By name: repowire-install description: Install or update repowire and its skill pack from inside an agent session — ensure the repowire CLI/hooks are set up, install the skills, and verify the mesh works. Use on a fresh machine or to refresh skills to the latest.
Install / update repowire + skills
Bring an agent session up to full repowire capability. This is an install/update helper run from inside an agent — it assumes you can run shell commands. (It is not a magical pre-install bootstrap; the repowire package provides the CLI/hooks.)
1. Ensure repowire is installed
repowire --version # already installed?
If missing, install the CLI and set up hooks/MCP:
uv tool install repowire # or: pipx install repowire
repowire setup # daemon, hooks, MCP, service (the supported path)
repowire setup is the source of truth for daemon/hook/MCP/service install —
this skill never replaces it.
2. Install / update the skill pack
The skills live in the repowire repo under skills/. Install the set into your
agent's skills directory with the skills CLI (works for any agent, not just
Claude):
npx skills add prassanna-ravishankar/repowire # scans skills/, installs the pack
# or a single skill:
npx skills add https://github.com/prassanna-ravishankar/repowire/tree/main/skills/cross-agent-review
Claude Code users can instead add the plugin marketplace:
/plugin marketplace add prassanna-ravishankar/repowire
/plugin install repowire@repowire
3. Set skill defaults (optional)
Skills resolve a backend as: explicit arg > config default > safe fallback. Set
defaults in ~/.repowire/config.yaml:
skills:
default_reviewer_backend: codex
default_planner_backend: gemini
default_delegate_backend: codex
default_circle: default
Read one back with repowire config get skills.default_reviewer_backend.
4. Verify
repowire peer whoami # you're on the mesh
repowire peer list # see other agents
repowire doctor # health + drift checks
If peer whoami / peer list fail, run repowire setup and re-check — don't
create an alternate local mesh.