Agent plugins & skills
Ts.ED publishes an official agent plugin that teaches coding agents how to build Ts.ED v8 applications. It bundles:
- Skills covering the core packages of the framework (controllers, DI, models, validation, middlewares, exceptions, testing, OpenAPI, logger, MCP).
- The Ts.ED CLI MCP server, so the agent can scaffold projects and generate files with the same templates as
tsed initandtsed generate.
The plugin lives in the Ts.ED repository and is distributed through three channels. Pick the one that matches your agent.
| Channel | Skills | MCP server | Agents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code plugin marketplace | Yes | Yes | Claude Code (CLI, desktop, IDE extensions) |
| Codex plugin marketplace | Yes | Yes | Codex CLI and desktop app |
| skills.sh | Yes | Manual | Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and others |
TIP
The plugin complements the AGENTS.md template: AGENTS.md describes your project, the skills describe the framework.
Claude Code
Add the marketplace, then install the plugin:
claude plugin marketplace add tsedio/tsed --sparse .claude-plugin plugins
claude plugin install tsed@tsedOr from inside a Claude Code session:
/plugin marketplace add tsedio/tsed
/plugin install tsed@tsed--sparse limits the checkout to the marketplace files instead of cloning the whole framework monorepo.
To share the plugin with your team, declare it in the .claude/settings.json of your application:
{
"extraKnownMarketplaces": {
"tsed": {
"source": {
"source": "github",
"repo": "tsedio/tsed"
}
}
},
"enabledPlugins": {
"tsed@tsed": true
}
}Skills are namespaced by the plugin, for example /tsed:tsed-controllers. Claude also loads them on its own when a task matches their description.
Codex
Add the marketplace:
codex plugin marketplace add tsedio/tsed --sparse .agents/plugins --sparse pluginsThen install the tsed plugin from the plugin browser (/plugins in Codex) or from the shell:
codex plugin add tsed@tsedskills.sh (any agent)
The skills CLI copies the skills into the directory your agent reads (.agents/skills, .claude/skills, .cursor/skills, ...). Always target the plugin directory so only the application skills are installed:
# pick skills and agents interactively
npx skills add tsedio/tsed/plugins/tsed
# list the available skills
npx skills add tsedio/tsed/plugins/tsed --list
# install everything for specific agents, without prompts
npx skills add tsedio/tsed/plugins/tsed --skill '*' -a claude-code -a codex -yAdd -g to install the skills globally instead of in the current project.
WARNING
skills.sh installs skills only. Configure the MCP server yourself with the snippet below.
Ts.ED CLI MCP server
The plugin registers the MCP server bundled with @tsed/cli. If you installed the skills with skills.sh, or use another MCP client, declare it manually. It requires Node.js 22 or newer.
{
"mcpServers": {
"tsed": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "-p", "@tsed/cli", "tsed", "mcp"]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.tsed]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "-p", "@tsed/cli", "tsed", "mcp"]claude mcp add tsed -- npx -y -p @tsed/cli tsed mcpWARNING
Use npx -y -p @tsed/cli tsed mcp. The shorter npx -y @tsed/cli mcp fails when the CLI is not installed yet, because the package name is not the binary name.
The server exposes the following capabilities:
| Kind | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Tool | set-workspace | Select the project directory used by the other tools. |
| Tool | init-project | Scaffold a new Ts.ED project (same options as tsed init). |
| Tool | list-templates | List the generator templates, including your custom templates. |
| Tool | get-template | Describe a template and its JSON schema. |
| Tool | generate-file | Generate a file from a template (same as tsed generate). |
| Resource | tsed://init/options | Options accepted by init-project. |
| Resource | tsed://project/info | Current project, its package.json and Ts.ED preferences. |
| Resource | tsed://server/info | CLI and MCP server versions. |
Available skills
| Skill | Use it to |
|---|---|
tsed-docs | Find the right documentation page through llms.txt and the markdown twin of each page. |
tsed-cli | Scaffold projects and generate files with the CLI or its MCP server. |
tsed-configuration | Configure the server, the platform adapter and the configuration sources. |
tsed-di | Write providers, use the functional DI API, scopes, hooks and the request context. |
tsed-controllers | Write controllers, routes, parameters and responses. |
tsed-models | Declare models, validate inputs and serialize outputs. |
tsed-middlewares | Add middlewares, interceptors, pipes and authentication guards. |
tsed-exceptions | Throw HTTP exceptions, write exception filters and response filters. |
tsed-testing | Write unit and integration tests with Vitest and PlatformTest. |
tsed-openapi | Document the API with Swagger or Scalar. |
tsed-logger | Configure @tsed/logger, appenders, layouts and request logging. |
tsed-mcp-server | Expose MCP tools, resources and prompts from your application. |
tsed-migration | Migrate an application to Ts.ED v8. |
Documentation for agents
The skills link to the documentation instead of duplicating it. Each documentation site exposes an llms.txt index, and every page is available as markdown by appending .md to its URL (for example https://tsed.dev/docs/controllers.md).
| Site | Index |
|---|---|
| Framework | https://tsed.dev/llms.txt |
| CLI | https://cli.tsed.dev/llms.txt |
| Logger | https://logger.tsed.dev/llms.txt |
Update
# Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace update tsed
# Codex
codex plugin marketplace upgrade tsed
# skills.sh
npx skills updateFeedback
The skills are maintained with the framework. Open an issue or a pull request on GitHub when a skill produces outdated or incorrect code.