xano-developer-mcp: Skill for Claude Code

.claude/skills/xano-init/SKILL.md

xano-init is a skill for Claude Code from xano-inc/xano-developer-mcp. It costs 23 tokens per session (5,040 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guided setup for understanding a Xano workspace, a platform for building backends and APIs. It explains the safe development workflow, including isolated sandboxes for testing changes before they reach the real workspace.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting work on a Xano project or deciding how to develop, test, review, and deploy changes safely.
Why use it?
It helps prevent accidental changes to the live database or workspace. It also creates a development playbook through checks and questions.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; names the AskUserQuestion tool; mentions Claude Code.

This is xano-inc/xano-developer-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on xano-developer-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything xano-developer-mcp configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to xano-inc/xano-developer-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xano-inc/xano-developer-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 23 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 5,040 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00023 $0.05040
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.02520
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.01008
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00504

Measured 9d ago against content hash 18a3100a3617, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

xano-init 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 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- **Tool priority:** MCP tools (`mcp__xano__xano_*`) → CLI (`xano` commands) → Meta API via curl → ask the user. Use MCP for docs/validation; use CLI for workspace/branch/function/sandbox operations. Both can coexist.
.claude/skills/xano-init/SKILL.md · 434 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 434 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Xano Workspace Init

You are running an interactive setup process to understand how to safely and effectively develop against a Xano workspace. Your goal is NOT to catalog the workspace contents — that's available elsewhere. Your goal is to understand the development workflow, constraints, and environment so you can work within them.

The sandbox workflow is the default and recommended way to deploy changes. Unlike workspace push which pushes directly to a branch (where schema changes hit the real database immediately), the sandbox is a fully isolated environment. Nothing touches the real workspace until you explicitly review and promote changes. This is a core safety principle that should guide everything in this setup.

This is a guided, conversational process. Ask questions, validate answers, and build up a development playbook.


Phase 1: Environment Check (automated)

Run these checks silently before asking the user anything. Gather all results in parallel, then present a status summary.

Package reference (for version comparisons)

  • Xano CLI npm package: @xano/cli — install: npm install -g @xano/cli
  • Xano Developer MCP npm package: @xano/developer-mcp — install: claude mcp add xano -- npx -y @xano/developer-mcp

1a. MCP Availability & Version

  • Use ToolSearch to check if mcp__xano__xano_version is available
  • If available, call it to get the installed version
  • Run npm view @xano/developer-mcp version to get the latest published version
  • Compare: if installed < latest, flag as outdated

1b. CLI Installation & Version

  • Run xano --version (global install) to check if the CLI is installed and get the version
  • Run npm view @xano/cli version to get the latest published version
  • Compare: if installed < latest, flag as outdated
  • If xano is not found globally, try npx xano --version as fallback (but note this doesn't mean it's properly installed)
  • Run xano sandbox --help to verify sandbox commands are available. If the command is not recognized, the CLI is too old and must be updated.

Read the full file on GitHub · 434 lines

Changes

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Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 434 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 18a3100a3617

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xano-init is a skill published in the GitHub repository xano-inc/xano-developer-mcp (9 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 5,040 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. 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 2026-08-31.

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