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.

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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

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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

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Prerequisites

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

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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.

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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

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Verification

npx skills list | grep netlify

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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