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arctl init

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Scaffold a declarative agent, MCP, skill, or prompt project.
Scaffold a new declarative resource project: an agent, MCP server, skill, or prompt.
The generated YAML uses the ar.dev/v1alpha1
declarative format and can be applied directly with arctl apply.
Supported types:
agent NAME              # picker selects framework + language
mcp NAME                # picker selects framework + language
skill NAME
prompt NAME
Usage

arctl init TYPE ... [flags]
Examples:
arctl init agent myagent
arctl init agent myagent --framework adk --language python
arctl init mcp my-server
arctl init mcp my-server --framework fastmcp --language python
arctl init skill my-skill
arctl init prompt my-prompt
arctl init                                    # interactive: picker for kind
Command-specific flags

    --output-dir string   Parent directory under which the project is created. Defaults to the current directory.
Global flags

-h, --help                    Display help information for the command.
    --registry-token string   Registry bearer token (defaults to value of ARCTL_API_TOKEN env var)
    --registry-url string     Registry URL (overrides ARCTL_API_BASE_URL env var; defaults to http://localhost:12121)
See also

arctl getarctl init agent