Stream

Stream - skill router

This skill picks the track from the user's input and delegates to a specialized sub-skill. It does no scaffolding, CLI, or docs work itself - those live in dedicated skills.

Read first: RULES.md. Non-negotiable rules apply, including the Peer skills procedure (Glob path + install command + install policy + Skill-vs-Read-inline rule).

Peer manifest: peers.yaml (schema: peers.schema.json) is the single source of truth for peer skill names, Glob paths, install commands, and routing signals. Every peer installs silently on demand. Read it before installing or routing to a peer.

After picking a sub-skill: follow the procedure in RULES.md > Peer skills - Glob the entry's SKILL.md path, install it if missing (always silently - every peer is silent-install), then Skill tool (if listed) or Read inline. Do not call Skill before the Glob; it surfaces a confusing "Unknown skill" error. Do not stop after naming the track.

By task

Build or integrate Stream in a platform-specific app -> peer pack from peers.yaml (check peer signals first)

• Match user input or cwd against each peer's signals (e.g. swift / swiftui / .xcodeproj -> stream-swift; react native / expo / stream video react native -> stream-react-native)
• All peers install silently on demand - install if missing, then route, no prompt
• Peer signals take precedence over the stream-builder rows below. A request like "add a video call to my Expo app" or "scaffold a React Native app with Stream Video" matches stream-react-native, not stream-builder - the platform token wins.

Build / enhance / audit / migrate a web app with Stream (React / Next.js) -> use the stream-react skill (the default web pack when no other platform signal is present)

• "build me a Chat/Video/Feeds app", "scaffold", "create a new ...", "add Chat to this app", "integrate Video", "drop Feeds into ...", "upgrade/migrate ... to vN" - and no platform signal (no react native, expo, swift, ios, android, etc.)
• React / Next.js tokens (stream-chat-react, @stream-io/video-react-sdk, useCreateChatClient, MessageList, ...) with a build/integrate verb also route here
• Covers Track A (scaffold, Steps 0-7), Track E (enhance an existing project), Track F (read-only best-practices audit), Track M (migrate/upgrade an SDK version)

Build with the framework-agnostic builder -> use the stream-builder skill only when the user names it explicitly ("use stream-builder", "/stream-builder")

• stream-builder is the generic builder being extended to other app kinds; web React/Next.js defaults to stream-react above

Audit/review an existing Stream Video integration against best practices (read-only - no scaffolding, no CLI, no build steps)

• Peer signal (react native / expo) -> stream-react-native; web / React / Next.js or no platform signal -> stream-react (Track F)
• Video only. The dedicated best-practices audit covers Stream Video. Chat/Feeds have no dedicated audit checklist yet - stream-react handles those requests with a general docs-based review and says so up front.
• Triggers: "audit/review my video integration", "is my video app production-ready?", "what am I missing before launch?"
• Routes here even when the request contains "check" - the audit intent takes precedence over the stream-cli "check {anything}" route below

Query Stream data via the CLI -> use the stream-cli skill

• "list calls", "show channels", "any flagged", "find users"
• Literal CLI: stream api ..., stream config ..., stream auth ...
• Tricky bodies and filter syntax live in the sub-skill's cookbook
• Required for every stream api call - including ad-hoc "let me check" queries from inside other sub-skills. No guessing endpoint names from training data; route through stream-cli (or read ~/.stream/cache/API.md) first. See RULES.md > CLI safety.

Install the Stream CLI -> use the stream-cli skill

• "install the CLI", "set up stream" with no project context
• Bootstrap (binary install, SHA-256 verification, TTY confirmation) ships with the CLI sub-skill

Search Stream SDK documentation -> use the stream-docs skill

• "docs", "documentation", explicit SDK token (Chat React, Video iOS, Feeds Node, Moderation)
• "how do I ... in ", "how does <hook/component/method> work?", "what does do?"
• No CLI needed - answers come from getstream.io with citations

Pick a track

Scan the user's input for the signals below in order. The classifier is deterministic - no probes, no fetches, no CLI checks at this stage.

Preflight carve-outs. stream-docs answers from documentation only - no preflight, no shell commands, no project inspection. Read-only / local-only tracks also skip preflight: a platform pack's audit track (e.g. stream-react Track F) and migrate track (e.g. stream-react Track M) only inspect/edit local files and the live docs - they do not provision orgs/apps or call stream api, so they need no CLI, auth, or preflight. Only build/integrate work (scaffold a new app, add a product to an existing one) runs preflight before doing real work.

Docs vs platform packs. A pure how-to or method-lookup question about an iOS/Android/etc. SDK symbol stays in stream-docs - don't pull in a platform pack for a documentation answer. Platform packs (e.g. stream-swift) are for building or integrating - scaffolding projects, wiring packages, generating views.

React framework scope. stream-react scaffolds (Track A) a Next.js app. For enhance / audit / migrate on a non-Next.js React project (Vite, CRA, Remix, TanStack Start, etc.) stream-react still owns it - the Stream SDK wiring is identical - but the agent must adapt the Next.js-specific bits: the server-side token route lives in the project's own backend (not a Next.js /api route), and verification uses the project's build command (npm run build), not next build. Never assume Next.js APIs on a non-Next project.

Disambiguator. If the input fits more than one row (typically operational verb + how-to phrasing), ask one short question and wait. Don't probe before the answer:

Want me to look up the SDK method (docs) or run it now via CLI?

After the answer, route as if the user had given that signal directly.

Bare /stream with no args. Render the menu under "Quick navigation" verbatim, then wait for input. No shell execution, no probing, no install.

Quick navigation

For a bare /stream (and whenever the user wants to pick a skill directly), output the block below verbatim - keep the Core / Platform SDKs split, the examples, and the closing line - then wait:

Stream - Chat - Video - Feeds - Moderation. Tell me what you want, or pick a skill directly:

Core

• /stream-react - scaffold, enhance, audit, or migrate a React / Next.js web app with Stream (the default for web) - e.g. "build me a chat app"
• /stream-cli - query data, run stream api / config / auth, install the CLI - e.g. "list my channels"
• /stream-docs - search live SDK docs, with citations - e.g. "how does useChannel work?"
• /stream-builder - the framework-agnostic builder (web defaults to /stream-react; pick this only if you name it explicitly)

Platform SDKs

• /stream-swift - Swift - SwiftUI - UIKit - iOS
• /stream-android - Android - Jetpack Compose - Kotlin
• /stream-react-native - React Native - Expo
• /stream-flutter - build or integrate Stream Chat into a Flutter app (install confirmed first)

New to a skill? Just describe the task - I'll install the right one automatically.

The closing line is load-bearing: typing an uninstalled slash command errors with "Unknown skill" before this router runs, so natural-language description is the only dead-end-proof path - it routes here and the missing peer is installed per peers.yaml. Keep this menu in sync with peers.yaml: every peer there appears here under Core or Platform SDKs, and new platforms get a bullet under Platform SDKs when their entry is added.

Hand-off

See preamble: install if missing, invoke via Skill tool, don't stop. Cross-cutting rules in RULES.md apply to every sub-skill, including Cross-track follow-ups (offer, don't auto-execute, the natural next action across track boundaries).

Support

If the user asks for support or how to contact someone, direct them to getstream.io/contact.

Source: GetStream/agent-skills — distributed by TomeVault.