Supported Tools

AnchorSpec works with many AI coding assistants. When you run anchorspec init, AnchorSpec configures selected tools using your active profile/workflow selection and delivery mode.

How It Works

For each selected tool, AnchorSpec can install:

Skills (if delivery includes skills): .../skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md
Commands (if delivery includes commands): tool-specific ansx-* command files

By default, AnchorSpec uses the core profile, which includes:

propose
explore
apply
archive

You can enable expanded workflows (new, continue, ff, verify, sync, bulk-archive, onboard) via anchorspec config profile, then run anchorspec update.

Tool Directory Reference

Tool (ID)	Skills path pattern	Command path pattern
Amazon Q Developer (`amazon-q`)	`.amazonq/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.amazonq/prompts/ansx-<id>.md`
Antigravity (`antigravity`)	`.agent/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.agent/workflows/ansx-<id>.md`
Auggie (`auggie`)	`.augment/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.augment/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
IBM Bob Shell (`bob`)	`.bob/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.bob/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Claude Code (`claude`)	`.claude/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.claude/commands/ansx/<id>.md`
Cline (`cline`)	`.cline/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.clinerules/workflows/ansx-<id>.md`
CodeBuddy (`codebuddy`)	`.codebuddy/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.codebuddy/commands/ansx/<id>.md`
Codex (`codex`)	`.codex/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`$CODEX_HOME/prompts/ansx-<id>.md`*
ForgeCode (`forgecode`)	`.forge/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	Not generated (no command adapter; use skill-based `/anchorspec-*` invocations)
Continue (`continue`)	`.continue/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.continue/prompts/ansx-<id>.prompt`
CoStrict (`costrict`)	`.cospec/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.cospec/anchorspec/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Crush (`crush`)	`.crush/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.crush/commands/ansx/<id>.md`
Cursor (`cursor`)	`.cursor/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.cursor/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Factory Droid (`factory`)	`.factory/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.factory/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Gemini CLI (`gemini`)	`.gemini/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.gemini/commands/ansx/<id>.toml`
GitHub Copilot (`github-copilot`)	`.github/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.github/prompts/ansx-<id>.prompt.md`**
iFlow (`iflow`)	`.iflow/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.iflow/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Junie (`junie`)	`.junie/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.junie/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Kilo Code (`kilocode`)	`.kilocode/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.kilocode/workflows/ansx-<id>.md`
Kiro (`kiro`)	`.kiro/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.kiro/prompts/ansx-<id>.prompt.md`
OpenCode (`opencode`)	`.opencode/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.opencode/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Pi (`pi`)	`.pi/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.pi/prompts/ansx-<id>.md`
Qoder (`qoder`)	`.qoder/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.qoder/commands/ansx/<id>.md`
Qwen Code (`qwen`)	`.qwen/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.qwen/commands/ansx-<id>.toml`
RooCode (`roocode`)	`.roo/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.roo/commands/ansx-<id>.md`
Trae (`trae`)	`.trae/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	Not generated (no command adapter; use skill-based `/anchorspec-*` invocations)
Windsurf (`windsurf`)	`.windsurf/skills/anchorspec-*/SKILL.md`	`.windsurf/workflows/ansx-<id>.md`

* Codex commands are installed in the global Codex home ($CODEX_HOME/prompts/ if set, otherwise ~/.codex/prompts/), not your project directory.

** GitHub Copilot prompt files are recognized as custom slash commands in IDE extensions (VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio). Copilot CLI does not currently consume .github/prompts/*.prompt.md directly.

Non-Interactive Setup

For CI/CD or scripted setup, use --tools (and optionally --profile):

# Configure specific tools
anchorspec init --tools claude,cursor

# Configure all supported tools
anchorspec init --tools all

# Skip tool configuration
anchorspec init --tools none

# Override profile for this init run
anchorspec init --profile core

Available tool IDs (--tools): amazon-q, antigravity, auggie, bob, claude, cline, codex, codebuddy, continue, costrict, crush, cursor, factory, forgecode, gemini, github-copilot, iflow, junie, kilocode, kiro, opencode, pi, qoder, qwen, roocode, trae, windsurf

Workflow-Dependent Installation

AnchorSpec installs workflow artifacts based on selected workflows:

Core profile (default): propose, explore, apply, archive
Custom selection: any subset of all workflow IDs: propose, explore, new, continue, apply, ff, sync, archive, bulk-archive, verify, onboard

In other words, skill/command counts are profile-dependent and delivery-dependent, not fixed.

Generated Skill Names

When selected by profile/workflow config, AnchorSpec generates these skills:

anchorspec-propose
anchorspec-explore
anchorspec-new-change
anchorspec-continue-change
anchorspec-apply-change
anchorspec-ff-change
anchorspec-sync-specs
anchorspec-archive-change
anchorspec-bulk-archive-change
anchorspec-verify-change
anchorspec-onboard

See Commands for command behavior and CLI for init/update options.