Installation

Requires Node.js 20 or later. npx downloads the CLI on first use. For a browser-only trial, open Studio.

With an agent

Run this in your project directory:

npx skills add jdiejim/chiltepin -y

-y skips confirmation prompts. To select agents interactively, omit it. To target specific agents, name each one:

npx skills add jdiejim/chiltepin -a claude-code -a cursor -a codex -y

The skill is installed for the current project. See the installer options for other targets. Then follow Author with AI for prompts and the review workflow.

Set up a project

Run these commands in your project directory:

npx chiltepin@latest init
npx chiltepin@latest check
npx chiltepin@latest html docs/getting-started.md -p

init creates chiltepin.config.json, docs/getting-started.md, and docs/tutorial.md. It skips existing files. Use --force only to overwrite starter files. The final command opens a standalone HTML preview.

Open the studio

npx chiltepin@latest studio

The local editor reads and writes your project's Markdown files. See Studio for editing and export controls.

Pin the CLI version

For a shared project or CI, install a project dependency:

pnpm add -D chiltepin
pnpm exec chiltepin check

Commit the package manifest and lockfile. Use the installed CLI for both schema lookup and validation. Keep the agent skill updated separately; installing a skill does not pin the CLI.

The reference pages use chiltepin; read it as npx chiltepin@latest or pnpm exec chiltepin for your setup.

Configuration

See CLI configuration for document paths and the color scheme, and render commands for export options. PDF export needs Chromium on first use.

Next: write your first doc.