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SKILL.md

Initialize Railway projects, add services, and configure deployments with automatic project detection.

Handles three workflows: creating new projects with railway init, linking existing projects with railway link, and adding services to linked projects with railway add --service

Automatically detects project state via railway status --json and walks up directory trees to find parent project links, avoiding unnecessary re-initialization

Supports scaffolding for static sites (Vite, Astro), Node.js (Next.js, Express), Python (FastAPI, Django), and Go; auto-configures build output and start commands via Railpack

Distinguishes between isolated monorepos (using root directory configuration) and shared monorepos (using custom build/start commands with workspace filters)

Requires Railway CLI installed and authenticated; prompts for workspace selection when multiple workspaces exist

New Project / Service / Database

Create Railway projects, services, and databases with proper configuration.

When to Use

User says "deploy to railway" (add service if linked, init if not)

User says "create a railway project", "init", "new project" (explicit new project)

User says "link to railway", "connect to railway"

User says "create a service", "add a backend", "new api service"

User says "create a vite app", "create a react website", "make a python api"

User says "deploy from github.com/user/repo", "create service from this repo"

User says "add postgres", "add a database", "add redis", "add mysql", "add mongo"

User says "connect to postgres", "wire up the database", "connect my api to redis"

User says "add postgres and connect to the server"

Setting up code + Railway service together

Prerequisites