# Google Agents CLI Adk Code (agent skill)

> Google Agents CLI Adk Code is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from google/agents-cli. It should be used when the user wants to "write agent code", "build an agent with ADK", "add a tool", "create a callback", "define an… It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 6,058 GitHub stars across a repository of 6 listed skills.

This skill should be used when the user wants to "write agent code", "build an agent with ADK", "add a tool", "create a callback", "define an agent", "use state management" — in a project that needs ADK (Agent Development Kit) API patterns and code examples. It provides a quick reference for agent types, tool definitions, orchestration patterns, callbacks, state management, the graph Workflow API, and reference recipes to study.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/google/agents-cli |
| Skill path | skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | google-agents-cli-adk-code |
| GitHub stars | 6,058 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 477,728 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 6 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex |
| Category | Coding |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- used when the user wants to "write agent code", "build an agent with ADK", "add a tool", "create a callback", "define an agent", "use state management" — in a project that needs ADK (Agent Development Kit) API patterns and code examples.
- use for scaffolding (use google-agents-cli-scaffold) or deployment (use google-agents-cli-deploy).
- "write agent code"
- "build an agent with ADK"
- "add a tool"
- "create a callback"
- "define an agent"
- "use state management"

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/agents-cli.git
cp -r agents-cli/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code ~/.claude/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/agents-cli.git
cp -r agents-cli/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code .agents/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/agents-cli.git
cp -r agents-cli/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code .cursor/skills/google-agents-cli-adk-code   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/google/agents-cli/google-agents-cli-adk-code

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