If you just want to use the Agoric CLI for your own smart contract, please see the Getting Started website for information.
NOTE: these steps are only for modifying the Agoric CLI. See the above for using it to create your own smart contracts.
If you want to modify the template directory used by Agoric CLI, you can run:
# Change to the template directory
cd template
# Start the http://localhost:8000 Agoric VM
../bin/agoric --sdk start --reset
# Deploy the test contracts
../bin/agoric --sdk deploy contract/deploy.js api/deploy.js
Then, iterate on editing and rerunning the start and deploy steps above to test the new template.
Please create a PR on this repository if you have an improvement for the template.