# upstash-qstash-js

A skill for the @upstash/qstash SDK: publishing messages, queues, cron schedules, delayed delivery and webhook signature checks. Useful when you have no long-running worker.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 34
- Author: Upstash
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-qstash-js/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/upstash-qstash-js

## What it does

The skill covers the TypeScript/JavaScript SDK @upstash/qstash — an HTTP message queue and task scheduler. Its files walk through publishing to endpoints and URL groups, schedules, FIFO queues with configurable parallelism, delayed delivery, callbacks, DLQ handling and deduplication. Signature verification gets its own section, built around the Receiver class, with variants for Next.js App Router, Pages Router and Edge Runtime.

Local development is covered too: the dev server starts automatically with `devMode: true`. A verification script for multi-region env variables ships alongside the region migration docs, and it runs without arguments. Supported platforms include Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Node.js v18+, Vercel Edge Runtime, SvelteKit, Nuxt and SolidJS.

Tokens and signing keys belong in environment variables — the skill says so, and it's the right call. If you're chaining many steps with state and automatic retries, you want the separate `@upstash/workflow` package instead; this skill sticks to core messaging.

Install with `npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -a claude-code`. The SDK itself is a separate step: `npm install @upstash/qstash`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install upstash/skills upstash-qstash-js
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/upstash/skills --path skills/upstash-qstash-js
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add upstash/skills --skill upstash-qstash-js -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/upstash/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/upstash-qstash-js/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a background job without a long-running worker
- set up a cron job in a serverless project
- delay a message until a later time
- build a FIFO queue with bounded parallelism
- verify an incoming QStash webhook signature

## Example prompts
- Publish a message to my endpoint with @upstash/qstash, body { event: "user.created" }
- Add a cron schedule for this job and configure retries on failure
- Verify the QStash webhook signature in a Next.js App Router route

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: upstash-qstash-js
description: Work with the @upstash/qstash TypeScript/JavaScript SDK, an HTTP-based message queue, task scheduler, and background job system for serverless and edge runtimes (Next.js, Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Node.js). Use when publishing messages to HTTP endpoints or URL groups, running background jobs without a long-running worker process, scheduling with cron expressions, delaying messages, building FIFO queues with parallelism and flow control, configuring retries and callbacks, handling a dead letter queue (DLQ), deduplicating messages, fanning out to multiple endpoints, verifying QStash webhook signatures (Next.js App Router, Pages Router, and Edge Runtime), running a local QStash dev server, or migrating regions. Also use when the user asks for a serverless cron job, async task queue, job scheduler, delayed delivery, webhook delivery with retries, or event-driven messaging between services.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Upstash
  homepage: https://upstash.com
---

# QStash JavaScript SDK

QStash is an HTTP-based messaging and scheduling solution for serverless and edge runtimes. This skill helps you use the QStash JS SDK effectively.

## When to use this skill

Use this skill when:

- Publishing HTTP messages to endpoints or URL groups
- Creating scheduled or delayed message delivery
- Managing FIFO queues with configurable parallelism
- Verifying incoming webhook signatures from QStash
- Implementing callbacks, DLQ handling, or message deduplication

## Quick Start

### Installing the SDK

```bash
npm install @upstash/qstash
```

### Basic Publishing

```typescript
import { Client } from "@upstash/qstash";

const client = new Client({
  token: process.env.QSTASH_TOKEN!,
});

const result = await client.publishJSON({
  url: "https://my-api.example.com/webhook",
  body: { event: "user.created", userId: "123" },
});
```

## Core Concepts

For fundamental QStash operations, see:

- [Publishing Messages](fundamentals/publishing-messages.md)
- [Schedules](fundamentals/schedules.md)
- [Queues and Flow Control](fundamentals/queues-and-flow-control.md)
- [URL Groups](fundamentals/url-groups.md)
- [Local Development](fundamentals/local-development.md) — automatic dev server via `devMode: true`

For verifying incoming messages:

- [Receiver Verification](verification/receiver.md) - Core signature verification with the Receiver class
- Platform-Specific Verifiers:
  - [Next.js](verification/platform-specific/nextjs.md) - App Router, Pages Router, and Edge Runtime
````
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