UiPath for Coding Agents - Install and set up

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UiPath for Coding Agents user guide

Install and set up

This guide takes you from a clean machine to a working setup: the uip CLI, the UiPath skills for your coding agent, and an authenticated connection to your UiPath organization.

Note:

Before you let a coding agent act on your UiPath organization, review the recommended guidelines for compliant and responsible use.

Prerequisites

A UiPath account with access to an organization and tenant.
A supported coding agent installed: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, or Google Antigravity.
Administrator rights on your machine, so the installer can add runtimes.

Install

The fastest path is the one-liner installer. It is safe to re-run — every step skips what is already present.

Run the installer for your operating system.
```
# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://download.uipath.com/uipath-cli/install.sh | bash
# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://download.uipath.com/uipath-cli/install.sh | bash
```
```
# Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://download.uipath.com/uipath-cli/install.ps1 | iex
# Windows (PowerShell)
irm https://download.uipath.com/uipath-cli/install.ps1 | iex
```
Open a new terminal so the updated PATH takes effect, then run uip --help.

Result: the uip CLI and UiPath skills are installed, and the CLI responds in your terminal.

What the installer does

The script performs six steps in order, and skips any that are already satisfied:

Ensures curl is available, used to download the remaining installers.
Ensures Node.js 20 or later is installed.
Installs the UiPath CLI from npm with npm install -g @uipath/cli.
Runs uip skills install, which adds UiPath skills for the coding agents it detects on your machine.
Installs the .NET SDK 8.0.
Installs Python 3.11 through 3.14.

Note:

The CLI is published on the public npm registry, so no token is required to install it.

Authenticate

Adjust the command for your environment and tenant:

To use an environment other than cloud.uipath.com, pass an authority: uip login --authority "https://alpha.uipath.com".
To select a tenant, run uip login -it to choose interactively, or run uip login -t TenantName if you know the name.

Result: the CLI is signed in to your organization and the default tenant is selected.

Verify your setup

Run uip --help to confirm the CLI responds.
Open your coding agent and ask it a simple UiPath question to confirm the skills are available, for example: "What UiPath skills do you have installed?"

Result: the CLI responds and your coding agent can list the installed UiPath skills.

Installation options

Skip parts you don't want. On macOS/Linux, pass a flag to the script with bash -s -- (or use the matching environment variable); on Windows, use the PowerShell switch.

Flag (`.sh`)	Switch (`.ps1`)	Environment variable	Skips
`--skip-node`	`-SkipNode`	`UIP_SKIP_NODE`	Node.js install
`--skip-skills`	`-SkipSkills`	`UIP_SKIP_SKILLS`	`uip skills install`
`--skip-dotnet`	`-SkipDotnet`	`UIP_SKIP_DOTNET`	.NET SDK
`--skip-python`	`-SkipPython`	`UIP_SKIP_PYTHON`	Python
`--skip-runtimes`	`-SkipRuntimes`	`UIP_SKIP_RUNTIMES`	.NET SDK + Python
`--dry-run`	`-DryRun`	`UIP_DRY_RUN`	Runs nothing; prints the plan

Once you are set up, continue with Your first build.

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Prerequisites
Install
What the installer does
Authenticate
Verify your setup
Installation options

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