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

# Agent Skills

> Give compatible AI coding agents Artie’s pipeline-setup guidance.

Artie Agent Skills give compatible AI coding agents the product-specific guidance they need to set up an Artie CDC pipeline safely. A skill is a versioned folder with a `SKILL.md` file and optional reference material. Agents discover the skill, load it when the request matches, and follow its workflow.

## Install the Artie plugin

The Artie plugin is the recommended setup for Claude Code and Cursor. It installs the Artie MCP connection, the Artie subagent, and the pipeline-setup skill together.

### Claude Code

```bash theme={null}
claude plugin marketplace add artie-labs/artie-mcp
claude plugin install artie@artie-mcp
```

### Cursor

Add the Artie marketplace from [`artie-labs/artie-mcp`](https://github.com/artie-labs/artie-mcp), then install the `artie` plugin. The plugin configures the hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.artie.com/mcp`.

## Included skills

| Skill            | When it is used                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pipeline-setup` | Create an Artie CDC pipeline from a source and destination, select tables and a destination landing location, then optionally start it. |

The skill validates and pings connectors before creating them, preserves full pipeline configuration during updates, asks for confirmation before the write that saves the plan, and stops on failed gates rather than guessing the next action.

## Use skills with MCP

Agent Skills provide guidance; the Artie MCP server provides authorized access to supported Artie operations. The plugin configures both. If you configure MCP manually, follow the [MCP Server](/docs/api/mcp) guide and install the plugin when your client supports it to add the Artie skill.

## See also

* [MCP Server](/docs/api/mcp)
* [MCP tools](/docs/api/mcp-tools)
* [Agent Skills specification](https://agentskills.io/specification)