# netlify-edge-functions

Write, route, cache and debug Netlify edge functions on Deno: middleware, geo redirects, caching, streaming SSR.

- 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-edge-functions/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/netlify-edge-functions

## What it does

The skill covers handlers in `netlify/edge-functions` that run at the network edge in front of static files and serverless functions. One file is one function: a default-export handler plus a `config` export with the route, or the route declared in `netlify.toml`. Types `Context` and `Config` come from `@netlify/edge-functions`, and env vars are read with `Netlify.env.get()`.

It ships working patterns for endpoints, redirects and rewrites by country or cookie, middleware that modifies the origin response, reading a request body and continuing the chain, a Netlify user gate, post-response work with `waitUntil`, and streaming SSR in `.tsx`. A footguns section lists the usual failures: a function with no route deploys but never runs, `path: "/*"` fires on every request including assets, and caching needs both `cache: "manual"` in config and cache headers on the returned `Response`.

The limits are hard. Each request gets 50 ms of CPU, and `waitUntil` work counts against it. Functions do not execute on sites with Split Testing enabled, are unsupported on HIPAA-compliant hosting, and Custom Headers and basic-auth headers do not apply to them. If Split Testing is on, that is worth checking before you blame your code for a silent no-op.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- put an auth middleware or login gate in front of static files
- redirect or rewrite visitors by country or cookie
- inject geolocation into a page for personalization
- run an A/B test at the edge without touching the bundle
- cache an edge response without serving a cached function over a static asset

## Example prompts
- write an edge function in `netlify/edge-functions/auth.ts` that gates `/admin/*` behind Netlify user ids
- redirect visitors from Paris with the `promo-code` cookie to `/subscriber-sale`
- why is my edge function not caching even though I set `cache: "manual"`?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: netlify-edge-functions
description: Write, route, cache, and debug Netlify Edge Functions, the Deno-based TypeScript or JavaScript handlers in netlify/edge-functions that run at the network edge in front of static files and serverless functions. Activate this skill whenever someone wants to add auth middleware or a login gate, redirect or rewrite visitors by country or cookie, localize or personalize a page with geolocation, run A/B testing, transform or inject HTML into a response, stream server-side rendering at the edge, or cache an edge response. Also use it when an edge function silently does nothing, runs in the wrong order, ignores its Cache-Control headers, or cannot read an environment variable.
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# Netlify Edge Functions

## Use this form

```ts
// netlify/edge-functions/hello.ts
import type { Config, Context } from "@netlify/edge-functions";

export default async (request: Request, context: Context) => {
  return new Response(`Hello from ${context.geo.country?.name ?? "somewhere"}`);
};

export const config: Config = { path: "/hello" };
```

- One file = one function: a default-export handler plus a `config` export with the route. Alternatively, declare the route in `netlify.toml`.
- `Request` and `Response` are global. Import `Context` and `Config` types from `@netlify/edge-functions`.
- Read env vars with `Netlify.env.get()`. `process.env` works only for Next.js middleware.

**Avoid these:**
- A file with no `config.path` or `pattern` and no `[[edge_functions]]` entry. It deploys but never runs.
- Import maps in `deno.json`. They are unsupported. Use a separate file with `[functions] deno_import_map`.
- Variables set in `netlify.toml`. They are invisible to edge functions.
- `Netlify.env.set()` or `Netlify.env.delete()` as persistence. They affect only the current invocation.
- `fetch()` to the same site for the current path. Use `context.next()` instead.

## ⚠️ Footguns

- **No route = silent no-op.** Edge functions get no automatic URL.
- **`path: "/*"` runs on every request**, including assets. Narrow it, or add `excludedPath`.
- **Caching needs both parts:** `cache: "manual"` in config AND cache headers on the returned `Response`. With only one, nothing is cached.
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