Providers

A provider is an AI coding tool that syllago can read from and write to. Each provider has its own configuration format, file locations, and set of supported content types. syllago handles the differences so you can share configuration between them.

Checking available providers

To see the full list of providers and what each one supports:

syllago info providers

Content type support matrix

Not every provider supports every content type. The matrix below shows what each provider can handle.

Provider	Slug	Rules	Skills	Agents	MCP	Hooks	Commands
Claude Code	claude-code	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Gemini CLI	gemini-cli	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Cursor	cursor	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Copilot CLI	copilot-cli	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Codex	codex	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Kiro	kiro	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	—
Windsurf	windsurf	✅	✅	—	✅	✅	—
OpenCode	opencode	✅	✅	✅	✅	—	✅
Roo Code	roo-code	✅	✅	✅	✅	—	—
Cline	cline	✅	—	—	✅	✅	—
Amp	amp	✅	✅	—	✅	—	—
Zed	zed	✅	—	—	✅	—	—

Every provider supports rules. Beyond that, support varies based on what each tool’s configuration format can express.

Auto-detection

When you run syllago init, syllago scans your system for installed providers and configures itself to work with the ones it finds. You don’t need to manually specify which providers you use.

The --from and --to flags

When working with content, the --from flag tells syllago which provider to read from, and the --to flag tells it which provider to write to. Use the provider slug as the value:

# Add content from Cursor to your library
syllago add --from cursor

# Install a rule to Gemini CLI
syllago install my-rule --to gemini-cli

If the source and target providers use different configuration formats, syllago converts automatically. See Format Conversion for details.

Provider compatibility

Use syllago compat to check which providers support a specific content item:

syllago compat my-skill

This shows a matrix of which providers can handle the item, with any conversion warnings.

Provider descriptions

• Claude Code (claude-code) — Anthropic’s CLI and IDE agent with full support for all content types including loadouts.
• Gemini CLI (gemini-cli) — Google’s CLI agent with full support for all six standard content types.
• Cursor (cursor) — AI-native code editor supporting all six content types with MDC format for rules.
• Copilot CLI (copilot-cli) — GitHub’s CLI agent supporting all six content types.
• Codex (codex) — OpenAI’s CLI agent supporting all six content types with TOML agent format.
• Kiro (kiro) — AWS’s AI IDE supporting rules, skills, agents, MCP, and hooks with Markdown/YAML frontmatter agent format.
• Windsurf (windsurf) — AI-native code editor supporting rules, skills, hooks, and MCP.
• OpenCode (opencode) — Terminal-based AI coding tool supporting rules, skills, agents, MCP, and commands.
• Roo Code (roo-code) — VS Code extension supporting rules, skills, agents, and MCP with mode-specific rule directories.
• Cline (cline) — VS Code extension supporting rules, hooks (file-based), and MCP.
• Amp (amp) — AI coding assistant supporting rules (AGENTS.md), skills, and MCP.
• Zed (zed) — High-performance editor supporting rules and MCP with unique context_servers JSON key.