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Scaffold a brand-new Convex app from a one-sentence idea and build it live — a running Next.js + shadcn app with `convex dev` + `next dev` and error watchers already armed, going from idea to running app in under a minute (locally).

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Repository: convex/convex-backend-skill
Last source activity: August 28, 2026 at 19:59
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name	quickstart
description	Scaffold a brand-new Convex app from a one-sentence idea and build it live — a running Next.js + shadcn app with `convex dev` + `next dev` and error watchers already armed, going from idea to running app in under a minute (locally).

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design

Design and build reactive, type-safe, production-grade backends on Convex. Covers schema, queries/mutations/actions, indexes, auth, file storage, scheduling, real-time multiplayer, mobile backends, and LLM/agent workflows on Convex's one-platform stack.

2026-10-29

labs-quickstart

LABS — scaffold a running Next.js + shadcn Convex app with passkey sign-in and a live Chef feedback panel, then build and verify it locally. TRIGGER for the full/labs quickstart, passkeys, or the feedback panel in a new app. For a plain scaffold use quickstart. Legacy convex.app publishing is retired; use a separate hosting workflow if requested. SKIP when a Convex project already exists in the cwd.

2026-10-16

env

Set + wire deployment env vars / secrets (API keys) for a Convex app — stored in Convex env, read in actions, never hardcoded. TRIGGER when the user needs an API key/secret/env var ('add my OpenAI key', 'set an env var').

2026-10-13

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