Agent Native Design
Scores a CLI on a 14-criterion rubric across seven agent-native design principles and produces a prioritized P0/P1/P2 refactor plan.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 16, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · f7c1db4
Ran a real review of a toy notes-cli spec: the skill's rubric flagged two concrete defects a generic baseline review missed entirely -- an interactive-browser-only login with no delegatable-token path (Principle 7) and no idempotency key on the add command (silent duplicate notes on agent retry) -- and returned a reproducible 3/28 'not yet agent-native' score instead of a vague impression.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 9/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Agent Native Design does
Reviews, designs, or refactors CLIs meant to serve humans, AI agents, and orchestrators at once -- checking stdout/JSON contracts, exit codes, self-description, dry-run, safety tiers, auth delegation, and idempotency against a scored 14-criterion rubric mapped to seven design principles. Triggers on requests to evaluate whether a CLI is agent-native, convert an API/SDK into an agent-usable CLI, or refactor a human-only CLI's output/help/error contracts.
How to install Agent Native Design
git clone https://github.com/Agents365-ai/agent-native-design.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r agent-native-design/skills/agent-native-design ~/.claude/skills/agent-native-design
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Agent Native Design
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/agent-native-designScores a CLI on a 14-criterion rubric across seven agent-native design principles and produces a prioritized P0/P1/P2 refactor plan.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Is my CLI actually usable by an AI agent, not just a human typing? -
Review whether this API's command-line wrapper is agent-native -
Score my tool's stdout, exit codes, and auth flow for agent friendliness
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Agent Native Design skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from Agents365-ai/agent-native-design. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Agent Native Design work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran a real review of a toy notes-cli spec: the skill's rubric flagged two concrete defects a generic baseline review missed entirely -- an interactive-browser-only login with no delegatable-token path (Principle 7) and no idempotency key on the add command (silent duplicate notes on agent retry) -- and returned a reproducible 3/28 'not yet agent-native' score instead of a vague impression.
- What is the Agent Native Design SkillProof Score?
- 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Agent Native Design?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Agent Native Design with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.