Encore Getting Started

This gets you up and running with Encore.ts, a backend framework for building distributed systems and microservices. The skill walks you through installing the Encore CLI (with commands for macOS, Linux/WSL, and Windows) and creating your first app. It's the onboarding ramp if you're starting fresh with Encore rather than migrating an existing project. The skill passed Socket and Snyk security audits but failed Gen Agent Trust Hub, so worth noting if that matters for your setup. With 325 installs and minimal GitHub activity (24 stars), it's a niche tool serving a specific framework community rather than a general purpose starter.

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GitHub stars: 30
last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add encoredev/skills --skill encore-getting-started --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Setting Up Encore.ts

Instructions

This guide is for Encore.ts. For Encore Go, use encore-go-getting-started. If the user hasn't said which language they want, ask.

Do the steps in order. Each step says how to tell it worked. If a step fails, load the skill it names.

1. Check the CLI

encore version

Prints encore version v...: go to step 2.
Command not found: install it (encore-install), then go to step 2.

2. Log in

Skip this step if the user only wants to run the app locally.

encore auth whoami

logged in as <email>: go to step 3.
not logged in.: start encore auth login in the background. Send the user the pairing code and URL it prints, and ask them to approve it in a browser on any device. Wait for Successfully logged in! (encore-login).
logged in as app <app-id>, or no person can approve a login (CI): an auth key can't create apps. Ask the user to create the app in the Cloud Dashboard, then run encore app clone <app-id>, cd into it, and go to step 4.

3. Create the app

encore app create my-app --example=ts/hello-world
cd my-app

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Repository: github.com/encoredev/skills
Categories: Code Review & Quality, Marketing & SEO, CLI & Terminal
First seen: Jun 3, 2026

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