Encore Skills (Beta)

Agent skills for building backend applications with Encore v2, currently in beta, in TypeScript, Python, Go and Rust.

Encore v2 is in beta and its APIs can change before the stable release. For the stable version of Encore, use encoredev/skills. These skills are named encore-beta-*, so both sets can be installed at once.

What's different in v2

Encore v2 separates the HTTP layer from the infrastructure. Each service is an ordinary server in the framework you choose (Express, Hono, Fastify, Next.js, FastAPI, Django, Flask, net/http, Axum, ...), and Encore's Infra SDK declares what it needs: Postgres, Pub/Sub, object storage, Redis, cron jobs, secrets, config and metrics. Services in one app can be written in different languages and share infrastructure.

• Local: encore run starts real local infrastructure (bundled Postgres, a Pub/Sub broker, object storage and Redis emulators). No Docker required.
• Deployed: Encore Cloud provisions the same resources in your AWS or GCP account, or you build Docker images and self-host.

Installation

npx skills add encoredev/skills-beta

# List available skills
npx skills add encoredev/skills-beta --list

# Install specific skills
npx skills add encoredev/skills-beta --skill encore-beta-getting-started --skill encore-beta-database

Claude Code marketplace

claude plugin marketplace add encoredev/skills-beta
claude plugin install encore-skills-beta@encore-skills-beta

Manual

Copy the directories under encore/ to your agent's skills directory. Keep each skill's references/ folder with its SKILL.md.

How the skills are organized

One skill per topic, not per language. Each topic's SKILL.md holds what's the same in every language (rules, CLI, gotchas), and references/<language>.md holds the API for TypeScript, Python, Go and Rust. An agent reads only the reference for the language it's working in, and mixed-language apps are covered by one skill.

encore/database/
├── SKILL.md
└── references/
    ├── typescript.md
    ├── python.md
    ├── go.md
    └── rust.md

Available skills

Setup and workflow

Skill	Description
encore-beta-getting-started	From nothing to a running v2 app, with pointers to each step
encore-beta-install	Install the encore-beta CLI and the language toolchains, match SDK versions
encore-beta-login	Log in to Encore Cloud, including with an auth key and in CI
encore-beta-create-app	encore app new/init, services from templates without prompts, llm-rules
encore-beta-service	encore.service.json, routing and exposure, listening, startup and shutdown, service calls, gateway CORS, deploy build options
encore-beta-api	Encore's API framework for TypeScript (@encore.dev/api) and Go (api.encore.dev): endpoints, validation, middleware and auth, as in v1
encore-beta-run	encore check, running in the background, status, logs, traces, fixing 404s and 502s
encore-beta-mcp	Connect AI tools to the daemon's local MCP server
encore-beta-deploy	Link to Encore Cloud, deploy, stream logs, build Docker images
encore-beta-migrate-from-v1	Move an Encore.ts or Encore.go v1 app to v2
encore-beta-code-review	Checklist for v2 code in any language

Building (TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust)

Skill	Description
encore-beta-database	Postgres, migrations, queries, transactions, handles, ORMs
encore-beta-pubsub	Topics, subscriptions, ordered topics, retries, dead letters
encore-beta-bucket	Object storage, signed URLs, public buckets
encore-beta-redis	Redis databases for caching, counters, sessions and leaderboards
encore-beta-cron	Scheduled jobs
encore-beta-secrets	API keys and credentials
encore-beta-config	Typed, per-environment, live-reloading configuration
encore-beta-observability	Logging, metrics, OpenTelemetry tracing
encore-beta-testing	encore test with isolated infrastructure

Sources and verification

The skills are written against the v2 beta CLI and SDKs (2.0.0-beta.7) and the beta docs for TypeScript and Python. Where the beta docs and the CLI disagree, the skills follow the CLI and SDK source. The Go and Rust references are written from the SDK source, since those languages have no beta docs yet.

License

Apache-2.0