When should this skill be used?

When you want to list all projects, switch projects, rename a project, enable or disable PR deploys, make a project public or private, or modify project settings.

Can it change project visibility?

Yes, it can make a project public or private.

It can enable or disable PR deploys on a project, but the item does not describe triggering deployments itself.

Railway Project Management

SkillCloud & infra

railway-projects is a skill that lets an AI agent list, switch, and configure Railway projects. It covers everyday project management tasks such as renaming a project, toggling PR deploys, changing visibility, and modifying project settings, so these changes can be made through the agent instead of by hand.

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Then ask your AI: use the Railway Project Management skill

Details

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

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No other account needed.

Have access to your Railway account and projects.

Railway Project ManagementStart free

What your AI can do with it

List all Railway projects
Switch between Railway projects
Rename a project
Enable or disable PR deploys
Make a project public or private
Modify project settings

Getting started

Have access to your Railway account and projects.
Add the railway-projects skill to your agent's available skills.
Ask the agent to list your projects, switch projects, or change settings such as PR deploys or visibility.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by davila7/claude-code-templates in cli-tool/components/skills/railway/projects/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

List, switch, and configure Railway projects.

When to Use

User asks "show me all my projects" or "what projects do I have"
User asks about projects across workspaces
User asks "what workspaces do I have"
User wants to switch to a different project
User asks to rename a project
User wants to enable/disable PR deploys
User wants to make a project public or private
User asks about project settings

List Projects

The railway list --json output can be very large. Run in a subagent and return only essential fields:

Project: id, name
Workspace: id, name
Services: name (optional, if user needs service context)

railway list --json

Extract and return a simplified summary, not the full JSON.

List Workspaces

railway whoami --json

Returns user info including all workspaces the user belongs to.

Switch Project

Link a different project to the current directory:

railway link -p <project-id-or-name>

Or interactively:

railway link

After switching, use railway-status skill to see project details.

Update Project

Modify project settings via GraphQL API.

Get Project ID

railway status --json

Extract project.id from the response.

Update Mutation

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'mutation updateProject($id: String!, $input: ProjectUpdateInput!) {
    projectUpdate(id: $id, input: $input) { name prDeploys isPublic botPrEnvironments }
  }' \
  '{"id": "PROJECT_ID", "input": {"name": "new-name"}}'
SCRIPT

ProjectUpdateInput Fields

Field	Type	Description
`name`	String	Project name
`description`	String	Project description
`isPublic`	Boolean	Make project public/private
`prDeploys`	Boolean	Enable/disable PR deploys
`botPrEnvironments`	Boolean	Enable Dependabot/Renovate PR environments

Examples

Rename project:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh '<mutation>' '{"id": "uuid", "input": {"name": "new-name"}}'

Enable PR deploys:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh '<mutation>' '{"id": "uuid", "input": {"prDeploys": true}}'

Make project public:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh '<mutation>' '{"id": "uuid", "input": {"isPublic": true}}'

Multiple fields:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh '<mutation>' '{"id": "uuid", "input": {"name": "new-name", "prDeploys": true}}'

Composability

View project details: Use railway-status skill
Create new project: Use railway-new skill
Manage environments: Use railway-environment skill

Error Handling

Not Authenticated

Not authenticated. Run `railway login` first.

No Projects

No projects found. Create one with `railway init`.

Permission Denied

You don't have permission to modify this project. Check your Railway role.

Project Not Found

Project "foo" not found. Run `railway list` to see available projects.

Signals

GitHub stars: 32k
Forks: 4k
Last commit: Oct 2026

Questions

When should this skill be used?: When you want to list all projects, switch projects, rename a project, enable or disable PR deploys, make a project public or private, or modify project settings.
Can it change project visibility?: Yes, it can make a project public or private.
Does it deploy code?: It can enable or disable PR deploys on a project, but the item does not describe triggering deployments itself.

Advanced

Item type: skill
Key: railway-projects
Source: github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates

github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates