mthds

CLI for installing and managing methods — reusable workflows for AI coding agents.

What is a method?

A method is a packaged workflow that an AI agent (like Claude Code) can use. Methods are stored in a registry and installed locally via their unique slug.

Install a method

npx mthds install <slug>

The CLI will:

1. Look up the method in the registry
2. Ask which AI agent to install it for (Claude Code, with more coming soon)
3. Ask where to install — local (current project) or global (your machine)
4. Optionally install the pipelex software runtime
5. Write the method to .claude/methods/<slug>/METHOD.mthds

Install locations

Location	Path
Local	<cwd>/.claude/methods/<slug>/
Global	~/.claude/methods/<slug>/

Install software runtime

npx mthds setup software pipelex

Installs uv and pipelex so methods that depend on them can run.

Telemetry

Anonymous usage data (method slug + timestamp) is collected to help rank methods on the leaderboard. No personal or device information is collected.

To opt out:

DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 npx mthds install <slug>

Development

make install    # install dependencies
make check      # typecheck + build
make dev        # watch mode
make run        # build and run the CLI
make pack       # create tarball for local npx testing

License

MIT