# Railway CLI

> Deploy services, manage variables, and provision databases on Railway. Use when an agent needs to deploy backend services, manage environment variables, or provision databases on Railway.

- Skill: `composio-community/railway-cli` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add composio-community/railway-cli`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/composio-community/railway-cli/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: composio-community (https://skillmd.com/u/composio-community)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/composio-community/railway-cli

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# Railway CLI

Deploy services, manage variables, and provision databases from the terminal.

- **Repo**: https://github.com/railwayapp/cli
- **Docs**: https://docs.railway.com/guides/cli

## Installation

```bash
brew install railway
railway login
```

## Key Commands

```bash
railway init
railway up                     # deploy
railway variables list
railway variables set KEY=value
railway logs
railway status
railway link                   # link to existing project
railway add                    # provision a database
```

## Agent-Friendly Features

- Token auth via `RAILWAY_TOKEN`
- Non-interactive deployments
- Database provisioning from CLI