# 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache

A skill for Hibernate ORM Panache in Quarkus: query patterns, DTO projections and locking, with a compile check before and after every change.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 331 installs · ★ 456
- Author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache

## What it does

The skill covers data access through Panache: active record with `PanacheEntity` versus `PanacheRepository`, parameterized JPQL using `?1` and `:param`, and `@NamedQuery` for reusable queries validated at build time. It also handles DTO projections via `project(Class)`, pagination with `Page.of(pageIndex, pageSize)` plus `query.count()`, N+1 avoidance with `JOIN FETCH`, and optimistic locking through `@Version` and `OptimisticLockException` handling.

Inside are `SKILL.md` and a reference file, `references/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache.md`, holding the rules and good/bad code examples. The workflow runs in four steps: read the reference and inspect the project, pick the smallest safe set of changes, apply them, then verify with a build. One constraint is hard: run `./mvnw compile` or `mvn compile` before touching anything, and `./mvnw clean verify` or `mvn clean verify` afterwards. If compilation fails, the skill stops and waits for you to fix it. Worth knowing if you tend to edit entities on a project whose build is already broken.

Tests get attention too: `@TestTransaction` rolls back automatically inside `@QuarkusTest`, and `@Transactional` goes on application services. There is a section on native queries through Hibernate when you want controlled SQL in the same transaction, and on pairing with `@411` for JDBC when you bypass Hibernate at the boundary.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jabrena/plinth 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jabrena/plinth --path skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/412-frameworks-quarkus-panache/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose between active record and repository for a new service
- remove an N+1 in an entity listing with `JOIN FETCH`
- add DTO projections so managed entities stay out of the API
- fix pagination so the row count is right
- turn on optimistic locking and handle `OptimisticLockException`

## Example prompts
- review my Panache entities and repositories in this project
- the order list query has an N+1 — fix it with JOIN FETCH
- add pagination and a DTO projection to this Panache query

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: 412-frameworks-quarkus-panache
description: Use when you need data access with Quarkus Hibernate ORM Panache — including PanacheEntity / PanacheEntityBase, PanacheRepository, named queries, JPQL, native SQL, DTO projections (project(Class)), pagination (Page.of()), N+1 avoidance (JOIN FETCH), optimistic locking (@Version / OptimisticLockException), @NamedQuery for validated reusable queries, transactions, @TestTransaction for test isolation, and immutable-friendly patterns. This is the Quarkus analogue to Spring Data for relational persistence. This should trigger for requests such as Review Panache entities or repositories in Quarkus; Improve Hibernate ORM data access with Panache; Add DTO projections, JOIN FETCH, pagination, or optimistic locking to Panache queries; Fix N+1 query problems or add @Version concurrency control in Quarkus Panache; Improve Panache active record versus repository design. Part of Plinth Toolkit
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
  version: 0.19.0
---
# Hibernate ORM with Panache

Apply Panache patterns for Hibernate ORM in Quarkus.

**What is covered in this Skill?**

- Active record (PanacheEntity) vs PanacheRepository — when to use each
- Parameterized JPQL / Panache queries: positional (?1) and named (:param) — no unsafe concatenation
- @NamedQuery on entities for reusable, build-time validated queries
- DTO projections with project(Class) to avoid exposing managed entities
- Pagination with Page.of(pageIndex, pageSize) and query.count()
- N+1 avoidance with JOIN FETCH in JPQL queries
- Optimistic locking with @Version and handling OptimisticLockException
- @Transactional application services
- @TestTransaction for automatic rollback in @QuarkusTest tests
- Mapping entities vs exposing DTOs at REST boundaries
- Native queries via Hibernate when you want controlled SQL in the same transaction; pairing with `@411` for JDBC when bypassing Hibernate at the boundary

**Scope:** Apply recommendations based on the reference rules and good/bad code examples.

## Constraints

Compile before persistence changes; verify after.
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