Search and deploy services from Railway's template marketplace. Use when user wants to add a service from a template, find templates for a specific use case, or deploy tools like Ghost, Strapi, n8n, Minio, Uptime Kuma, etc. For databases (Postgres, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB), prefer the railway-database skill.
Search and deploy services from Railway's template marketplace.
| Category | Template | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Databases | PostgreSQL | postgres |
| Redis | redis | |
| MySQL | mysql | |
| MongoDB | mongodb | |
| CMS | Ghost | ghost |
| Strapi | strapi |
| Storage | Minio | minio |
| Automation | n8n | n8n |
| Monitoring | Uptime Kuma | uptime-kuma |
For other templates, use the search query below.
Get project context:
railway status --json
Extract:
id - project IDenvironments.edges[0].node.id - environment IDGet workspace ID:
bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
'query getWorkspace($projectId: String!) {
project(id: $projectId) { workspaceId }
}' \
'{"projectId": "PROJECT_ID"}'
SCRIPT
List available templates with optional filters:
bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
'query templates($first: Int, $verified: Boolean) {
templates(first: $first, verified: $verified) {
edges {
node {
name
code
description
category
}
}
}
}' \
'{"first": 20, "verified": true}'
SCRIPT
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
first | Int | Number of results (max ~100) |
verified | Boolean | Only verified templates |
recommended | Boolean | Only recommended templates |
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Fetch a specific template by code:
bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
'query template($code: String!) {
template(code: $code) {
id
name
description
serializedConfig
}
}' \
'{"code": "postgres"}'
SCRIPT
Returns:
id - template ID (needed for deployment)serializedConfig - service configuration (needed for deployment)bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
'query template($code: String!) {
template(code: $code) {
id
serializedConfig
}
}' \
'{"code": "postgres"}'
SCRIPT
bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
'mutation deployTemplate($input: TemplateDeployV2Input!) {
templateDeployV2(input: $input) {
projectId
workflowId
}
}' \
'{
"input": {
"templateId": "TEMPLATE_ID_FROM_STEP_1",
"serializedConfig": SERIALIZED_CONFIG_FROM_STEP_1,
"projectId": "PROJECT_ID",
"environmentId": "ENVIRONMENT_ID",
"workspaceId": "WORKSPACE_ID"
}
}'
SCRIPT
Important: serializedConfig is the exact JSON object from the template query, not a string.