How do I install the Tools skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add danube-messaging/tools in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Tools skill do?

Overview of Danube operational tools. Use to understand the difference between danube-cli (data plane) and danube-admin (control plane). It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Tools safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Tools?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Tools free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

danube-messaging (@danube-messaging) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Tools by danube-messaging — Agent Skill

Name: Tools
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: danube-messaging

File contents

Skill: Tools — Operational Tool References

Objective

Teach the AI how to use danube-cli (data plane) and danube-admin (control plane) as instruments for testing Danube broker functionality.

Tool Overview

Tool	Scope	When to Use
danube-cli	Data plane: produce, consume, schemas	Every scenario — generating and reading test traffic
danube-admin	Control plane: cluster, brokers, topics, RBAC	Multi-broker scenarios — managing cluster state

Sub-Skills

tools/danube-cli/SKILL.md — Produce, consume, schema operations
tools/danube-admin/SKILL.md — Cluster, broker, topic, namespace, schema, security management

Quick Decision

User Goal	Tool
Send and receive messages	`danube-cli`
Register or check schemas	`danube-cli` (register/get/check) or `danube-admin` (set compatibility, delete, configure topic schema)
Create topics with specific dispatch strategy	`danube-admin topics create`
Check cluster health	`danube-admin cluster status` + `danube-admin brokers list`
Manage namespaces	`danube-admin namespaces`
Scale brokers up/down	`danube-admin cluster add-node/remove-node`

Installation

Both tools are downloaded as part of the setup scripts (scripts/setup_local_binary.sh downloads them to bin/<version>/). They can also be installed manually:

# Linux
curl -L -o danube-cli https://github.com/danube-messaging/danube/releases/latest/download/danube-cli-linux
curl -L -o danube-admin https://github.com/danube-messaging/danube/releases/latest/download/danube-admin-linux
chmod +x danube-cli danube-admin
sudo mv danube-cli danube-admin /usr/local/bin/

Frequently asked questions

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