| name | asta-cli |
| description | Install or update the `asta` CLI to the version pinned by this plugin. Invoke whenever `asta` is not on PATH (e.g. `command not found` for `asta`) or when a subcommand/flag appears missing — that signals a stale install needing an update. |
| allowed-tools | Bash(command -v asta) Bash(asta --version) Bash(uv tool install*) |
Asta CLI Installer
Installs the asta CLI for agents that don't install it automatically via a plugin hook.
When to invoke
asta is not on PATH (e.g., command -v asta returns nothing, or running asta ... reports "command not found")- A subcommand, option, or output field that should exist according to another skill is missing — that signals an outdated install
Install or update
Prerequisites: Python 3.11+ and uv.
PLUGIN_VERSION=0.102.0
INSTALL_URL="git+https://github.com/allenai/asta-plugins.git@v$PLUGIN_VERSION"
if ! command -v asta &> /dev/null; then
echo "📦 Installing Asta CLI $PLUGIN_VERSION..."
uv tool install "$INSTALL_URL"
else
CLI_VERSION=$(asta --version 2>/dev/null | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
if [ "$CLI_VERSION" != "$PLUGIN_VERSION" ]; then
echo "🔄 Updating Asta CLI from $CLI_VERSION to $PLUGIN_VERSION..."
uv tool install --force "$INSTALL_URL"
fi
fi
If asta is still not on PATH after install, run uv tool update-shell (or open a new shell) so ~/.local/bin is on PATH.
After install
Re-run the original command. If it still fails, the problem is not the CLI version — surface the actual error to the user instead of reinstalling again.
