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title: Installation
description: Install AgentV CLI and get started with bundled skills
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## Prerequisites

- **Node.js** 20 or later

## Canonical Setup

Install the AgentV CLI:

```bash
npm install -g agentv
```

Then load the onboarding skill and follow the instructions:

```bash
agentv skills get agentv-onboarding
```

Paste the output to your AI agent and ask it to set up AgentV in your repository.

## Skills

AgentV ships skill content inside the CLI package, version-matched to the binary.
No separate plugin install required.

```bash
agentv skills list                         # list available skills
agentv skills get agentv-bench             # load a specific skill
agentv skills get agentv-bench --full      # include references and templates
agentv skills get agentv-bench --json      # machine-readable output
agentv skills get --all                    # load all skills
```

## Verify Workspace Files

After setup, you should have:
- `.agentv/config.yaml`
- `.agentv/targets.yaml`
- `.env.example`

```bash
test -f .env.example
test -f .agentv/config.yaml
test -f .agentv/targets.yaml
```

## Claude Code Plugin (Optional)

For Claude Code users who prefer plugin-based skill discovery, the `agentv-dev` plugin
provides marketplace integration. Each plugin SKILL.md is a discovery stub that loads
the full skill content from the CLI:

```bash
npx allagents plugin marketplace add EntityProcess/agentv
npx allagents plugin install agentv-dev@agentv
```

`npx allagents` is command-surface compatible with `claude` and `copilot`.

## Troubleshooting

### Skills directory not found

Reinstall the CLI to ensure bundled skills are present:

```bash
npm install -g agentv
agentv skills list
```

### Recover setup manually

Run:

```bash
agentv init
```
