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wp-abilities-api

This skill helps register and expose WordPress Abilities via PHP registration hooks and REST endpoints, then consume them in JavaScript.

by AutomatticOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, claude.ai and API
License
No license stated
Pin
48d4aa2pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost
about 800 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars
211on automattic/agent-skills
Scripts
None found

What it does

“Use when working with the WordPress Abilities API (wp_register_ability, wp_register_ability_category, /wp-json/wp-abilities/v1/*, @wordpress/abilities) including defining abilities, categories, meta, REST exposure, and permissions checks for clients.”
The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill helps register and expose WordPress Abilities via PHP registration hooks and REST endpoints, then consume them in JavaScript. It covers ability registration, category organization, REST visibility configuration, and client-side integration for WordPress 6.9 and later.

When to use it

  • Adding or debugging ability registration in WordPress PHP code
  • Exposing abilities to JavaScript clients via REST endpoints
  • Configuring ability metadata and permissions for client access
  • Troubleshooting missing or invisible abilities in applications

When not to

  • Working with WordPress versions below 6.9 without the plugin
  • Tasks not involving the Abilities API or ability management

Install

No license stated: install from the publisher's repository, and ask the author before you reuse or share it.

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add automattic/agent-skills --skill wp-abilities-api

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install automattic/agent-skills wp-abilities-api@48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25

Installs the commit we checked (48d4aa2).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at 48d4aa2 and put it in .claude/skills/wp-abilities-api for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/wp-abilities-api for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at 48d4aa2

Claude Code plugin

/plugin install build-with-wordpress@claude-plugins-official

The publisher's plugin in Claude's official marketplace. It may hold more than this skill, and we have not pinned it.

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "wp-abilities-api" by Automattic.

Source, pinned to commit 48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25:
https://github.com/automattic/agent-skills/tree/48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25/skills/wp-abilities-api

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/wp-abilities-api/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/wp-abilities-api/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Its license is restricted or not stated. Show me the license terms from the repository before you copy anything.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/automattic/wp-abilities-api

SKILL.md at the pin

The license of this skill does not let us show its files here.

View SKILL.md on GitHub at 48d4aa2

Files

3 files, 6.6 KB in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at 48d4aa2
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