Node.js Skills for AI Coding Agents

Best for: Broad Node 22+ runtime tasks, stream pipelines, lifecycle shutdown, and debugging

node is the default runtime engineering workflow for Node.js projects. It covers Node 22+ runtime capabilities including native TypeScript type stripping, stream pipelines with backpressure handling, graceful process shutdown, and ESM/CJS interop.

Use this as the broad starting guide for general Node runtime tasks, built-in node:test suites, CPU profiling, and caching before considering a specialized framework, native addon, or database workflow.

• Node 22+ native type stripping and ESM/CJS interop
• Stream pipeline composition and backpressure management
• Process lifecycle and graceful shutdown handling
• Built-in node:test execution, CPU profiling, and caching

Best for: Building and testing Fastify HTTP servers with schema-driven validation

fastify-best-practices is a conditional workflow for applications built on the Fastify web framework. It establishes patterns for plugin encapsulation, JSON Schema validation and serialization, structured logging with Pino, and HTTP lifecycle management.

Select this guide when working specifically inside Fastify services. Use Fastify's inject utility for fast in-process route testing without binding network sockets.

• Plugin encapsulation hierarchy and decorator registration
• JSON Schema request validation and fast serialization
• Structured high-performance logging with Pino
• In-memory route testing with fastify.inject()

Best for: Prisma ORM data access setup, driver adapters, and database connection management

prisma-database-setup is a conditional database workflow for projects using Prisma ORM in Node.js. It guides configuration for Prisma v7, modern database driver adapters (@prisma/adapter-pg, etc.), code generation, and connection pooling.

Apply this skill when structuring database models and configuring client pooling with Prisma in a Node application.

• Node driver adapter configuration for relational databases
• Prisma v7 schema definitions and client generation
• Connection pool tuning for Node.js server lifecycles
• Database client instantiation and teardown practices

Best for: Apollo Server 5 setup, HTTP context handling, Express/Fastify adapters, and DataLoaders

apollo-server is a conditional GraphQL workflow for building API servers with Apollo Server 5. It details context construction across incoming HTTP requests, Express and Fastify framework integration, DataLoader batching to prevent N+1 queries, and plugin lifecycle hooks.

Select this guide when creating or maintaining GraphQL service endpoints in Node with Apollo Server.

• Apollo Server 5 lifecycle and context builder functions
• Framework adapters for Express and Fastify integrations
• DataLoader integration for request-scoped batching and caching
• Server plugin hooks for request logging and telemetry