Installation

The npm package is the recommended installation path. It installs the native Agentbriefer binary for your supported platform.

Recommended: npm

Requires a maintained Node.js and npm installation.

npm install -g agentbriefer
agentbriefer --version

To try a command without keeping a global installation:

npx agentbriefer@latest --version
npx agentbriefer@latest skill list

Project commands need a project directory

Run init, generate, sync, doctor, and skill installation commands from the repository you want Agentbriefer to configure.

Native installer

The v1 GitHub release publishes installers generated by cargo-dist.

macOS / Linux

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf \
  https://github.com/dexterhere/agentbriefer/releases/latest/download/agentbriefer-installer.sh | sh

Windows PowerShell

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://github.com/dexterhere/agentbriefer/releases/latest/download/agentbriefer-installer.ps1 | iex"

After installation, open a new terminal and verify:

agentbriefer --version

GitHub release archives

Download a platform archive and checksum from the latest GitHub release. Extract the agentbriefer executable into a directory on your PATH.

Operating system	Architecture
macOS	Apple Silicon (aarch64), Intel (x86_64)
Linux	ARM64 (aarch64), Intel/AMD (x86_64)
Windows	Intel/AMD (x86_64)

Windows ARM64 and 32-bit targets are not published in v1.

Install with Cargo

Rust users can install the tagged source directly from GitHub:

cargo install --git https://github.com/dexterhere/agentbriefer.git \
  --tag v1.0.0 agentbriefer

Agentbriefer is not currently published to crates.io, so cargo install agentbriefer by itself is not a supported v1 method.

Build from source

Requires the stable Rust toolchain and Git.

git clone https://github.com/dexterhere/agentbriefer.git
cd agentbriefer
cargo test --all-targets
cargo install --path .

Upgrade

npm

npm install -g agentbriefer@latest

Native installer

Run the platform installer again. It replaces the installed binary with the current release.

Cargo

cargo install --git https://github.com/dexterhere/agentbriefer.git \
  --tag v1.0.0 agentbriefer --force

Uninstall

Use the same ecosystem that installed Agentbriefer:

# npm
npm uninstall -g agentbriefer

# Cargo
cargo uninstall agentbriefer

For a manual archive installation, delete the executable you placed on PATH. User profiles under your platform configuration directory are not removed automatically.

PATH troubleshooting

If installation succeeds but the command is unavailable:

# npm global binary directory
npm prefix -g

# Cargo binary directory (normally)
echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin"

Ensure the relevant binary directory is on PATH, restart the terminal, then run agentbriefer --version. See Troubleshooting for additional recovery steps.