aes-cli 0.12.1

CLI tool for the Agentic Engineering Standard

aes-cli

CLI tool for the Agentic Engineering Standard (AES) — an open standard for structuring, sharing, and discovering agentic engineering projects.

AES treats agent instructions, skills, permissions, and memory as first-class engineering artifacts, making them portable, composable, and shareable across AI coding tools.

Installation

pipx install aes-cli

# Or inside a virtual environment
pip install aes-cli

Upgrading

pipx upgrade aes-cli            # if installed with pipx
pip install --upgrade aes-cli   # if installed with pip

After upgrading, run aes sync in your project to regenerate tool-specific configs with the new version's sync logic. Your .agent/ source files are not modified by the upgrade.

Requires Python 3.10+.

Quick Start

Initialize a new project

aes init

Interactive wizard that scaffolds a .agent/ directory with agent config, skills, permissions, and memory. Supports multiple domains (web, ML, DevOps, research) and modes (dev-assist, agent-integrated).

Validate a project

aes validate .

Checks .agent/ files against the AES JSON Schema, validates dependency graphs, and reports errors/warnings.

Sync to your AI tool

aes sync -t claude    # or: cursor, copilot, windsurf

Generates tool-specific config from your .agent/ directory. Write once, use with any supported AI coding tool.

Publish & install skills

aes publish ./my-skill    # share a skill or template to the AES registry
aes install user/skill    # install a skill into your project
aes search "deploy"       # search the registry

Inspect a project

aes inspect .

Displays a summary of the project's agent configuration: skills, workflows, permissions, and dependencies.

Commands

Command	Description
init	Scaffold a new .agent/ directory
validate	Validate against the AES spec
sync	Generate tool-specific config
publish	Publish a skill or template to the registry
install	Install a skill or template from the registry
search	Search the AES registry
inspect	Inspect project agent configuration
status	Show sync status and drift

Links

• Specification
• Examples
• Templates
• Registry

License

Apache 2.0