get-convex/convex-backend-skill · Archived

suggest

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 → storage, search, presence, multi-step actions → workflow, vector DB → rag, collaborative editing → prosemirror-sync.

First seen Jul 17, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add get-convex/convex-backend-skill --skill suggest

Summary

  • 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 → storage, search, presence, multi-step actions → workflow, vector DB → rag, collaborative editing → prosemirror-sync.
  • TRIGGER on noticing the pattern in a Convex app, AFTER completing the user's request.
  • NEVER for non-Convex code.

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Repository health

Stars 6
License Apache 2.0
Default branch main
Open issues 6
Status Archived

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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,663 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 520 B

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  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 5 installs

SKILL.md

Proactively suggest the right Convex component

When you see code or intent that duplicates what a Convex component already does, surface a targeted suggestion: ONE component, WHY (anchored in the user's own code or ask), and a concrete install hint. Never install without explicit consent. Never suggest more than one component at a time unless the user asks.

Steps

  1. Observe the codeSnippets and userAsk passively — never block the current task to suggest.
  2. Match against the detector rules (see generators/suggest-detector.mjs): email/SMTP → resend; push notifications → expo-push; setInterval/cron → @convex-dev/crons; shared counter increments → @convex-dev/sharded-counter; .collect().length scans → @convex-dev/aggregate; multi-step/long-running actions → @convex-dev/workflow; bounded concurrency → @convex-dev/workpool; rate-limit counters in DB → @convex-dev/rate-limiter; fs.write/S3 uploads → Convex Storage; Elasticsearch/Algolia → built-in full-text search; presence/typing → @convex-dev/presence; Pinecone/external vector DB → @convex-dev/rag; collaborative editing → @convex-dev/prosemirror-sync.
  3. After finishing the current task, offer ONE suggestion: name the component, quote the specific code or phrase that triggered it, explain why the component fits better.
  4. If the user says yes: run /add <component> or follow the installHint from the detector.
  5. If the user says no or ignores it: drop it. Do not repeat the same suggestion.

Rules

  • Passive — never interrupt the current task; surface the suggestion AFTER completing what the user asked.
  • One at a time — pick the highest-priority match; do not dump a list of five components.
  • Cite WHY from the user's own code or ask — 'I noticed you wrote post.likes + 1 in a mutation that many users call concurrently; that causes OCC conflicts at scale.'
  • Never install without explicit consent — suggest, explain, wait for a yes.
  • Do not suggest a component the user has already installed.
  • Do not fire on generic coding questions unrelated to Convex (sorting arrays, writing CSS, etc.).