Smithers Agents
Register and manage agent accounts, subscriptions, and API keys.
Installation
- Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.
Skills load from
~/.claude/skills/when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then runclaudein any terminal to verify.One-time setupnpm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeAlready have it? Skip ahead.
- Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
This copies the whole skill folder into
~/.claude/skills/smithers-agents-smithersai/— the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)
Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.
Quick install (SKILL.md only)Sign up to copy - Restart Claude Code.
Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from
~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup. - Just ask Claude.
Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.
Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.
When Claude uses it
Inspect and register subscriptions and api keys. Run `smithers agents --help` for usage details.
What this skill does
smithers agents add
Register a Smithers agent account (interactive wizard, or non-interactive via flags).
Options
| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--provider | string | Provider id; omit to launch the interactive wizard | |
--label | string | Unique label, e.g. 'claude-work' | |
--configDir | string | Path to the per-account CLI config dir (subscription providers) | |
--apiKey | string | API key (api-key providers only) | |
--model | string | Default model for this account | |
--skipLogin | boolean | false | Skip the 'is the dir populated?' check (advanced) |
--force | boolean | false | Register even if no credentials are present |
--replace | boolean | false | Overwrite an existing account with the same label |
--loop | boolean | false | Wizard mode only: keep adding accounts until you say done |
smithers agents capabilities
Print a JSON report of the built-in CLI agent capability registries.
smithers agents doctor
Validate built-in CLI agent capability registries and command-surface contracts.
Options
| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--json | boolean | false | Print the doctor report as JSON |
smithers agents list
List all registered Smithers agent accounts. Use --format json for machine output.
smithers agents remove
Remove a Smithers agent account by label.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
label | string | yes | Account label to remove |
Options
| Flag | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--silent | boolean | false | Do not error if the label is not registered |
smithers agents test
Spawn the account's underlying CLI with --version to verify it is reachable.
Arguments
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
label | string | yes | Account label to ping |
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