Agentnative CLI — Development skill for Claude Code

agentnative

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The agent-native CLI linter. Audits whether your CLI follows the 8 agent-readiness principles.

`anc` dogfoods the spec it enforces. The badge above is its own live score.

Install

The crate is published as `agentnative`. The binary is called `anc`.

# Homebrew (installs anc)
brew install brettdavies/tap/agentnative

# From crates.io
cargo install agentnative

# Pre-built binary via cargo-binstall
cargo binstall agentnative

# Pre-built binaries from GitHub Releases
# https://github.com/brettdavies/agentnative-cli/releases

Install the skill

`anc` ships a companion skill bundle (`agentnative-skill`) that teaches AI coding agents how to operate the linter and where to apply the principles. Install it with one command per host:

anc skill install claude_code   # ~/.claude/skills/agent-native-cli
anc skill install codex         # ~/.codex/skills/agent-native-cli
anc skill install cursor        # ~/.cursor/skills/agent-native-cli
anc skill install factory       # ~/.factory/skills/agent-native-cli   (Factory Droid)
anc skill install kiro          # ~/.kiro/skills/agent-native-cli      (Kiro)
anc skill install opencode      # ~/.config/opencode/skills/agent-native-cli

Inspect the resolved command before running it:

anc skill install --dry-run claude_code
# git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brettdavies/agentnative-skill.git /home/you/.claude/skills/agent-native-cli

JSON output (modes `dry-run` and `install`, success and error) shares one envelope shape. Agents parse the same fields on every outcome:

anc skill install --dry-run claude_code --output json

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