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@patimweb/pi-cap-bestpractices
A package for the pi coding agent that distributes SAP's capire/skillscapire/skillsSAP's own skill set for coding agents working on CAP — cap-developer, cap-add-remote-service, cap-upgrade and cap-trivia, each a SKILL.md with references beside it.sap official, cap, carrying the upstream repository as a git submodule since version 2.0.0 replaced the author's own skill.
A distribution wrapper, not a second opinion: version 2.0.0 replaced the author's own hand-written skill with the upstream SAP set, so what an agent reads here is capire/skillscapire/skillsSAP's own skill set for coding agents working on CAP — cap-developer, cap-add-remote-service, cap-upgrade and cap-trivia, each a SKILL.md with references beside it.sap official, cap reached through pi's packaging.
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Latestv2.0.0ReleasedLast pushLicenceMIT
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Agent guidanceCAPAgent guidancePackaged knowledge you hand a coding agent so it gets a framework right unprompted — skills, rule files, instruction packs. Distinct from agent tooling, which is about building agentic features into your application, and from [agent access to your code](capability:agent-code-access), where the agent reads the real project instead of being handed a file about it.
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capire/skillscapire/skillsNamed as a dependency in its documentation.
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If your tool reads the open skill standard directly, install capire/skillscapire/skillsSAP's own skill set for coding agents working on CAP — cap-developer, cap-add-remote-service, cap-upgrade and cap-trivia, each a SKILL.md with references beside it.sap official, cap and skip the wrapper.
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Agent guidanceAgent guidancePackaged knowledge that teaches a coding agent a frameworkSAP and community, core adopted it
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capire/skillscapire/skillsAgent skills for CAP development, each a SKILL.md with referencessap official, cap
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quoted from Smotherer007/pi-cap-bestpractices under MIT, readSmotherer007/pi-cap-bestpractices/README.mdthe maintainer’s wordsOn GitHub
pi-cap-bestpractices
SAP CAP (Cloud Application Programming Model) skills for the pi coding agent.
This package ships the official, SAP-maintained capire/skills repository as a git submodule, making the curated CAP skills available to pi. The previous hand-written skill has been replaced by the upstream skills, which follow the same open Agent Skills standard that pi implements.
Included skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
cap-developer | Build/extend CAP apps (Node.js & Java): project setup, CDS modeling, declarative annotations, custom handlers |
cap-add-remote-service | Consume external services (Calesi pattern): consumption views, delegation & federation handlers |
cap-upgrade | Upgrade a CAP project to a newer CDS version (cds upgrade + manual major-jump workflows) |
cap-trivia | Interactive CAP trivia quiz (requires the CAP MCP server) |
Installation
# From npm (once published)
pi install npm:@patimweb/pi-cap-bestpractices
# From local path during development
pi install /path/to/pi-cap-bestpracticesUsage
The skills are loaded on demand. Trigger them by working on CAP/CDS code, or explicitly:
/skill:cap-developer
/skill:cap-add-remote-service
/skill:cap-upgradeKeeping the skills up to date
The skills are tracked as a submodule pinned to a specific upstream commit. To pull the latest SAP skills:
git submodule update --remote skills
# review, then commit the updated submodule pointerWhen cloning this repo fresh (including in CI), initialize the submodule:
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:Smotherer007/pi-cap-bestpractices.git
# or, after a normal clone:
git submodule update --init --recursiveDevelopment
git submodule update --init --recursive # first time
npm test # validate every SKILL.md frontmatter
npm test:watch # run tests on changePublishing as a pi Package
The package declares "pi.skills": ["./skills/skills"] (the upstream repo keeps its skills under a nested skills/ directory). CI initializes the submodule (submodules: recursive) before tests and release, so the skill content ships inside the npm tarball. Releases are automated via semantic-release on pushes to main (and pre-releases on next).
License
- This package (packaging, workflows, config): MIT — Copyright Patrick Weppelmann.
- The bundled skills (
skills/): Apache-2.0 — Copyright SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and capire/skills contributors. Seeskills/LICENSEandskills/LICENSES/.
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latestv2.0.0
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“Build/extend CAP apps (Node.js & Java)” — Smotherer007/pi-cap-bestpractices — README
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“Build/extend CAP apps (Node.js & Java)” — Smotherer007/pi-cap-bestpractices — README
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