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ii-app

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Use this skill when you need to initialize or restart local web and mobile app projects through the bundled Rust `ii-app` CLI instead of calling MCP tools.

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How to use this skill

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  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/Intelligent-Internet/ii-agent/blob/HEAD/src/ii_agent/settings/skills/builtin/ii-app/SKILL.md

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ii-app Skill

Use this skill for local app lifecycle actions that should go through the bundled Rust CLI:

  • ii-app web init <template_id> to scaffold a bundled web template and write a web cache
  • ii-app web restart to restart the cached tmux-backed web servers
  • ii-app web view-log to inspect web server output
  • ii-app web screenshot to open the cached preview URL in agent-browser, save a screenshot, and print the file path
  • ii-app web status to save server log output and a screenshot snapshot to disk, then print the status file path
  • ii-app web checkpoint to run bun run build:local, clean transient build artifacts, and create a git checkpoint commit
  • ii-app web list-templates to inspect bundled web template IDs
  • ii-app mobile init <project_name> to scaffold an Expo app and write a mobile cache
  • ii-app mobile restart to restart the Expo dev server and refresh tunnel/LAN URLs
  • ii-app mobile view-log to inspect Expo output
  • ii-app stripe register-webhook to create a Stripe webhook endpoint and write STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET into the project .env

Workflow

Resolve the skill root as the directory containing this SKILL.md.

  1. If bin/ii-app is missing or stale, build it with scripts/build.sh.
  2. Run the binary from the skill root or by absolute path.
  3. Prefer --json when another agent step needs structured output.
  4. Use workspace-local caches unless the user asks for a custom --cache-path.

Default cache locations:

<workspace>/.ii-app/web.json
<workspace>/.ii-app/mobile.json

Commands

"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web list-templates
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web init <template_id> --project-name <name> --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web restart --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web view-log --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web screenshot --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web status --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" web checkpoint --workspace <dir> --project-directory <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" mobile init <project_name> --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" mobile restart --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" mobile view-log --workspace <dir>
"<skill-root>/bin/ii-app" stripe register-webhook --stripe-secret-key <sk_...> --endpoint-url <https-url> --project-directory <dir>

Useful flags:

  • web init --database-url <url> writes a project .env
  • web init --host-url <suffix> emits preview URLs like https://3000-<suffix>
  • web screenshot --annotate saves an annotated screenshot with numbered labels from agent-browser
  • web screenshot --screenshot-dir <dir> overrides the default screenshot output directory
  • web screenshot --screenshot-format png|jpeg and --screenshot-quality <0-100> map to agent-browser screenshot
  • web status --output-dir <dir> writes a .log, optional screenshot, and .json summary, then prints the summary path
  • web init --skip-install and mobile init --skip-install avoid dependency installation
  • web init --skip-start and mobile init --skip-start avoid starting tmux or Expo after setup
  • mobile init --template tabs|blank|blank-typescript chooses the Expo starter
  • mobile init --example with-reanimated creates from an official Expo example instead of a template
  • mobile init --no-tailwind skips NativeWind-related install steps
  • stripe register-webhook --event evt1,evt2 overrides the default Stripe event set
  • stripe register-webhook writes only STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET to .env; it does not print the secret in plain-text output
  • view-log --session <name> targets a specific tmux session
  • --json is supported by every command

References

  • For web template IDs and mobile starter options, read references/template-ids.md.
  • For cache shapes and CLI output expectations, read references/cli-contract.md.