# Vue Pinia Best Practices > Pinia stores, state management patterns, store setup, and reactivity with stores. Use when this capability is needed. - Skill: `tomevault-io/vue-pinia-best-practices` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/vue-pinia-best-practices` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/vue-pinia-best-practices/raw - Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS) - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Web & Frontend - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/vue-pinia-best-practices --- Pinia best practices, common gotchas, and state management patterns. ### Store Setup - Getting "getActivePinia was called" error at startup → See [pinia-no-active-pinia-error](reference/pinia-no-active-pinia-error.md) - Setup stores missing state in DevTools or SSR → See [pinia-setup-store-return-all-state](reference/pinia-setup-store-return-all-state.md) ### Reactivity - Store destructuring stops updating UI reactively → See [pinia-store-destructuring-breaks-reactivity](reference/pinia-store-destructuring-breaks-reactivity.md) - Store methods lose context in template calls → See [store-method-binding-parentheses](reference/store-method-binding-parentheses.md) ### State Patterns - Filters reset on refresh or can't be shared → See [state-url-for-ephemeral-filters](reference/state-url-for-ephemeral-filters.md) - Building production app without DevTools or conventions → See [state-use-pinia-for-large-apps](reference/state-use-pinia-for-large-apps.md) --- > Source: [vuluu2k/skills](https://github.com/vuluu2k/skills) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).