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name: APM Starter
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category: AI Engineering
description: APM Starter is a starter package for Agent Package Manager that demonstrates how to create reusable agent primitives like instructions, prompts, and agents. Use it to bootstrap new APM packages or learn the structure.
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# APM Starter

APM Starter is a starter package for Agent Package Manager that demonstrates how to create reusable agent primitives like instructions, prompts, and agents. Use it to bootstrap new APM packages or learn the structure.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/microsoft/apm/tree/main/templates/hello-world ~/.claude/skills/hello-world
```

## README

# {{project_name}}

{{description}}

## What This Package Does

This is a starter APM package that demonstrates how to create reusable agent primitives.

## Getting Started

```bash
apm install your-org/{{project_name}}
apm compile
```

## Available Primitives

- **Instructions**: Guardrails and standards in `.apm/instructions/`
- **Prompts**: Executable workflows in `.apm/prompts/`
- **Agents**: Specialized personas in `.apm/agents/`

## Included Workflows

- `hello-world.prompt.md` - A simple hello world workflow
- `feature-implementation.prompt.md` - A feature implementation workflow