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railway-status

railway-status

github.com/davila7Cloud & DevOps33.0k287 installsUpdated 1d ago
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About railway-status

railway-status is a skill for checking the Railway project linked to the current directory. It uses the Railway CLI to report environments, services, deployments, and domains, and describes how to handle common setup errors.

Key features

  1. 01Check project and workspace
  2. 02List environments and service status
  3. 03Show active deployments and domains
  4. 04Explain common setup error handling

Use cases

  1. 01Inspect the Railway project linked to a directory
  2. 02Check environment and service status before deployment
  3. 03Review active deployments and configured domains

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --skill railway-status

After installing, type/railway-statusin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

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:

railway status --json

First verify CLI is installed:

command -v railway

Handling Errors

CLI Not Installed

If command -v railway fails:

Railway CLI is not installed. Install with:

npm install -g @railway/cli

or

brew install railway

Then authenticate: railway login

Not Authenticated

If railway whoami fails:

Not logged in to Railway. Run:

railway login
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:

Project: my-app (workspace: my-team)
Environment: production

Services:
- web: deployed (https://my-app.up.railway.app)
- api: deploying (build in progress)
- postgres: running

The activeDeployments array on each service shows currently running deployments with their status (building, deploying, etc.).

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