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praxist-runtime-install
82 / 100 · Low risk
Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.
By sapientinc/PRAXIST (GitHub) · coding · 5,526 stars · scanned at commit 5b50658
Install Praxist runtime dependencies and configure user-level Praxist provider credentials for a source checkout or pip-installed environment. Use when the user asks an agent to install or repair Praxist requirements, prepare a Praxist host, create the Praxist Python environment, install the `praxist` CLI, install Claude SDK or official Codex SDK runtime extras, install source-checkout test/dev dependencies, persist API keys or provider settings, verify imports, or diagnose missing dependencies…
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
The author does not mention this.
Found in 20 places.
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- skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 155
.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 156
.venv/bin/python -m pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 158
.venv/bin/python -m pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 160
.venv/bin/python -m pip install -e ".[agents,codex]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 161
.venv/bin/python -m pip install <dependency-groups.dev from pyproject.toml> - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 176
python -m pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple "praxist[agents,codex]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 182
python -m pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple "praxist[agents,codex,storage]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 265
- Do not install OS packages with `apt`, `yum`, `dnf`, `pacman`, `brew`, `npm -g`, `cargo install`, or similar global package managers without explicit user app - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 220
run_cmd uv pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 224
run_cmd uv pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 230
run_cmd "${py_bin}" -m pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 233
run_cmd "${py_bin}" -m pip install \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 491
run_cmd "${target_dir}/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 493
run_cmd "${target_dir}/bin/python" -m pip install -e "${repo_dir}[${extra_csv}]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 499
run_cmd "${target_dir}/bin/python" -m pip install "${dev_deps[@]}" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 511
run_cmd "${target_dir}/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip - skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh, line 513
run_cmd "${target_dir}/bin/python" -m pip install "praxist[${extra_csv}]"
Runs commands on your computer
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a coding skill.
Found in 11 places.
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- skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 144
uv sync --group dev --extra agents - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 154
python -m venv .venv - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 176
python -m pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple "praxist[agents,codex]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 182
python -m pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple "praxist[agents,codex,storage]" - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 209
set -a; . "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/praxist/env"; set +a - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 234
praxist setup --interactive - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 246
bash skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh \ - skills/praxist-runtime-install/SKILL.md, line 255
bash skills/praxist-runtime-install/scripts/install_runtime_deps.sh \
Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'praxist-runtime-install' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'praxist-runtime-install' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named praxist-runtime-install already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/sapientinc/PRAXIST' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '5b50658b219d292fe471cfae99a9ec0797429ed7' -- 'skills/praxist-runtime-install' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/praxist-runtime-install' ~/.agents/skills/'praxist-runtime-install' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'praxist-runtime-install' ~/.claude/skills/'praxist-runtime-install' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-08 | 5b50658 | 82 |
| 2026-11-07 | 5b50658 | 82 |