cli
How to use the Appwrite CLI well. Covers when to use appwrite.config.json vs `appwrite client`, pull/push vs one-shot service calls, type-safe SDK and model generation, query flags, CI auth, Cloud regional endpoints, function/site variables, and traps that `--help` will not mention. Does not catalog commands — run `appwrite <command> --help` for flags. Use whenever running `appwrite`, deploying or pulling functions/sites/tables, generating application code from a table schema, initializing or linking a project, scripting Appwrite, or when the user mentions the Appwrite CLI, appwrite.config.json, `appwrite generate`, `appwrite types`, or `appwrite client`.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "appwrite/claude-plugin:skills/cli" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/appwrite/claude-plugin /tmp/claude-plugin && ln -s /tmp/claude-plugin/skills/cli ~/.claude/skills/cliFrom README
Appwrite CLI appwrite --help already lists flags. Read it instead of guessing. Config vs client A real project (repo, schema, functions, deploys, CI) lives in appwrite.config.json. Init once. Pull and push after that. Do not appwrite client --project-id on every command — the config already names the project. A one-off (inspect a user, patch one row, poke a remote you will not return to) uses appwrite client. Do not scaffold a project for a single API call. No session? appwrite client --endpoint https:// .cloud.appwrite.io/v1 --key "$APPWRITEAPIKEY" --project-id . appwrite client --project-id writes appwrite.config.json in this directory (or updates one found walking up). That is how you link a folder quickly. Do not run it at the root of an unrelated repo. APPWRITEPROJECTID / APPWRITEENDPOINT override the file without touching it — use those when you are already inside a project and need a one-shot against something else.