Agent Skills

cli

Skills for the Loops API and CLI

Installation
CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/loops-so/skills --skill cli

Install this skill with the CLI and start using the SKILL.md workflow in your workspace.

Last updated 7/8/2026

Loops Agent Skills

Official installable Loops skills for AI coding agents.

This repository packages SKILL.md-based skills for working with Loops. It is intended to help agents use the Loops API, official SDKs, the Loops CLI, LMX email markup, and email-sending best practices more accurately.

These skills are designed for agent environments that support installable skills, such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other tools that work with the skills CLI.

Install

For skills CLI setup, agent-specific install targets, and the full list of flags, use the official docs:

This README only documents the Loops-specific install commands.

# See what this repo contains
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --list

# Install all Loops skills globally (recommended)
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --global

# Install specific Loops skills globally
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --global --skill loops-api
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --global --skill loops-cli
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --global --skill loops-lmx
npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills --global --skill loops-email-sending-best-practices

Project-level installs are also supported. Omit --global if you want the skills scoped to the current repository instead of user-level.

Pin A Release

This repo is versioned with GitHub Releases. For stable installs, pin a release tag instead of installing from the default branch:

npx skills add https://github.com/Loops-so/skills#v1.0.0 --global

Upgrading From Unprefixed Skill Names

Older installs used the unprefixed skill names api, cli, email-sending-best-practices, and lmx. Installing the renamed loops-* skills does not automatically remove those old local skills. After installing the prefixed skills, remove the old names:

npx skills remove api cli email-sending-best-practices lmx --global

Verify Install

After installation, try a task that should trigger one of the skills:

  • "Add a contact to Loops from my Next.js backend."
  • "Install the Loops CLI and authenticate against the right team."
  • "Send a transactional email with the Loops CLI."
  • "Write an LMX onboarding email template."
  • "Audit this onboarding email flow for deliverability issues."

What's Included

This repo currently ships:

  • four installable skills that auto-load when relevant
  • detailed reference files for API, SDK, CLI, LMX, and email-program guidance

This repo does not currently ship:

  • slash commands
  • MCP servers

Available Skills

loops-api

Use this skill when you need to:

  • create, update, find, or delete contacts
  • create and manage custom contact properties
  • read mailing lists and update mailing-list membership
  • send Loops events from backend code
  • send transactional emails with the API or SDKs
  • choose between official SDKs and raw HTTP requests
  • handle rate limits, idempotency keys, and server-side-only constraints

Example prompts:

  • "Add this user to Loops after signup."
  • "Check whether this Loops API key is valid."
  • "Send this event from my Rails app."

Skill file: skills/loops-api/SKILL.md

loops-cli

Use this skill when you need to:

  • install or update the Loops CLI
  • authenticate from the terminal and manage stored team keys
  • validate credentials with the CLI
  • run one-off contact, list, event, or transactional-email commands
  • inspect CLI output in text or JSON from the shell

Example prompts:

  • "Install the Loops CLI on macOS."
  • "Log into the CLI for the staging team."
  • "Send a transactional email from the terminal."

Skill file: skills/loops-cli/SKILL.md

loops-email-sending-best-practices

Use this skill when you need to:

  • review inbox-placement or sender-reputation problems
  • improve consent flows, list hygiene, or unsubscribe behavior
  • improve subject lines, preview text, sender identity, or template design
  • decide between lifecycle, campaign, and transactional email
  • review a Loops setup for quality or deliverability gaps

Example prompts:

  • "Review this welcome email for deliverability risk."
  • "Should this message be transactional or marketing?"
  • "How should we clean up this stale audience?"

Skill file: skills/loops-email-sending-best-practices/SKILL.md

loops-lmx

Use this skill when you need to:

  • create or edit Loops email content in LMX
  • review LMX markup for valid tags, nesting, attributes, and variables
  • use contact properties, components, sections, dynamic links, or dynamic images in Loops email content
  • apply Loops email design guidance while producing valid LMX

Example prompts:

  • "Write a product update campaign in LMX."
  • "Convert this lifecycle email copy into Loops LMX."
  • "Review this LMX for Content API compatibility."

Skill file: skills/loops-lmx/SKILL.md

Stability Notes

  • This repo is maintained by Loops.
  • The Loops CLI has its own skill in this repo.
  • The Loops CLI itself is still pre-release and may change faster than the API and SDK docs.
  • The LMX skill tracks documented LMX behavior in the Loops editor and Content API.

Versioning And Releases

Loops skills are versioned as a single repo-level bundle with GitHub Releases and semver-style tags such as v1.0.0.

  • Major releases include breaking install or behavior changes, such as renamed or removed skills. Release notes must include migration steps.
  • Minor releases add skills, broaden documented capabilities, or refresh substantial product behavior.
  • Patch releases correct docs, examples, references, or narrow behavior details without changing install names.

Use the GitHub release notes as the changelog for user-facing upgrade guidance.

Source Of Truth

This repo is the installable Loops entry point for agent skills. When product behavior changes faster than this repo, verify against the official Loops resources:

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

When updating a skill:

  • keep SKILL.md concise and move detailed material into references/
  • avoid duplicating the same guidance across SKILL.md and references
  • verify product-specific details against official Loops sources
  • re-run npx skills add . --list before merging

Local Validation

git clone https://github.com/Loops-so/skills.git
cd skills
npx skills add . --list

Repository Structure

skills/
  loops-api/
    SKILL.md
    references/
  loops-cli/
    SKILL.md
    references/
  loops-lmx/
    SKILL.md
    references/
  loops-email-sending-best-practices/
    SKILL.md
    references/