Add production-ready authorization (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC) to Convex apps with O(1) permission checks. Use when implementing roles, permissions, access control, multi-tenancy, or relationship-based authorization in a Convex project. Inspired by Google Zanzibar / SpiceDB.
Designs and builds Convex components with isolated tables, clear boundaries, and app-facing wrappers. Use this skill when creating a new Convex component, extracting reusable backend logic into a component, building a third-party integration that owns its own tables, packaging Convex functionality for reuse, or when the user mentions defineComponent, app.use, ComponentApi, ctx.runQuery/runMutation across component boundaries, or wants to separate concerns into isolated Convex modules.
Plans and executes safe Convex schema and data migrations using the widen-migrate-narrow workflow and the @convex-dev/migrations component. Use this skill when a deployment fails schema validation, existing documents need backfilling, fields need adding or removing or changing type, tables need splitting or merging, or a zero-downtime migration strategy is needed. Also use when the user mentions breaking schema changes, multi-deploy rollouts, or data transformations on existing Convex tables.
Audits and optimizes Convex application performance across hot-path reads, write contention, subscription cost, and function limits. Use this skill when a Convex feature is slow or expensive, npx convex insights shows high bytes or documents read, OCC conflict errors or mutation retries appear, subscriptions or UI updates are costly, functions hit execution or transaction limits, or the user mentions performance, latency, read amplification, or invalidation problems in a Convex app.
Initializes a new Convex project from scratch or adds Convex to an existing app. Use this skill when starting a new project with Convex, scaffolding with npm create convex@latest, adding Convex to an existing React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, or other frontend, wiring up ConvexProvider, configuring environment variables for the deployment URL, or running npx convex dev for the first time, even if the user just says "set up Convex" or "add a backend."
Sets up Convex authentication with user management, identity mapping, and access control. Use this skill when adding login or signup to a Convex app, configuring Convex Auth, Clerk, WorkOS AuthKit, Auth0, or custom JWT providers, wiring auth.config.ts, protecting queries and mutations with ctx.auth.getUserIdentity(), creating a users table with identity mapping, or setting up role-based access control, even if the user just says "add auth" or "make it require login."