effect-ts

name	effect-ts
description	Use this skill when setting up a repository that uses the Effect Typescript library.

Step 1: Install effect

Use the users preferred package manager:

pnpm add effect@beta

If in a monorepo, install it as a dev dependency at the root, so you can access the source code from node_modules/effect/src.

pnpm add -D effect@beta

Step 2: Update AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md

Ensure that the agent instructions contain the following:

# Learning more about Effect

This repository uses the Effect Typescript library.

Before writing any Effect code, first read `node_modules/effect/AGENTS.md`
**completely**, and follow the links in the file when required.

If you need to learn more about particular Effect apis and concepts that the
guide doesn't cover, search through the source code in `node_modules/effect/src`.