Agent skill · software engineering · davila7
railway-status
Check current Railway project status for this directory. Use when user asks "railway status", "is it running", "what's deployed", "deployment status", or about uptime. NOT for variables or configuration queries - use railway-environment skill for those.
Why this skill is useful
Adds specific commands and error handling for checking Railway project status that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires railway-cli installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 30,138 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Railway Status Check the current Railway project status for this directory. When to Use User asks about Railway status, project, services, or deployments User mentions deploying or pushing to Railway Before any Railway operation (deploy, update service, add variables) User asks about environments or domains When NOT to Use Use the railway-environment skill instead when user wants: Detailed service configuration (builder type, dockerfile path, build command, root directory) Deploy config (start command, restart policy, healthchecks, predeploy command) Service source (repo, branch, image) Compare service configs Query or change environment variables Check Status Run: First verify CLI is installed: Handling Errors CLI Not Installed If command -v railway fails: Railway CLI is not installed. Install with: or Then authenticate: railway login Not Authenticated If railway whoami fails: Not logged in to Railway. Run: No Project Linked If status returns "No linked project": No Railway project linked to this directory. To link an existing project: railway link To create a new project: railway init Presenting Status Parse the JSON and present: Project: name and workspace Environment: current environment (production, staging, etc.) Services: list with deployment status Active Deployments: any in-progress deployments (from activeDeployments field) Domains: any configured domains Example output format: The activeDeployments array on each service shows currently running deployments with their status (building, deploying, etc.).
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills davila7/status