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Convex backend rules — consult this whenever writing or editing any code inside a convex/ directory (schemas, queries, mutations, actions, HTTP endpoints, crons, file storage, auth, component installation). TRIGGER before touching convex/ functions, so the…

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…

Manage Convex env vars / secrets (set, wire into actions, never hardcode). TRIGGER on an API-key/secret/env-var request.

Send THIS Codex session's transcript to the Convex quickstart backend for an AI post-mortem that improves the whole system (runbook, bootstrap, skills). TRIGGER only when the user explicitly runs $improve-convex-plugin. Never offer it unprompted.

Scaffold a running Next.js + shadcn Convex app from one sentence — convex dev + next dev already running — then build the idea live (runs locally). TRIGGER when the user wants to START a new Convex app from scratch — e.g. they ran $quickstart, said 'scaffold…

Build an AI agent / RAG feature on Convex (@convex-dev/agent: threads, tools, vector search). TRIGGER on an AI-agent/chatbot/RAG request.

Build a durable multi-step pipeline on Convex where each step runs in order and is retried independently on failure (transcribe→summarize→email, ETL, order fulfillment, any 'do A then B then C, retry each' job). Use @convex-dev/workflow — do NOT hand-roll a…

Backward-compatible alias for improve-convex-plugin. Send THIS Codex session's transcript to the Convex quickstart backend for an AI post-mortem that improves the whole system. TRIGGER when the user runs $quickstart-improve (the former name of…

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…

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').

Send THIS coding session's transcript (Claude Code or Codex) to the Convex quickstart backend (anteater) for an AI post-mortem that improves the whole system — the runbook, bootstrap script, and skills.

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.

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).

Audit and harden a Convex app's authorization: identity-from-arg impersonation, missing per-document ownership checks, public queries leaking data by a client-supplied id, and writes into a parent/container the caller doesn't own. Scans for the 4 shapes,…

Proactively suggest the right Convex component when the user hand-rolls what already exists: setInterval polling → crons, counter increments → sharded-counter, .collect() counts → aggregate, email → resend, DB-counter rate limiting → rate-limiter, uploads →…

Add an AI agent / chatbot / RAG backend on Convex with @convex-dev/agent (durable threads, messages, tools, vector search). TRIGGER when the user wants an AI assistant/chatbot/agent or 'chat with my docs' feature. Calls models through the Convex AI Gateway —…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

Classify + announce the target Convex deployment before any deployment-affecting command; fresh explicit consent for prod actions; session read-only mode.

Set and wire Convex deployment env vars / secrets for the app.

Send this coding session's transcript to the Convex team for an AI post-mortem that improves the quickstart system. Run only when the user explicitly asks.

Builds reusable Convex components with isolated tables and app-facing APIs. Use for new components, reusable backend modules, integrations, or component boundary work.

Add Stripe billing/payments to the Convex app via @convex-dev/stripe (checkout + webhook + gating).

Run every Convex audit (authz, reviewer, advisor, insights) into one scored, deduped readiness report with an ordered fix plan — Lighthouse for your backend.

Convex backend rules — consult this whenever writing or editing any code inside a convex/ directory (schemas, queries, mutations, actions, HTTP endpoints, crons, file storage, auth, component installation). TRIGGER before touching convex/ functions, so the…

Scaffold a running Next.js + shadcn Convex app from one sentence — convex dev + next dev already running — then build the idea live (runs locally). TRIGGER when the user wants to START a new Convex app from scratch — e.g. they ran $quickstart, said 'scaffold…

Audit and harden a Convex app's authorization: identity-from-arg impersonation, missing per-document ownership checks, public queries leaking PII/financial data by a client-supplied id, and writes into a parent/container the caller doesn't own — the single…

Check the CURRENT Convex app's pinned components against the latest recommended versions and offer to upgrade them — e.g. the passkey auth component's new email-first sign-in. TRIGGER when the user runs /check-updates or $check-updates, asks 'are my…

Review Convex code for security, auth, validators, performance, and best practices. TRIGGER when the user asks to review/audit Convex code, or after writing convex/ functions you want checked. Applies the Convex-specific review checklist (auth checks,…

Wire a domain the user ALREADY OWNS (GoDaddy/Namecheap/Cloudflare/…) to their Convex app: exact DNS records, custom-domain attachment, auth-origin rebind. TRIGGER when the user owns a domain and wants it pointing at their app ('point my domain at this', 'use…

Add a new model to the convex-evals coding leaderboard, and optionally the decision benchmark, through a PR, then dispatch its baseline runs. Use when the user wants to add or onboard a model, or names a new model or OpenRouter link for the leaderboard.

Design, implement, validate, and calibrate a new eval for the convex-evals suite. Use when the user wants to add a new eval, create an eval, test a new Convex concept, or expand eval coverage.

Investigate a single failing eval from the convex-evals system. Use when the user shares a visualizer URL pointing to a specific eval, asks about a specific failing eval, or references a specific eval ID.

Analyze all failures in a convex-evals run, spawning parallel sub-agents to investigate each failure and producing a report with classifications and recommendations. Use when the user asks to analyze an entire run, review all failures in a run, or wants to…

Empirically verify guideline changes by running before/after eval runs across multiple models and ensuring no regressions. Use when proposing or reviewing changes to runner/models/guidelines.md, or when the user asks to validate guidelines.

Make public, read heavy Convex + Vite pages load fast on first visit, return visit and in app navigation. Use when a public page feels slow, when adding a new public page, analytics, images, markdown or other heavy dependencies, when touching index.html,…

Integrate and maintain Robelest Convex Auth in apps by always checking upstream before implementation. Use when adding auth setup, updating auth wiring, migrating between upstream patterns, or troubleshooting @robelest/convex-auth behavior across projects.

Static analysis checklist for Convex backends covering 72 rules across security, performance, correctness, schema, architecture, configuration, and client-side patterns. Use when writing, reviewing, or auditing Convex code. Trigger on mentions of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Design and add an MCP server to a Convex app with @convex-dev/mcp, so the app's users can use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent. Reads the app, proposes a task-shaped tool surface (names, descriptions, args, scopes, annotations) for the user to…

Security audit of a Convex app's MCP server built with @convex-dev/mcp — who a tool call acts as, cross-user access through tool IDs, functions taking userId that are reachable from clients, data leaking through results, prompt-injection + exfiltration paths,…

Build, extend, validate, and publish a ChatGPT Sites application whose durable database and backend functions run on Convex. Use when a user invokes $codex-sites-convex, selects this skill from the skill picker, asks for a ChatGPT Site backed by Convex, or…

Create and update an evidence-based hackathon.md build log for a Convex project. Use when a user invokes $convex-hackathon-skill, /convex-hackathon-skill, or /hackathon; mentions a Convex hackathon; asks to start, backfill, refresh, or correct a hackathon…