This skill enables the operation of Railway infrastructure, from initial account setup and project creation to the provisioning of services, databases, and buckets. It provides a structured way to handle infrastructure as code, environment variables, and domain management.
Platform and DevEx teams can use these capabilities to deploy code, monitor status metrics, and troubleshoot build failures. The skill also covers advanced operational tasks including database recovery, high availability configuration, and the management of feature flags and rollout rules.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
Installs: Railway CLI and skills, Railway MCP server configuration for detected tools, and an authentication check.
If the Railway CLI is not installed, run this terminal command to install the CLI and skills, configure the Railway MCP server for detected tools, and check authentication.
curl -fsSL agents.railway.com | sh
If the setup reports that you are not authenticated, run this terminal command.
railway login
Alternatively, if the Railway CLI is already installed, run this terminal command to configure agent support directly.
railway setup agent
Installs: Complete Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · ChatGPT, OpenAI Codex
Open the shared plugin directory link documented in the README, install the official Railway plugin for ChatGPT and Codex, connect your Railway account when prompted, and then start a new chat or task.
Installs: Repository-published Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · OpenAI Codex
Open Codex, select Plugins in the sidebar, open More, click Add more, and enter `railwayapp/railway-skills` as the marketplace source.
Installs: Complete Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · Claude Code
Enter these commands in a Claude Code session to install Railway from the official Anthropic marketplace and reload plugins.
/plugin install railway@claude-plugins-official /reload-plugins
Only if Claude Code cannot find Railway, enter this command in the Claude Code session to refresh the official marketplace, then retry installation.
/plugin marketplace update claude-plugins-official
Installs: Repository-published Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · Claude Code
Enter this complete command sequence in a Claude Code session to add the repository marketplace, install its Railway plugin, and reload plugins.
/plugin marketplace add railwayapp/railway-skills /plugin install railway@railway-skills /reload-plugins
Installs: Complete Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · Cursor
Enter this command in a Cursor agent session to install Railway from the official Cursor Marketplace.
/add-plugin railway
Installs: Repository-published Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · Cursor
Open Cursor Settings, select Plugins, paste `https://github.com/railwayapp/railway-skills` into the Search or Paste Link input, click the Railway plugin, and click Add to Cursor.
Installs: Complete nested Railway plugin containing the use-railway skill and Railway's hosted MCP server. · Grok Build
Run this terminal command to start Grok's TUI.
grok
Enter this command in the Grok TUI to open the extensions modal.
/plugins
In the extensions modal, go to the Marketplace tab, select `railway`, and press `i` to install it.
Uses use-railway
Use the use-railway skill and its Remote MCP path to discover my Railway projects. Give me a concise list of project names and their deployment state, then identify one project that would be useful to inspect next. Make no changes.
Claude
Codex
Cursor
Copilot
OpenCode
Grok