netlify init installs and syncs Netlify agent skills

Introduced 2026-10-08 · score 0.92

HOW TO USE IT

When initializing a repository or syncing installed Netlify skills, run `netlify init`; use `--skip-agent-setup` to skip skill installation or `--reset-context` to replace edited skills and migrate or delete edited copies under renamed or deprecated names.

WHY THIS HELPS

Initialize a repository with current Netlify skills for AI coding agents, or reconcile its installed skills with the hosted manifest.

BEFORE THIS CHANGE

Copy Netlify skills into the project manually; rerunning `init` left skills under prior or deprecated names in place and provided no way to restore an edited skill to the shipped release.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

• Version: v27.12.0
• --skip-agent-setup: Boolean flag; skip installing Netlify skills for AI coding agents into the project.
• --reset-context: Boolean flag; replace locally edited Netlify skills with the latest release, and migrate or delete edited copies under renamed or deprecated names.
• Prerequisite: Netlify CLI requires Node.js version 22.13.0 or above.
• A failed download warns and lets `init` continue.
• Locally edited copies are kept and listed unless `--reset-context` is used.
• A directory is removed only when its tree hash matches a shipped release and is re-hashed immediately before removal, or under `--reset-context` when it has a manifest name.
• Unknown directories, symlinks, and directories that differ from a skill name only by case on macOS are left alone, with or without `--reset-context`.
• Each request times out after 10 seconds.

FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE

• https://github.com/netlify/cli/releases/tag/v27.12.0
• https://github.com/netlify/cli/pull/8555
• https://github.com/netlify/cli/pull/8556
• https://github.com/netlify/cli/blob/v27.12.0/docs/commands/init.md
• https://github.com/netlify/cli/blob/v27.12.0/README.md

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