generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://docs.aleph-alpha.com/phariaai-dev-guide/latest/phariaai-applications/quick-start-custom-apps.html
clis:
- name: pharia-ai-cli
  package: '@aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli'
  registry: npm
  version: 0.30.9
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli
  purpose: 'Scaffold, preview, register, publish and deploy custom PhariaAI applications (UI + service + Skill).'
  install:
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli <command>'
  - 'npm install -g @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli'
  help: 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli <COMMAND> --help'
  prerequisites:
  - 'Node.js 20.0 or higher'
  - 'pnpm 9.1 or higher'
  - 'uv installed locally'
  - 'PhariaAI 0.52.4 or higher, with custom Skills and custom applications enabled and OCI registry credentials'
  commands:
  - {command: create, description: 'Scaffold a new application; prompts for an app name and a template (base / summary / qa). Generates an application UI, an application service and an application Skill.'}
  - {command: preview, description: 'Start the application locally and emit a preview URL to add to the PhariaAssistant developer-mode server list.'}
  - {command: register, description: 'Register the application so it becomes available in PhariaAI. Supports optional labels, which then filter the registered-application list through the PhariaOS API.'}
  - {command: publish, description: 'Publish the application.'}
  - {command: deploy, description: 'Deploy the application into the PhariaAI installation.'}
  - {command: undeploy, description: 'Remove a deployed application.'}
  configuration: 'Environment variables in <app>/.env drive every command.'
- name: pharia-skill
  package: pharia-skill
  registry: pypi
  version: 0.20.0
  url: https://pypi.org/project/pharia-skill/
  purpose: 'Build and publish WebAssembly Skills that PhariaEngine / Pharia Kernel serves.'
  install:
  - 'pip install pharia-skill'
  - 'uv sync --dev (inside a generated skill project)'
  docs: https://pharia-skill.readthedocs.io
  commands:
  - {command: 'pharia-skill build <skill-name>', description: 'Compile the Python skill to a WebAssembly component.'}
  - {command: 'pharia-skill publish <skill-name>', description: 'Publish the built skill to the configured OCI registry so PhariaEngine can serve it. Afterwards the skill entry is added to namespace.toml.'}
  quick_start: https://docs.aleph-alpha.com/phariaai-dev-guide/latest/pharia-engine/quick-start.html
- name: pharia-skill-cli
  package: pharia-skill-cli
  registry: crates.io
  version: 0.4.9
  url: https://crates.io/crates/pharia-skill-cli
  source: https://github.com/Aleph-Alpha/pharia-skill-cli
  purpose: 'Rust CLI that helps you publish skills on Pharia Kernel — the Rust-side counterpart to the pharia-skill Python CLI.'
  install:
  - 'cargo install pharia-skill-cli'
key_flows:
- name: create and run a custom application
  steps:
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli create'
  - 'cd <app>/ui && pnpm install && pnpm run dev'
  - 'cd <app>/service && uv sync --dev && uv run dev'
  - 'cd <app>/skill && uv sync --dev'
- name: publish a skill so PhariaEngine serves it
  steps:
  - 'cd <app>/skill && set -a && source ../.env'
  - 'uv run pharia-skill build <skill-name>'
  - 'uv run pharia-skill publish <skill-name>'
  - 'Add the new skill entry to namespace.toml'
- name: preview, register and deploy
  steps:
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli preview'
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli register'
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli deploy'
  - 'npx @aleph-alpha/pharia-ai-cli undeploy'