# base

Supplies guidelines and patterns for building Vovk.ts 4 APIs in Next.js 15+. Needed for configuring route segments, schema validation, and typed controllers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 57
- Author: finom
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/finom/vovk/tree/HEAD/skills/base/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/base

## What it does

This skill guides coding assistants through creating backend endpoints with Vovk.ts 4.1. It sets the layout for Next.js App Router segments under `src/app/api/[[...vovk]]/route.ts`, separating static controller procedures from pure service logic. It also provides rules for HTTP decorators such as `@get` and `@post` alongside Standard Schema validators like Zod 4, ArkType, or Valibot.

The skill details how incoming requests are parsed through `req.vovk.body()`, `req.vovk.query()`, and `req.vovk.params()`. It also shows how response types map to OpenAPI documentation and generated client code.

Your environment must run Node.js 24.15+ (or Bun 1.4+ / Deno 2.9+), Next.js 15+ App Router, and TypeScript 5.5+. The tooling depends strictly on these versions to build typed endpoints.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill base -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill base -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill base -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install finom/vovk base
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill base -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/finom/vovk --path skills/base
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill base -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/finom/vovk/tree/HEAD/skills/base/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Configure the root `[[...vovk]]` API segment in Next.js App Router
- Build typed controllers and services validated with Zod or ArkType
- Handle response statuses and generate OpenAPI documentation schemas
- Parse typed request bodies and query parameters using Vovk helpers

## Example prompts
- Create a new orders controller with Zod validation following Vovk.ts patterns
- Set up the `src/app/api/[[...vovk]]/route.ts` segment and register controllers in it

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: base
description: Vovk.ts essentials — ALWAYS load first for any Vovk.ts task, including building a back end or API in a project that has vovk.config.* or .vovk-schema/. Holds what a typical build needs, checked against vovk 4's code - project layout, a complete endpoint, how requests, validation and errors behave, status codes, a custom error format, CORS, and how to get the schema, the typed client and the OpenAPI document. The other vovk:* skills go deeper on one topic each; load them only for that topic.
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# Vovk.ts essentials

What a typical API build needs. Every fact here matches vovk 4.1's code: don't read `node_modules/vovk*` to check it (version, exports, CLI), and don't `WebFetch` vovk.dev. If something is missing, say so. The installed version is the `vovk` entry in `package.json` (`require('vovk/package.json')` throws: the file isn't exported); the `vovk` bin is in `node_modules/.bin`.

Deeper topics, one skill each: `procedure` (`.fn()`, content types, uploads, downloads, server actions), `decorators` (auth, `meta`, stacking), `segment` (several or static segments), `rpc` (client options, fetcher), `openapi` (`@operation`, Scalar), `jsonlines` (streaming), `tools` (AI tools, MCP), `config`, `init`, `bundle`, `mixins`, `multitenant`, `python`, `rust`.

## What `vovk` exports

- Values: `procedure`, `initSegment`, `get`, `post`, `put`, `patch`, `del`, `head`, `options`, `prefix`, `operation`, `createDecorator`, `HttpException`, `HttpStatus`, `HttpMethod`, `JSONLinesResponder`, `progressive`, `toDownloadResponse`, `controllersToStaticParams`, `multitenant`, `deriveTools`, `ToModelOutput`, `cloneControllerMetadata`.
- Types: `VovkRequest`, `VovkBody`, `VovkQuery`, `VovkParams`, `VovkInput`, `VovkOutput`, `VovkIteration`, `VovkReturnType`, `VovkYieldType`, `VovkConfig`, `VovkSchema`, and a few more for tools and streams.
- Other entry points: `vovk/fetcher` (`fetcher`, `createFetcher`), `vovk/create-rpc`, `vovk/create-validate-on-client`.

## Rules

- Node.js 24.15+ (or Bun 1.4+, Deno 2.9+), Next.js 15+ App Router, TypeScript 5.5+.
- Commit `.vovk-schema/`; the generated client dir (`src/client`) is gitignored and rebuilt by `prebuild`.

## Layout

- **Segment**: `src/app/api/[[...vovk]]/route.ts` serves `/api/*`. Create it once with `npx vovk new segment`.
- **Module**: `src/modules/<name>/<name>-controller.ts` and `<name>-service.ts`. `npx vovk new controller service <name> --empty` writes both and adds the controller to `route.ts`; writing them yourself and adding the controller to `controllers` works the same. `<name>` is camelCase (`userProfile`).
- **Controller**: static procedures with HTTP decorators. A procedure reads the validated input and calls the service.
- **Service**: business logic and data, plain typed arguments, never `req`.

```ts
// src/app/api/[[...vovk]]/route.ts
import { initSegment } from 'vovk';
import ArticleController from '../../../modules/article/article-controller';

const controllers = { ArticleRPC: ArticleController }; // the key is the client module name
export type Controllers = typeof controllers;

export const { GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS } = initSegment({ controllers });
```

## An endpoint

```ts
// src/modules/article/article-controller.ts
````
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