cargo-install

cargo-install is a command for coding agents from olorehq/olore. It costs 0 tokens per session (6,450 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A reference for Cargo’s install command, which builds and installs executable Rust packages called crates. It covers installing from the public package registry, a Git repository, or a local path.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when installing Rust binaries, choosing a package source, selecting a version, setting an installation directory, or checking installed crates.
Why use it?
It clarifies the command options and where installed programs and lockfile-related settings come from. This helps avoid confusion when installing Rust command-line tools.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/olorehq/olore/cargo-install
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/olorehq/olore

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When invoked 6,450 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.03225
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.01290
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00645

Measured 4d ago against content hash cdc70523e650, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cargo-install scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

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Makes network callslowCapability

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See the <a href="cargo-fetch.html">cargo-fetch(1)</a> command to download dependencies before going
vault/packages/cargo/latest/contents/commands/cargo-install.md · 484 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 484 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

cargo-install(1)

NAME

cargo-install --- Build and install a Rust binary

SYNOPSIS

cargo install [options] crate[@version]...
cargo install [options] --path path
cargo install [options] --git url [crate...]
cargo install [options] --list

DESCRIPTION

This command manages Cargo's local set of installed binary crates. Only packages which have executable [[bin]] or [[example]] targets can be installed, and all executables are installed into the installation root's bin folder. By default only binaries, not examples, are installed.

The installation root is determined, in order of precedence:

  • --root option
  • CARGO_INSTALL_ROOT environment variable
  • install.root Cargo config value
  • CARGO_HOME environment variable
  • $HOME/.cargo

There are multiple sources from which a crate can be installed. The default source location is crates.io but the --git, --path, and --registry flags can change this source. If the source contains more than one package (such as crates.io or a git repository with multiple crates) the crate argument is required to indicate which crate should be installed.

Crates from crates.io can optionally specify the version they wish to install via the --version flags, and similarly packages from git repositories can optionally specify the branch, tag, or revision that should be installed. If a crate has multiple binaries, the --bin argument can selectively install only one of them, and if you'd rather install examples the --example argument can be used as well.

If the package is already installed, Cargo will reinstall it if the installed version does not appear to be up-to-date. If any of the following values change, then Cargo will reinstall the package:

  • The package version and source.
  • The set of binary names installed.
  • The chosen features.
  • The profile (--profile).
  • The target (--target).

Installing with --path will always build and install, unless there are conflicting binaries from another package. The --force flag may be used to force Cargo to always reinstall the package.

Read the full file on GitHub · 484 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 4d ago First seen · 484 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A cdc70523e650

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cargo-install is a command published in the GitHub repository olorehq/olore (103 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 6,450 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.