# netlify-blobs

A skill that teaches your agent to use @netlify/blobs: persist user uploads, cache function output, serve files by key.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3100 installs · ★ 45
- Author: netlify
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-blobs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/netlify-blobs

## What it does

The skill covers the `@netlify/blobs` module and its current syntax: import, open a store, call methods on the handle. It ships working examples for Functions, Edge Functions and Build Plugins — saving a file from a form, reading it back by key, handling metadata and conditional reads with `etag`.

The loudest warning is about store scope. `getStore` opens a store shared across every deploy, so code running on a deploy preview reads and overwrites production data. Use `getDeployStore()` when you need isolation. Build Plugins can read any of the site's stores but write only to deploy-specific ones.

This is not a database. Last write wins, there is no concurrency control, so counters and balances on a blob key break even with `onlyIfMatch` retries — the skill points you to Netlify DB instead. Blobs also have no server-side TTL: keep an expiration timestamp in metadata and check it on read. Install the module with `npm install @netlify/blobs`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-blobs -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-blobs -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-blobs -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install netlify/context-and-tools netlify-blobs
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-blobs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools --path skills/netlify-blobs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-blobs -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/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-blobs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- persist a user-uploaded file without a database
- cache computed output from a function or Background Function
- serve a downloadable asset by key
- store JSON under an ID and read it back
- group keys into folders with `/` and page through them

## Example prompts
- save the uploaded file to Netlify Blobs and return the key
- cache the API response in a store so we stop hitting it every time
- read the blob metadata by key and send the country header

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: netlify-blobs
description: Store and retrieve unstructured objects, files, and cache-like state on Netlify with the @netlify/blobs module. Use when persisting user file uploads (images/documents), caching computed output from functions or Background Functions, serving downloadable assets, storing JSON blobs keyed by ID, or seeding deploy-specific data. Reach for this for key/value or object storage from Functions, Edge Functions, or Build Plugins — not for per-user, transactional, or relational data (use Netlify DB for that). Triggers include "save an uploaded file", "cache API results", "store generated site map", "key/value store for a function", or "file uploads without a database".
---

# Netlify Blobs

Modern syntax: import from `@netlify/blobs`, open a store, then call methods on the handle.

```ts
import { getStore, getDeployStore, listStores } from "@netlify/blobs";
import type { Context } from "@netlify/functions"; // or "@netlify/edge-functions"
```

In Functions, Edge Functions, and Build Plugins, `siteID`, `deployID`, `token` (and `region` for `getDeployStore`) are injected automatically. Install with `npm install @netlify/blobs`.

**Not a database.** For dynamic, per-user, transactional, or relational data, use Netlify DB. Blobs is for objects, files, and cache-like state. It is optimized for frequent reads and infrequent writes.

**Store scope is a footgun. Read this first.** `getStore` opens a **site-wide store shared across ALL deploy contexts**. Code on a deploy preview reads, overwrites, and deletes production data. Never run destructive tests or seed throwaway data from a preview against a site-wide store. Use `getDeployStore()` or a context-specific store name for isolation.

## Choosing a store type

- `getStore(name)`: site-wide and shared across all deploys. Data persists across deploys, and previews see production data.
- `getDeployStore(name)`: deploy-specific and scoped to one deploy. It stays in sync on rollback and is cleaned up on deploy deletion. Use it for isolation and for anything a failed deploy must not corrupt.
- **Build plugins can READ from any of the site's stores, but WRITE only to deploy-specific stores** (`getDeployStore`). File-based uploads also write only to deploy-specific stores.

## Core writes and reads

```ts
const uploads = getStore("file-uploads");

// set: value is ArrayBuffer | Blob | string
await uploads.set(key, file, { metadata: { country: "Spain" } });

// setJSON: any JSON-serializable value
await uploads.setJSON(key, { hello: "world" });

// get: returns value or null. type: text (default) | json | arrayBuffer | blob | stream
const entry = await uploads.get(key);            // string
const obj = await uploads.get(key, { type: "json" });
if (entry === null) { /* 404 */ }
```
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