Official Twilio Skills for AI coding agents. Works across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any tool supporting the Agent Skills standard.
Skills are structured packages of procedural knowledge for AI coding agents. They follow a progressive disclosure architecture: your agent sees lightweight metadata for all available skills, loads the relevant skill when a task matches, and drills into reference material on demand — keeping your context window lean while providing deep domain expertise exactly when needed.
- Product selection: "I need to verify users" — the agent reasons through Twilio Verify vs. custom OTP, whether to add Lookup for fraud scoring, before any code gets written
- Architecture patterns: "Build me an AI voice agent" — the agent asks questions to understand your use case complexity, then recommends the right combination of products (e.g., Conversation Relay + Memory + Conversation Intelligence + TaskRouter)
- What to avoid: Skills carry explicit
CANNOTsections that reduce hallucination by documenting hard constraints and common pitfalls
| Type | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Account, auth, and number configuration | twilio-account-setup, twilio-iam-auth-setup |
| Planner | Use-case qualification and product selection | twilio-identity-verification-advisor, twilio-marketing-promotions-advisor |
| Product | How to use one Twilio product correctly | twilio-verify-send-otp, twilio-sms-send-message, twilio-sendgrid-email-send |
| Guardrail | Operational patterns preventing failures | twilio-security-hardening, twilio-reliability-patterns, twilio-compliance-traffic |
Covers: SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Voice, Verify, SendGrid, Conversations, Messaging Services, Compliance (A2P 10DLC, Toll-Free, STIR/SHAKEN), and more.
# Add the Twilio marketplace and install the plugin
/plugin marketplace add twilio/ai
/plugin install twilio-developer-kit@twilioSkills activate automatically when your prompt matches a covered use case. You can also invoke them directly:
/twilio-verify-send-otp
/twilio-sms-send-message
Skills follow the open Agent Skills standard. Cursor auto-discovers them from .agents/skills/ in your workspace:
git clone https://github.com/twilio/ai.git .twilio-ai
cp -r .twilio-ai/skills/ .agents/skills/Type /skills in Cursor's Agent mode to see available Twilio skills.
Skills are file-based. Place them in any of these locations:
# Project-level (committed to your repo)
.agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
# User-level (available across all projects)
~/.agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.mdClone and copy:
git clone https://github.com/twilio/ai.git
cp -r ai/skills/ ~/.agents/skills/Twilio Skills use the open Agent Skills standard (SKILL.md format). Any tool supporting this standard can load them from the skills/ directory in this repo.
After setup, ask your agent:
"How do I send an SMS with Twilio?"
Your agent should provide guidance on Messaging Services, A2P compliance, error handling, and recommend specific skills for deeper implementation — rather than relying solely on training data.
- Questions and feedback: questions-skills@twilio.com
- Issues: GitHub Issues
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