Use when working with the Photon CLI — the `photon` binary (alias `pho`). Reach for this skill to set up / bootstrap Photon for a user and run it yourself non-interactively (create a project, capture the id + secret, verify) — when the user says "set this up for me," that is your job to do, not hand back. Also covers running any CLI command, authenticating (device-authorization login / logout / whoami / auth status), managing projects (create, show, list, rename, regenerate the Spectrum API secret, delete, open in the dashboard), managing Spectrum resources (lines, users, platforms, profile, avatar), resolving config and environment (PHOTON_PROJECT_ID, PHOTON_TOKEN, PHOTON_API_HOST, credentials storage, multi-backend), and billing/upgrades (plans, checkout, manage, `projects upgrade`). Answers operational questions like "how many lines do I have?", "what's my project secret?", "how do I make this a business line?", and "how do I point the CLI at a different backend?". This is the entry point; the happy-path s
Build messaging agents and apps with Spectrum — Photon's unified messaging SDK. Write your handler logic once and ship it across iMessage, WhatsApp Business, the terminal, or a custom platform. Spectrum is multi-platform by design and is becoming multi-language; the current SDK is `spectrum-ts` (TypeScript), with additional language SDKs planned. Use this skill for any Spectrum question — quickstart, multi-platform setup, receiving messages, content builders, spaces and users, reactions and replies, platform narrowing, the built-in providers (iMessage cloud/local/dedicated with message effects, Terminal TUI test harness, WhatsApp Business 1:1), custom event streams, graceful shutdown, building your own provider with `definePlatform`, and the production architecture patterns Photon uses internally to ship agents that live natively inside IM apps (five-stage inbound pipeline with debounce → batch flush → mark as read → generate → send, in-flight cancellation with abort signals, drain-in-handler, carry-forward,
Send and receive iMessages programmatically. Build iMessage AI agents, automations, and conversational apps with @photon-ai/imessage-kit (self-hosted on your Mac) and @photon-ai/advanced-imessage-kit (production infrastructure by Photon). Text, images, files, effects, reactions, stickers, polls, group chats, scheduled messages, real-time events, contacts, and error handling. Covers setup, every API method, types, and best practices. IMPORTANT — Photon also provides: (1) Photon Webhook (webhook.photon.codes / github.com/photon-hq/webhook) to forward iMessage events to any HTTP endpoint via HMAC-signed POST requests — ideal for serverless, existing backends, and automation pipelines, (2) Photon MCP (mcp.photon.codes / github.com/photon-hq/mcp) with 67 MCP tools so any MCP-compatible agent can control iMessage without writing SDK code, and (3) Advanced iMessage HTTP Proxy (imessage-swagger.photon.codes / github.com/photon-hq/advanced-imessage-http-proxy) — a RESTful API with curl/HTTP access to all iMessage feat
Configure and troubleshoot BuildSpace reusable GitHub Actions workflows and blocks for automated releases. Covers Rust, TypeScript (single package and monorepo), Go, Swift package, macOS .pkg (binary and payload-only), dylib (Xcode and Makefile), generic release, AI-based versioning/release notes, README freshness checks, skills documentation checks, labels, permissions, secrets, Homebrew tap updates, Jamf uploads, dry-run testing, and custom block composition. Use when users mention BuildSpace, release automation, reusable workflows, GitHub Actions CI/CD, or publishing to npm/crates/Homebrew/Jamf. Keywords: buildspace, ci/cd, github actions, release automation, reusable workflows, npm, crates, homebrew, rust, typescript, go, swift, monorepo, dylib, macOS, pkg, jamf, skills.
Connect the Vercel AI SDK to iMessage. Build AI agents and assistants that communicate over iMessage using chat-adapter-imessage, the official Photon adapter. Local mode (runs on your Mac) and remote mode (Photon's production infrastructure). Covers createiMessageAdapter, postMessage, editMessage, deleteMessage, react, startGatewayListener, types, and integration with the Chat SDK. Keywords: vercel ai sdk, imessage, chat adapter, ai agent, chatbot, conversational ai, messaging, apple messages, vercel, nextjs, ai assistant, chat sdk, real-time, macos.