Agent Skill

Glove ships with an Agent Skill that gives AI coding assistants deep knowledge of the framework — architecture, API reference, real patterns from the examples, and common gotchas.

Once installed, your coding assistant automatically knows how to use Glove correctly — the right import paths, the right class names, the right patterns. No more guessing or hallucinating APIs.

Supported agents

The skill works with any agent that supports the skills format:

Claude Code — Anthropic's CLI agent. Automatically uses the skill when working with Glove code. You can also invoke it directly with /glove.

Install with npx

The fastest way to install the skill is with the skills CLI:

bash

npx skills add porkytheblack/glove -a claude-code

This installs the skill into your project's .claude/skills/glove/ directory. The agent picks it up automatically.

Global install

To make the skill available in all your projects (not just the current one), add the -g flag:

bash

npx skills add porkytheblack/glove -a claude-code -g

Manual install

If you prefer not to use the CLI, copy the skill files directly from the Glove repository:

Clone or download the Glove repo
Copy the .claude/skills/glove/ directory into your project's .claude/skills/ folder

Your project structure should look like:

bash

your-project/
├── .claude/
│   └── skills/
│       └── glove/
│           ├── SKILL.md           # Main skill file
│           ├── api-reference.md   # Full API reference
│           └── examples.md        # Real patterns from examples
├── src/
└── ...

What the skill knows

The skill gives your coding agent knowledge of:

All three packages — glove-core, glove-react, and glove-next. Correct import paths, class names, method signatures.
The display stack — when to use pushAndWait vs pushAndForget, how SlotRenderProps work, how to wire up renderSlot.
Model providers — all 7 supported providers, their env variables, default models, and the createAdapter factory.
Real example patterns — tool factories with shared state, WebSocket bridges, subscriber adapters, permission gating, terminal UIs with Ink.
Common gotchas — like the Displaymanager casing (lowercase 'm'), the stream: true default, browser-safe import paths, and handling both model_response and model_response_complete events.

Using the skill

Once installed, the skill activates automatically when your coding assistant detects you're working with Glove code. You don't need to do anything special — just write code as normal and the agent will reference the skill for accurate guidance.

You can also invoke it directly in Claude Code:

bash

/glove

This explicitly loads the skill context, which is useful when you want to ask the agent Glove-specific questions or have it scaffold a new tool, set up a provider, or debug a display stack issue.

Example prompts

With the skill installed, your agent can handle prompts like:

“Add a confirmation dialog tool that asks the user before deleting”
“Set up the server route with Anthropic and connect the React client”
“Create a tool factory for my inventory management system”
“Why isn't my pushAndWait slot resolving?”
“Add a subscriber that logs token usage to the console”

Skill structure

The skill is composed of three files:

File	Purpose
`SKILL.md`	Main skill file. Architecture overview, quick start, display stack patterns, `ToolConfig` reference, provider table, common gotchas.
`api-reference.md`	Full API reference for all three packages — every class, interface, method, type, and event.
`examples.md`	Real patterns drawn from the four example implementations (weather-agent, coding-agent, nextjs-agent, coffee).

Updating the skill

To update to the latest version of the skill, re-run the install command:

bash

npx skills add porkytheblack/glove -a claude-code

This overwrites the existing skill files with the latest versions from the repository.