# appwrite-rust

Teaches AI assistants to build backend Rust applications using the Appwrite SDK, Tokio async runtime, TablesDB tables, and user authentication.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 404 installs · ★ 28
- Author: appwrite
- License: BSD-3-Clause · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/appwrite/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/appwrite-rust/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/appwrite-rust

## What it does

This skill supplies coding rules and code patterns for the `appwrite` crate. The Rust SDK relies on an async Tokio runtime and authenticates server-side through API keys. The guide enforces the SDK calling convention: methods use positional parameters, while optional values require `Option<T>` with explicit `None` when omitted.

For storage schemas, the skill guides the agent toward `TablesDB` instead of the legacy `Databases` service. It tracks column boundaries carefully. An inline `varchar` field consumes the 64 KB row budget, while off-page types like `text` or `mediumtext` do not. Projects require `tokio` with full features and `serde_json` in `Cargo.toml` to compile these examples.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-rust -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-rust -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-rust -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install appwrite/skills appwrite-rust
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/appwrite-rust/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-rust -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/appwrite/skills --path skills/appwrite-rust
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add appwrite/skills --skill appwrite-rust -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/appwrite/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/appwrite-rust/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Configure the async Appwrite Rust client using Tokio and environment variables
- Design TablesDB schemas balancing inline varchar limits and off-page text types
- Construct stringified Query filters and aggregations for database queries
- Implement user registration and deletion via the Users service

## Example prompts
- Write a Rust function to register a new user using the Appwrite Users service
- Create a TablesDB table in Rust with both varchar and longtext columns
- Build an Appwrite query in Rust filtering by status and limiting results

## Source text · SKILL.md · BSD-3-Clause

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---
name: appwrite-rust
description: Appwrite Rust SDK skill. Use when building server-side Rust applications with Appwrite. Covers async client setup with API keys, user management, TablesDB database/table/row operations, file storage, function executions, permissions, queries, and error handling. Uses the crates.io `appwrite` package and Tokio.
---


# Appwrite Rust SDK

## Installation

```bash
cargo add appwrite
cargo add tokio --features full
cargo add serde_json
```

## Setting Up the Client

The Rust SDK is async. Use it from a Tokio runtime and authenticate server-side with an API key.

```rust
use appwrite::Client;
use std::env;

let client = Client::new()
    .set_endpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .set_project(env::var("APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID")?)
    .set_key(env::var("APPWRITE_API_KEY")?);
```

### Complete server skeleton

```rust
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::services::Users;
use appwrite::Client;
use std::env;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new()
        .set_endpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
        .set_project(env::var("APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID")?)
        .set_key(env::var("APPWRITE_API_KEY")?);

    let users = Users::new(&client);
    let _list = users
        .list(Some(vec![Query::limit(25).to_string()]), None, Some(true))
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}
```

## Code Examples

### User Management

```rust
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::services::Users;

let users = Users::new(&client);

// Create user
let _user = users
    .create(
        ID::unique(),
        Some("user@example.com"),
        None,
        Some("password123"),
        Some("User Name"),
    )
    .await?;

// List users
let _list = users
    .list(Some(vec![Query::limit(25).to_string()]), None, Some(true))
    .await?;

// Get user
let _fetched = users.get("[USER_ID]").await?;

// Delete user
users.delete("[USER_ID]").await?;
```

### Database Operations

> **Note:** Use `TablesDB` for new code. Only use `Databases` if the existing project explicitly depends on the legacy Databases API.
>
> **Rust SDK calling convention:** Methods are async, use positional parameters, and represent optional API parameters as `Option<T>`. Pass `None` for optional values you are not setting.

```rust
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::permission::Permission;
use appwrite::query::Query;
use appwrite::role::Role;
use appwrite::services::TablesDB;
use serde_json::json;

let tables_db = TablesDB::new(&client);

// Create database
let _database = tables_db
    .create(ID::unique(), "My Database", Some(true))
    .await?;

// Create table
let _table = tables_db
    .create_table(
        "[DATABASE_ID]",
        ID::unique(),
        "articles",
        Some(vec![
            Permission::read(Role::any()).to_string(),
            Permission::create(Role::users(None)).to_string(),
        ]),
        Some(true),
        Some(true),
        None,
        None,
    )
    .await?;

// Create row
````
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