| name | entity-stream-queries |
| description | Querying electric agent runtime entity streams and manifest state with @durable-streams/state queryOnce and useLiveQuery. Use when reading built-in entity collections like manifests, wakes, child_status, inbox, runs, or shared state from runtime code, tests, examples, or CLI code. Prefer direct typed queries over one-off read helpers.
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Read packages/state/skills/stream-db/SKILL.md first for StreamDB and query basics.
Electric Agent Runtime Entity Stream Queries
Use direct typed queries against db.collections.*.
Principles:
- Prefer
queryOnce(...) for one-shot reads and useLiveQuery(...) or shared live query collections for reactive UI.
- Do not add exported convenience read helpers for obvious queries. The query itself is already the API.
- Keep code helpers only for real invariants:
- manifest key builders
- typed event/write helpers
- shared product-facing projections such as the entity timeline query
- In runtime, tests, examples, and CLI code, favor direct queries over raw
toArray scans when the read is naturally query-shaped.
- Do not cast around
db.collections.*. The row types come from the schema.
Read these references as needed:
references/collections.md for the built-in entity collections and manifest row kindsreferences/common-queries.md for common query patterns
When writing to entity or shared-state streams, use the typed event helpers/server APIs. Do not hand-build stream event envelopes.
