Use when integrating AI capabilities into a Stacks application - using Anthropic/OpenAI/Ollama/AWS Bedrock drivers, image generation (DALL-E), vision analysis, RAG/vector search, embeddings, text-to-speech and speech-to-text, MCP (Model Context Protocol)…
Use when building, modifying, or debugging API endpoints in a Stacks application - defining routes, handling requests, API middleware, working with the API server, HTTP client (fetcher), API resources, or OpenAPI generation. Covers both @stacksjs/api…
Use when building e-commerce features in Stacks - the commerce namespace with 15 sub-modules (products, carts, orders, customers, coupons, payments, gift cards, auctions, shipping, tax, waitlists, restaurant, devices, receipts, errors), 20+ commerce models,…
Use when working with Stacks configuration - the 44 config files, config helper functions, default values, environment-specific overrides, or the defineApp/defineDatabase/etc builder functions. Covers @stacksjs/config and the config/ directory.
Use when working with the event system in a Stacks application — dispatching events, listening for events, model events, wildcard listeners, the event emitter, or event-driven architecture. Covers @stacksjs/events, app/Events.ts, app/Listener.ts, and…
Use when creating background job classes in app/Jobs/ — job structure, the handle method, job configuration (queue, tries, backoff, timeout, rate), dispatching patterns (dispatch, dispatchIf, dispatchAfter, dispatchNow), or the Every schedule constants. For…
Use when creating event listeners in app/Listeners/ — the listener file structure, registering listeners in app/Events.ts, the listener-to-action mapping pattern, CLI event listeners in Console.ts, or debugging listener execution. For the event system API…
Use when working with middleware in a Stacks application — defining middleware, applying to routes, middleware aliases, parameterized middleware, groups, or the middleware execution pipeline. Covers the Middleware class, app/Middleware.ts alias registry, and…
Use when working with job queues in a Stacks application — creating jobs, dispatching, workers, batches, failed jobs, queue events, health checks, testing, Redis/database/sync drivers, rate limiting, or scheduled jobs. Covers @stacksjs/queue, config/queue.ts,…
Use when working with routing in a Stacks application — defining routes, HTTP methods, route groups, middleware, named routes, URL generation, request enhancement (Laravel-style input/query/file helpers), response helpers, error responses, route model…
Use when scheduling tasks in a Stacks application — defining scheduled tasks, cron-like scheduling, or task automation. Covers @stacksjs/scheduler, @stacksjs/cron, and app/Scheduler.ts.