# bun-redis

A skill that gives the agent ready patterns for Redis in a Bun project: clients, caching, pub/sub, sessions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 388 installs · ★ 236
- Author: secondsky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/bun/skills/bun-redis/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bun-redis

## What it does

The skill covers three Redis clients from Bun: `ioredis` for a self-hosted server, `@upstash/redis` for serverless and edge, and the official `redis` client. The agent gets connection snippets — plain, with host and port, with a password and database, or over TLS.

Inside are string operations with TTL, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, and RedisJSON through `JSON.SET` and `JSON.GET`. Separate sections handle pub/sub with pattern subscriptions, `multi/exec` transactions and pipelines, plus caching: cache-aside, write-through, rate limiting, and session storage on Hono.

A table of common errors lists `ECONNREFUSED`, `NOAUTH`, `WRONGTYPE` and `OOM` with causes and fixes. For cluster and Sentinel setups the skill points to `references/clustering.md`. RedisJSON calls only work where the module is installed, so on a plain server `JSON.*` will fail.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill bun-redis -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill bun-redis -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill bun-redis -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills bun-redis
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill bun-redis -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills --path plugins/bun/skills/bun-redis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill bun-redis -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/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/bun/skills/bun-redis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Wire Redis into a Bun project without picking the wrong client for the host
- Cache user records with a TTL and know when to drop them
- Set up pub/sub so separate processes can exchange notifications
- Cap requests per user key with a Redis counter
- Keep sessions in Redis and refresh their lifetime

## Example prompts
- Connect ioredis to my Bun project and cache getUser with a 3600 TTL
- Add a rate limit of 100 requests per minute using Redis
- Set up pub/sub: publish alerts and subscribe to the notifications channel

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: bun-redis
description: Use when working with Redis in Bun (ioredis, Upstash), caching, pub/sub, session storage, or key-value operations.
license: MIT
---

# Bun Redis

Redis integration with Bun using popular Redis clients.

## Client Options

| Client | Best For | Install |
|--------|----------|---------|
| `ioredis` | Self-hosted Redis | `bun add ioredis` |
| `@upstash/redis` | Serverless/Edge | `bun add @upstash/redis` |
| `redis` | Official Node client | `bun add redis` |

## ioredis Setup

```typescript
import Redis from "ioredis";

// Default connection
const redis = new Redis();

// With options
const redis = new Redis({
  host: "localhost",
  port: 6379,
  password: "secret",
  db: 0,
});

// Connection string
const redis = new Redis("redis://:password@localhost:6379/0");

// TLS connection
const redis = new Redis({
  host: "redis.example.com",
  port: 6380,
  tls: {},
});
```

## Basic Operations

```typescript
import Redis from "ioredis";

const redis = new Redis();

// Strings
await redis.set("name", "Alice");
await redis.set("count", "100");
await redis.setex("temp", 60, "expires in 60s"); // With TTL

const name = await redis.get("name"); // "Alice"
const count = await redis.incr("count"); // 101
await redis.del("name");

// Check existence
const exists = await redis.exists("name"); // 0 or 1

// TTL
await redis.expire("key", 3600); // Set 1 hour TTL
const ttl = await redis.ttl("key"); // Get remaining TTL
```

## Data Structures

### Hashes

```typescript
// Set hash fields
await redis.hset("user:1", {
  name: "Alice",
  email: "alice@example.com",
  age: "30",
});

// Get single field
const name = await redis.hget("user:1", "name");

// Get all fields
const user = await redis.hgetall("user:1");
// { name: "Alice", email: "...", age: "30" }

// Increment field
await redis.hincrby("user:1", "visits", 1);
```

### Lists

```typescript
// Add to list
await redis.rpush("queue", "task1", "task2");
await redis.lpush("queue", "urgent");

// Pop from list
const task = await redis.lpop("queue"); // "urgent"
const blocking = await redis.blpop("queue", 5); // Wait 5s

// Range
const items = await redis.lrange("queue", 0, -1);
```

### Sets

```typescript
// Add members
await redis.sadd("tags", "javascript", "typescript", "bun");

// Check membership
const isMember = await redis.sismember("tags", "bun"); // 1

// Get all members
const tags = await redis.smembers("tags");

// Set operations
await redis.sinter("tags1", "tags2"); // Intersection
await redis.sunion("tags1", "tags2"); // Union
```

### Sorted Sets

```typescript
// Add with scores
await redis.zadd("leaderboard", 100, "alice", 200, "bob", 150, "charlie");

// Get by rank
const top3 = await redis.zrevrange("leaderboard", 0, 2, "WITHSCORES");

// Get by score range
const highScores = await redis.zrangebyscore("leaderboard", 100, 200);

// Increment score
await redis.zincrby("leaderboard", 50, "alice");
```
````
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