.

Skills

Skill	What it covers
netlify-functions	Serverless functions — modern syntax, routing, background/scheduled/streaming
netlify-edge-functions	Edge compute — Deno runtime, middleware, geolocation
netlify-blobs	Object storage — key-value and binary data
netlify-db	Managed Postgres (Neon) with Drizzle ORM and migrations
netlify-image-cdn	Image transformation and optimization via CDN
netlify-forms	HTML form handling, AJAX submissions, spam filtering
netlify-config	`netlify.toml` — redirects, headers, build settings, deploy contexts
netlify-cli-and-deploy	CLI commands, Git vs manual deploys, environment variables
netlify-frameworks	Framework adapters for Vite, Astro, TanStack, and Next.js
netlify-caching	CDN cache control, cache tags, purge, stale-while-revalidate
netlify-ai-gateway	AI Gateway proxy for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google SDKs
netlify-identity	User authentication — signups, logins, OAuth, role-based access control
netlify-deploy	Deployment workflow — auth, site linking, preview/production deploys

References

Some skills include references/ subdirectories with deeper content:

User-uploaded images pipeline — composing Functions + Blobs + Image CDN
Vite on Netlify
Astro on Netlify
TanStack Start on Netlify
Next.js on Netlify
Advanced identity patterns — external providers, role-based access, server-side validation
CLI commands reference
Deployment patterns
netlify.toml guide

Installation

Codex Desktop App

Install the Netlify plugin from the Codex plugin directory in the Codex desktop app.

The plugin lets Codex deploy to Netlify without leaving your coding workflow. You can create projects, generate preview URLs, deploy to production, validate build configuration, and inspect deploy status and logs. For full details, refer to Deploy from Codex with the Netlify Plugin.

Codex CLI

Copy the pre-built codex/ directory into your project root:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools.git /tmp/netlify-skills && \
  cp -r /tmp/netlify-skills/codex . && \
  rm -rf /tmp/netlify-skills

This gives you codex/AGENTS.md (the skill router) and codex/skills/ with all Netlify skills. Codex discovers AGENTS.md automatically and activates skills by name using $skill-name syntax.

Claude Code

Add the marketplace and install the plugin:

/plugin marketplace add netlify/context-and-tools
/plugin install netlify-skills@netlify-context-and-tools

This installs all Netlify skills into Claude Code. The included skills/CLAUDE.md acts as a router — it tells the agent which skill to read based on what you're building.

Cursor

Install from the Cursor plugin marketplace:

Open Cursor Settings (Cmd+, / Ctrl+,)
Go to Plugins
Search for netlify-skills
Click Install

Or install via the command palette: Cmd+Shift+P → Plugins: Install Plugin → search netlify-skills.

This installs 21 .mdc rule files covering all Netlify platform primitives. A router rule (netlify-skills-router.mdc) is always active and directs the agent to the right skill for the task.

Manual installation (without the plugin marketplace)

Copy pre-built rule files directly into your project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools.git /tmp/netlify-skills && \
  mkdir -p .cursor/rules && \
  cp /tmp/netlify-skills/cursor/rules/*.mdc .cursor/rules/ && \
  rm -rf /tmp/netlify-skills

This copies .mdc rule files into .cursor/rules/, where Cursor automatically discovers them.

Other AI agents

Each SKILL.md file is a self-contained reference with YAML frontmatter (name and description) and markdown body. Feed them into any agent's context as needed.

Design Principles

Factual, not opinionated — platform behavior and API reference, not workflow preferences
Composable — skills cover individual primitives; agents combine them as needed
Concise — each SKILL.md stays under 500 lines; detailed content goes in references/
Current — covers modern Netlify patterns (v2 functions, Vite plugin, AI Gateway)

Contributing

Keep skills focused on Netlify platform primitives. Each skill should answer "how does this Netlify feature work?" rather than "how should I structure my project?"

Follow the existing format: YAML frontmatter with name and description, markdown body, code examples with TypeScript where applicable. Use references/ subdirectories for content that would push a SKILL.md past 500 lines.

Cursor rules and Codex skills are generated — do not edit them directly

The cursor/rules/ and codex/ directories are auto-generated from skills/ by GitHub Actions workflows. Always edit the source files in skills/ — the workflows rebuild on every push to main that changes skills/. To test locally:

bash scripts/build-cursor-rules.sh
bash scripts/build-codex-skills.sh