Apothem vs raw Antigravity config
Hand-maintaining Antigravity CLI global context and plugin files versus managing them through Apothem's shared profile.
Antigravity is a Class I manifest-propagation harness: Apothem writes the
global ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md context anchor and installs an Apothem plugin under
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/plugins/apothem/. This page contrasts
hand-maintaining that layout against managing it with Apothem.
Status
Preview. The Antigravity adapter targets the current documented GEMINI.md
context anchor and the Antigravity CLI plugin surface. Cohorts without a native
surface remain Apothem support material.
Effort comparison
| Task | Raw hand-config | Apothem-managed |
|---|---|---|
| Author rules | Write each plugin rule file by hand | Write once in the shared corpus |
| Preserve reusable prompts | Hand-copy command prompts and skills into plugin files | Converted or copied into plugin skills |
| Preserve hook support material | Hand-copy hook references without active wiring | Copied under the Apothem plugin support tree |
| Keep rules aligned with other harnesses | Manual, per tool | Automatic on apothem update |
| Install / remove the config | Copy and delete files by hand | apothem install / apothem uninstall |
| Verify the config is correct | Manual inspection | apothem verify --harness antigravity |
What Apothem manages
Apothem manages the Antigravity global context file, plugin metadata, converted
command skills, reusable skills, converted agents, rules, templates, and hook
support material. Hook files are retained as support material; Apothem does not
register active Antigravity hook events until the adapter owns a schema
translation layer for Antigravity hooks.json.
Migration path
- Run
apothem profile initto create the shared profile if you have not yet. - Move your existing hand-written Antigravity rules into the shared corpus.
- Run
apothem install --harness antigravityto propagate the corpus. - Run
apothem verify --harness antigravityto confirm the config landed. - Use
apothem update --harness antigravityfor every later change.