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Getting Started

APEX skills are plain folders of markdown + scripts. Any agent harness that supports the Agent Skills standard can load them.

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ and git must be installed.

npx apex-skills

The installer detects which tools you have (Claude Code, Kiro CLI, or both), clones the repo to ~/.apex-skills/, and symlinks all skills + steering workflows into the right locations. Run npx apex-skills --update later to pull the latest skills.

Manual Install​

Claude Code​

git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-apex-skills.git
cd sample-apex-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

Restart Claude Code; the skills become available via /<skill-name>.

Kiro CLI​

git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-apex-skills.git
cd sample-apex-skills
mkdir -p ~/.kiro/skills
cp -r skills/* ~/.kiro/skills/

Verify​

In your harness, run:

/eks-recon

You should see the EKS reconnaissance skill prompt for cluster context.

Next steps​

  • Browse the Skills catalog.
  • Try a Steering workflow for a phased engagement.