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ADK-TS README specialist. Use when creating or editing any README.md file in the monorepo, adding new packages, apps, or starter templates. Knows the four branded README archetypes (root, package, app/contributor, starter template) and enforces consistency.

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ADK-TS README Writer

Overview

This skill creates and updates README files that match the exact branded patterns used across the ADK-TS monorepo. There are four distinct README archetypes — choose the correct one based on where the README lives.

When to Use

  • Creating a new README for a package, app, or starter template
  • Editing an existing README
  • Adding a new package or starter template to the monorepo
  • Reviewing READMEs for consistency

Before Writing

  1. Read the target directory's package.json to extract the package name, description, and version
  2. Identify which archetype applies (see below)
  3. Read the canonical reference README for that archetype
  4. Apply the adk-style-guide skill rules (brand, terminology, URLs)

Archetype 1: Root README

Applies to: README.md (repository root)

Reference file: README.md

Structure:

<div align="center">
  <img src="https://files.catbox.moe/vumztw.png" alt="ADK-TS Logo" width="80" />
  <br/>
  <h1>ADK-TS: The TypeScript-Native AI Agent Framework</h1>
  <b>An open-source framework for building production-ready AI agents in TypeScript. Type-safe, multi-LLM, with built-in tools, sessions, and agent orchestration.</b>
  <br/>
  <i>TypeScript-Native • Multi-Agent Systems • Production-Ready</i>

  <p align="center">
    <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@iqai/adk">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@iqai/adk" alt="NPM Version" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@iqai/adk">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@iqai/adk" alt="NPM Downloads" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts/blob/main/LICENSE.md">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/l/@iqai/adk" alt="License" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/IQAIcom/adk-ts?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" />
    </a>
  </p>
</div>

---

## 🌟 Overview

## 🚀 Key Features (emoji + link + description bullets)

## ⚡ Quick Start (CLI + manual approaches)

## 📚 Examples

## 🤝 Contributing

## 🌍 Community

## 📜 License

## 🔒 Security

---

**Ready to build your first AI agent?** Visit [https://adk.iqai.com](https://adk.iqai.com) to get started!

Key traits:

  • Most comprehensive README — acts as project landing page
  • Logo width: 80
  • Includes NPM badges
  • Community section with GitHub Discussions link
  • Security section referencing SECURITY.md

Archetype 2: Package README

Applies to: packages/adk/README.md, packages/adk-cli/README.md, packages/mcp-docs/README.md

Reference file: packages/adk/README.md

Structure:

<div align="center">
  <img src="https://files.catbox.moe/vumztw.png" alt="ADK-TS Logo" width="80" />
  <br/>
  <h1>{NPM_PACKAGE_NAME}</h1>
  <b>{PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION}</b>
  <br/>
  <i>{Keyword} • {Keyword} • {Keyword}</i>

  <p align="center">
    <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/{NPM_PACKAGE}">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/{NPM_PACKAGE}" alt="NPM Version" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/{NPM_PACKAGE}">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/{NPM_PACKAGE}" alt="NPM Downloads" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts/blob/main/LICENSE.md">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/l/{NPM_PACKAGE}" alt="License" />
    </a>
    <a href="https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts">
      <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/IQAIcom/adk-ts?style=social" alt="GitHub Stars" />
    </a>
  </p>
</div>

---

## 🌟 Overview

## 🚀 Key Features (emoji + **bold title** + description)

## 🚀 Quick Start (installation + simple example)

## ⚙️ Environment Configuration

## 📖 Basic Usage (code examples)

## 📚 Documentation (link to adk.iqai.com)

## 🤝 Contributing

## 📜 License

Key traits:

  • Logo width: 80 (consistent across all READMEs)
  • <h1> uses the npm package name (e.g., @iqai/adk)
  • Includes NPM badges with package-specific URLs
  • Code examples use TypeScript with @iqai/adk imports
  • Quick Start shows npm install command

Archetype 3: App / Contributor README

Applies to: apps/docs/README.md, apps/examples/README.md, apps/adk-web/README.md, apps/adk-api-docs/README.md

Reference files: apps/docs/README.md, apps/adk-web/README.md

Structure:

<div align="center">
  <img src="https://files.catbox.moe/vumztw.png" alt="ADK-TS Logo" width="80" />
  <br/>
  <h1>{APP_DISPLAY_NAME}</h1>
  <b>{Contributing guide for... | A collection of...}</b>
  <br/>
  <i>{Keyword} • {Keyword} • {Keyword} • {Keyword}</i>
</div>

---

## 📖 About

{For contributor guides:}
This README is specifically for contributors to {component}. ...
If you're looking to **use** {component}, visit {link}. This guide is for those who want to **contribute** to improving {it}.

{For collections like examples:}
This directory contains {description of what's inside}.

## 🌟 Features (what the app provides)

## 🚀 Getting Started

### Prerequisites

### Setting Up Development Environment

## ⚙️ Architecture Overview

## 📁 Project Structure

## 🛠️ Development Workflow

## 🧪 Testing

## 🤝 Contributing

---

**Ready to contribute?** {Encouraging CTA}

Key traits:

  • Logo width: 80
  • NO NPM badges (these are not published packages)
  • NO <p align="center"> badge block
  • Opens with contributor-oriented or collection-oriented intro
  • More detailed on internal architecture and dev workflows
  • References internal tooling (Fumadocs, TypeDoc, NestJS, etc.)
  • Keywords in <i> tag are workflow-oriented: "Setup • Development • Testing • Contributing"

Archetype 4: Starter Template README

Applies to: All files in apps/starter-templates/*/README.md

Reference file: apps/starter-templates/simple-agent/README.md

Structure:

<div align="center">
  <img src="https://files.catbox.moe/vumztw.png" alt="ADK-TS Logo" width="80" />
  <br/>
  <h1>ADK-TS {Template Name} Template</h1>
  <b>Starter template for {what it does} with ADK-TS</b>
  <br/>
  <i>{Keyword} • {Keyword} • {Keyword}</i>
</div>

---

# {Template Name} Template - {Subtitle}

{One paragraph description.}

**Built with [ADK-TS](https://adk.iqai.com/) - The TypeScript-Native AI Agent Framework**

## 🎯 Features

- **{Feature name}** {description}.
- **{Feature name}** {description}.

## 🏗️ How It Works

` ` `text
{ASCII flow diagram showing the agent architecture}
` ` `

## 🚀 Quick Start

Use either approach:

- **Recommended**: scaffold a fresh project with the ADK-TS CLI.
- **Alternative**: clone the repository and copy this template folder into your own project.

### Prerequisites

- Node.js >=22.0
- pnpm
- {Template-specific requirements}

### Step 1: Create the project

` ` `bash
npx @iqai/adk-cli new --template {TEMPLATE_NAME} my-{template}
cd my-{template}
` ` `

### Step 2: Install dependencies

` ` `bash
pnpm install
` ` `

### Step 3: Configure environment variables

` ` `bash
cp .env.example .env
` ` `

Required and optional values are documented in `.env.example`.

### Step 4: Run the template

` ` `bash
pnpm dev
` ` `

## 📁 Template Structure

` ` `text
src/
├── agents/                 # Agent definitions
│   ├── agent.ts            # Root agent
│   └── {sub-agents}/       # Specialist agents
├── env.ts                  # Environment validation
└── index.ts                # Entry point
` ` `

## 🧪 Test with ADK-TS CLI

From your project directory, you can test agents without writing custom test scripts.

` ` `bash

# Option 1: Install ADK-TS CLI globally, then run

pnpm install -g @iqai/adk-cli
adk run
adk web

# Option 2: Use npx without global install

npx @iqai/adk-cli run
npx @iqai/adk-cli web
` ` `

- `adk run`: interactive terminal chat with your agent(s).
- `adk web`: launches a local server and opens the ADK-TS web interface.

## 📚 Learn More

- [ADK-TS Documentation](https://adk.iqai.com/)
- [ADK-TS CLI Documentation](https://adk.iqai.com/docs/cli)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts)
- [ADK-TS Sample Projects](https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts-samples)
- [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts/discussions)
- [Telegram Community](https://t.me/+Z37x8uf6DLE3ZTQ8)

## 🤝 Contributing

This [template](https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts/tree/main/apps/starter-templates/{TEMPLATE_NAME}) is open source and contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

- Report bugs or suggest improvements
- Add new agent examples
- Improve documentation
- Share your customizations

---

**🎉 Ready to build?** This template gives you everything you need to start building {type} applications with ADK-TS.

Key traits:

  • Logo width: 80
  • NO NPM badges
  • Title format: "ADK-TS {Template Name} Template"
  • Always includes "Built with ADK-TS" line after intro
  • "How It Works" ASCII diagram is required
  • Quick Start is a rigid 4-5 step format
  • "Test with ADK-TS CLI" section is identical across all templates
  • "Learn More" links are identical across all templates
  • Contributing section only differs in template folder path

Shared Boilerplate Sections (Starter Templates)

These sections MUST be identical across all starter templates (only template-specific values change):

  1. Quick Start intro paragraph (identical)
  2. Step 2: Install dependencies (identical)
  3. Step 3: Configure environment variables (identical)
  4. Test with ADK-TS CLI section (verbatim identical)
  5. Learn More links (identical base set)
  6. Contributing section (identical pattern, only folder path differs)

When updating any of these shared sections, update ALL starter templates. Use /adk-starter-sync command for this.

Consistency Rules

All READMEs must follow these rules (from adk-style-guide):

  • GitHub URL org: IQAIcom (not IQAICOM)
  • Node.js version: >=22.0
  • Docs URL: https://adk.iqai.com/
  • Logo: https://files.catbox.moe/vumztw.png
  • GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts/discussions
  • Telegram: https://t.me/+Z37x8uf6DLE3ZTQ8
  • Samples: https://github.com/IQAIcom/adk-ts-samples
  • Always "ADK-TS" never bare "ADK"
  • Never expand to "Agent Development Kit"