# valibot

Teaches the agent to work with Valibot: build schemas, parse input, and stop mixing the API up with Zod. Useful when the library is already in your project.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2100 installs · ★ 16
- Author: open-circle
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-circle/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/valibot/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/valibot

## What it does

The skill gives your agent working knowledge of Valibot, the modular library for validating structural data. Three concepts are covered: schemas, methods, and actions. A schema declares the expected type, a method applies it to data, and an action only runs inside `pipe()`.

A separate section maps Valibot against Zod. Valibot builds checks as a pipeline — `v.pipe(v.string(), v.email(), v.minLength(5))` — instead of chained methods. Parsing reads `v.parse(schema, data)`, optionality is `v.optional(v.string())`, and defaults go in as a second argument. Mix the two APIs and the code will not compile, so the skill lists the mistakes agents make most often.

Migration from Zod gets its own table: `v.picklist` for `z.enum`, `v.variant` for `z.discriminatedUnion`, `v.InferOutput` for `z.infer`. Install the library with `npm install valibot` and import it as `import * as v from "valibot"`. The skill assumes a TypeScript project; without types the checks lose their point.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-circle/agent-skills --skill valibot -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-circle/agent-skills --skill valibot -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-circle/agent-skills --skill valibot -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-circle/agent-skills valibot
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-circle/agent-skills --skill valibot -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-circle/agent-skills --path skills/valibot
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-circle/agent-skills --skill valibot -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/open-circle/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/valibot/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a schema for a signup form and validate the input
- port existing Zod schemas to Valibot
- add a custom rule with `v.check` inside a pipeline
- derive a type from a schema with `v.InferOutput`
- read validation errors through `v.safeParse`

## Example prompts
- Write a Valibot schema for an object with name, email and age
- Convert this Zod schema to Valibot
- Why doesn't `v.string().email()` work in Valibot?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: valibot
description: Schema validation with Valibot, the modular and type-safe schema library. Use when the user needs to validate data, create schemas, parse inputs, or work with Valibot in their project. Also use when migrating from Zod to Valibot.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: open-circle
  version: "1.0"
---

# Valibot

This skill helps you work effectively with [Valibot](https://valibot.dev), the modular and type-safe schema library for validating structural data.

## When to use this skill

- When the user asks about schema validation with Valibot
- When creating or modifying Valibot schemas
- When parsing or validating user input
- When the user mentions Valibot, schema, or validation
- When migrating from Zod to Valibot

## CRITICAL: Valibot vs Zod — Do Not Confuse!

**Valibot and Zod have different APIs. Never mix them up!**

### Key Differences

| Feature             | Zod ❌                                | Valibot ✅                                                |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Import              | `import { z } from 'zod'`             | `import * as v from 'valibot'`                            |
| Validations         | Chained methods: `.email().min(5)`    | Pipeline: `v.pipe(v.string(), v.email(), v.minLength(5))` |
| Parsing             | `schema.parse(data)`                  | `v.parse(schema, data)`                                   |
| Safe parsing        | `schema.safeParse(data)`              | `v.safeParse(schema, data)`                               |
| Optional            | `z.string().optional()`               | `v.optional(v.string())`                                  |
| Nullable            | `z.string().nullable()`               | `v.nullable(v.string())`                                  |
| Default             | `z.string().default('x')`             | `v.optional(v.string(), 'x')`                             |
| Transform           | `z.string().transform(fn)`            | `v.pipe(v.string(), v.transform(fn))`                     |
| Refine/Check        | `z.string().refine(fn)`               | `v.pipe(v.string(), v.check(fn))`                         |
| Enum                | `z.enum(['a', 'b'])`                  | `v.picklist(['a', 'b'])`                                  |
| Native enum         | `z.nativeEnum(MyEnum)`                | `v.enum(MyEnum)`                                          |
| Union               | `z.union([a, b])`                     | `v.union([a, b])`                                         |
| Discriminated union | `z.discriminatedUnion('type', [...])` | `v.variant('type', [...])`                                |
| Intersection        | `z.intersection(a, b)`                | `v.intersect([a, b])`                                     |
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