---
title: "Checkly CLI Monitoring as Code for API and Browser Checks"
description: "Checkly CLI lets agents define, test, and deploy synthetic monitoring from a JavaScript or TypeScript codebase. It is especially useful when monitoring should live next to Playwright tests, API checks, and CI workflows instead of being configured by hand in a UI."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/checkly/checkly-cli"
author: "checkly"
publisher_type: "Company"
category:
  - "Monitoring & Alerts"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "checkly/checkly-cli"
  github_stars: 92
---

# Checkly CLI Monitoring as Code for API and Browser Checks

Checkly CLI lets agents define, test, and deploy synthetic monitoring from a JavaScript or TypeScript codebase. It is especially useful when monitoring should live next to Playwright tests, API checks, and CI workflows instead of being configured by hand in a UI.

## Prerequisites

npm, pip, go, java

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
npm create checkly@latest
```

## Documentation

- https://checklyhq.com/docs/cli/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/checkly-cli-monitoring-as-code-for-api-and-browser-checks/)