Netlify Agent Skills - Setup Guide¶

Source: netlify/context-and-tools (7,900+ combined installs) Category: Infrastructure & DevOps Quality Tier: 🟢 Production

Netlify's official agent skills provide authoritative guidance for building, deploying, and managing applications on the Netlify platform. These skills cover serverless functions, edge functions, framework-specific deployment config, forms handling, and platform configuration - giving Hermes agents the full Netlify operations toolkit.

Installation¶

npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-functions
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-config
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-deploy
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-frameworks
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-edge-functions
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-forms

Included Skills¶

Skill	Installs	Purpose
netlify-functions	1.4K	Write serverless functions with modern syntax (default export + Config). Covers TypeScript, path routing, background functions, scheduled functions, streaming, and method routing
netlify-config	1.3K	Configure `netlify.toml` with redirects, headers, build settings, and environment variables
netlify-deploy	1.3K	Deploy via Git, CLI, or API. Covers branch deploys, deploy previews, rollbacks, and split testing
netlify-frameworks	1.3K	Framework-specific deployment guidance: Next.js, Remix, Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, and more
netlify-edge-functions	1.3K	Edge Functions using Deno runtime - location-based personalization, auth at the edge, A/B testing, geolocation
netlify-forms	1.3K	Built-in form handling without server-side code - spam filtering, notifications, webhooks, file uploads
netlify-agent-runner	1.9K	Netlify agent runner workflows (added Sep 29, 2026 sweep)

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Details
Netlify account	Free tier available at netlify.com
Netlify CLI	`npm install -g netlify-cli`
Git	Required for Git-based deploys

Key Capabilities¶

Serverless Functions¶

Build API endpoints, background jobs, and scheduled tasks directly in your repo. Netlify Functions auto-scale and use standard Web API Request/Response objects. Modern syntax uses default export + Config pattern - no legacy exports.handler.

Edge Functions¶

Run code at the edge on Deno runtime for ultra-low-latency personalization, auth gates, geolocation routing, and A/B testing before the request hits origin.

Framework-Aware Deployments¶

Automatic detection and optimization for Next.js, Remix, Astro, SvelteKit, and other frameworks. Essential runtime configs, SSR support, image optimization, and ISR are handled automatically.

Git-Centric Workflow¶

Push to Git → auto-deploy. Preview deploys for every PR. Instant rollbacks. Branch-based environments.

Quick Start¶

# Deploy a site from the current directory
netlify deploy --prod

# Create a serverless function
mkdir -p netlify/functions
cat > netlify/functions/hello.ts << 'EOF'
import type { Context, Config } from "@netlify/functions";
export default async (req: Request, context: Context) => {
  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ message: "Hello from Hermes" }), {
    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  });
};
export const config: Config = { path: "/api/hello" };
EOF

# Deploy
git add . && git commit -m "Add hello function" && git push

Verification¶

npx skills list | grep netlify

Notes¶

All skills use the official Netlify documentation as their knowledge base - no guesswork
Edge Functions require the @netlify/edge-functions types package for TypeScript
Functions auto-detect TypeScript - no build step needed
Form handling is built into Netlify's edge - enable with netlify attribute on HTML forms
Hermes agents can use these skills to provision full-stack apps, set up API endpoints, and manage CI/CD on Netlify

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects