Stream Agent Skills

Give your AI coding agent the ability to build, query, and manage Stream - Chat, Video, Feeds, and Moderation across React / Next.js, React Native, Swift/iOS, Android, and Flutter apps.

Full documentation lives at getstream.io/agent-skills - start with the Quickstart, or read up on how the skills compare to MCP.

Install

Install the Stream CLI, then:

getstream skills

With no arguments, getstream skills installs the default set - the stream router (which includes the CLI layer), stream-builder, and stream-docs. The web pack (stream-react) and platform packs (stream-swift, stream-android, stream-react-native, stream-flutter) install on demand via getstream skills <name> the first time a task needs them. To set up a project at the same time (auth, org/app selection, credentials), run getstream init instead.

Use /stream for generic routing, or invoke a skill directly with /stream-react, /stream-builder, /stream-docs, /stream-swift, /stream-android, /stream-react-native, or /stream-flutter. Step-by-step instructions are in the installation guide.

Skills

Each skill has a reference page on the docs site - the skill names below link to them.

Skill	Purpose	When to use
/stream	Router + CLI - classifies intent, dispatches, and runs getstream CLI commands	Start here; also handles data queries, app config, and onboarding
/stream-docs	Search live SDK documentation from getstream.io	Explicit SDK token (Chat React, Video iOS, ...), "docs", "how do I ... in "
/stream-react	Build, enhance, audit, migrate, or migrate-from-Sendbird a React / Next.js web app - the default for all web React work	"build me a ... app", "add Chat to this app", "audit my video integration", "upgrade stream-chat-react", "migrate from Sendbird", stream-chat-react, @stream-io/video-react-sdk, @stream-io/feeds-react-sdk
/stream-builder	Framework-agnostic builder - scaffold a new web app, or add Chat/Video/Feeds/Moderation to an existing one	Only when named explicitly ("use stream-builder"); web React work routes to /stream-react
/stream-swift	Build or integrate Stream in Swift/SwiftUI/UIKit/iOS apps	Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, iOS, Xcode
/stream-android	Build or integrate Stream in Android/Jetpack Compose apps	Android, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, Android Studio, Gradle
/stream-react-native	Create, build, or integrate Stream Chat or Stream Video React Native in RN CLI or Expo apps	React Native, Expo, stream-chat-react-native, stream-chat-expo, @stream-io/video-react-native-sdk, video call, livestream, audio room, ringing
/stream-flutter	Build or integrate Stream Chat in Flutter apps	Flutter, Dart, stream_chat_flutter, stream_chat_flutter_core

The router (/stream) owns routing, the CLI layer (queries, app config, onboarding), and the cross-cutting rules in skills/stream/RULES.md (explained in Rules Every Skill Follows). Platform sub-skills can add their own RULES.md.

What gets installed

The skills are plain markdown. Installation and on-demand skill fetching run through the getstream CLI; the only other network touch is the optional frontend-skill packs the builder can add with your consent. The full trust model is documented in Security and Trust.

Step	Trigger	What it does	Source
getstream skills <name>	Agent, on demand (or you)	Fetches a skill's markdown into your skills directory via the getstream CLI.	GitHub (GetStream/agent-skills)
Frontend skill installs (builder only)	Agent asks first, then runs	Installs three third-party skill packs for UI scaffolding - see below.	GitHub (listed)

Frontend skills (builder only)

When you ask the agent to scaffold a new app or enhance an existing one via /stream-builder, Step 3 can install three helper skill packs. The agent surfaces the full list and waits for your confirmation before running any install. /stream-react never installs these - its builds rely on the Stream references plus Shadcn, and it only uses these packs if they are already present in the session.

Skill	Purpose	Source
vercel-react-best-practices	React/Next.js idioms	vercel-labs/agent-skills
web-design-guidelines	Generic UI design polish	vercel-labs/agent-skills
frontend-design	Frontend structure	anthropics/skills

Decline and the builder still runs - Stream reference files cover the SDK wiring; the frontend skills only tune generic UI quality. The docs skill never triggers these installs.

What your agent can do

• Scaffold a full app - Next.js + Tailwind + Stream SDKs, wired end-to-end in one shot (/stream-react)
• Add products to existing apps - drop Chat, Video, or Feeds into a project that's already running (/stream-react)
• Audit and migrate integrations - review a Video integration against best practices, upgrade an SDK version from the live release guide, or migrate an existing Sendbird app to Stream Chat React (/stream-react)
• Build and extend Swift apps - wire Stream into SwiftUI or UIKit Xcode projects with iOS-specific setup patterns (/stream-swift)
• Build and extend Android apps - wire Stream into Jetpack Compose Android Studio / Gradle projects with Android-specific setup patterns (/stream-android)
• Build and extend React Native apps - wire Stream Chat or Stream Video into Expo or RN CLI projects (/stream-react-native)
• Query live data - "any active calls?", "show flagged messages", "list my channels" - natural language to the getstream CLI (/stream)
• Configure apps and moderation - channel types, roles, permissions, blocklists, automod - via the getstream CLI (/stream)
• Answer SDK questions - token patterns, strict mode, client/server instantiation, theme wiring (/stream-react or /stream-docs)
• Search live SDK docs - ask questions about any Stream SDK, framework, or version; answers come verbatim from getstream.io with citations (/stream-docs)

How it works

The /stream router classifies intent, runs getstream CLI commands itself (queries, app config, onboarding), and routes building and docs to dedicated sub-skills. Platform sub-skills such as /stream-react-native can also be invoked explicitly.

Intent	Skill
Build a new web app	stream-react (Track A)
Add a product to an existing app	stream-react (Track E)
Audit an existing Video integration	stream-react (Track F)
Migrate / upgrade an SDK version	stream-react (Track M)
Migrate a web app from Sendbird	stream-react (Track S)
Data queries, app config, and CLI operations	stream (CLI, built in)
SDK wiring during scaffold/enhance	stream-react + its sdk.md and references/*.md
Framework-agnostic builds, only when named explicitly	stream-builder
Build or integrate a React Native CLI/Expo app	stream-react-native + its sdk.md and references/*.md
Search the official SDK documentation (no CLI needed)	stream-docs (Track D)
Build or integrate a Swift/iOS app	stream-swift (docs orchestrator: docs-map.md + setup.md)
Build or integrate an Android app	stream-android + its builder.md, sdk.md, and references/*.md
Build or integrate a Flutter app	stream-flutter + its builder.md, sdk.md, and references/*.md

Routing precedence: when user input contains a platform signal (e.g. react native, expo, stream video rn, swift, ios, flutter), the matching platform peer wins over the web stream-react rows. The web pack is the default only when no platform signal is present; stream-builder runs only when the user names it explicitly.

Cross-cutting rules (secrets, login screen, strict mode, package manager, base UI, moderation Dashboard-only, ...) live once in skills/stream/RULES.md and apply to every sub-skill - see Rules Every Skill Follows for the rationale behind each.

Contents

• skills/stream/ - Router + CLI
  • SKILL.md - intent classifier, CLI command index, hand-off rules
  • RULES.md - non-negotiable rules, stated once
  • peers.yaml - peer manifest (names, install commands, routing signals)
• skills/stream-docs/ - Docs sub-skill
  • SKILL.md - live documentation lookup with cited sources
• skills/stream-react/ - React web sub-skill (default for web React / Next.js work)
  • SKILL.md - five tracks: scaffold (Steps 0-7), enhance, Video audit, SDK migration, Sendbird migration
  • RULES.md - React/Next.js non-negotiable rules
  • builder.md - provisioning, use-case matching, page flow
  • builder-ui.md - UI shell, login screen, theme, layout/sizing
  • enhance.md - add Stream to an existing React app
  • migrate.md - docs-driven SDK version migration (Track M)
  • sendbird-migration.md - migrate a Sendbird app to Stream Chat React (Track S)
  • sdk.md - cross-cutting SDK wiring patterns
  • references/ - per-product setup + blueprints, docs-map.md, design-matching, custom-ui, Sendbird mapping tables
• skills/stream-builder/ - Builder sub-skill (explicit invocation only)
  • SKILL.md - scaffold execution (Steps 0-7)
  • builder-ui.md - UI shell, login screen, theme
  • enhance.md - add Stream to an existing app
  • sdk.md - cross-cutting SDK wiring patterns
  • references/ - per-product setup, gotchas, and component blueprints
• skills/stream-swift/ - Swift/iOS sub-skill (docs orchestrator)
  • SKILL.md - entrypoint: the .md docs convention, intent classifier, docs-lookup loop
  • RULES.md - Swift/iOS non-negotiable rules + curated iOS pitfalls
  • docs-map.md - intent -> exact official iOS docs page (Chat/Video/Feeds, SwiftUI/UIKit), plus best-practices pages and a source-code/example-app fallback (SDK repos) for what the docs do not cover
  • setup.md - CLI-driven credentials, install, and client-wiring flow
  • push.md - seamless push runbook: APNs key, CLI push-provider creation, client wiring, VoIP + CallKit
  • design-matching.md - reproduce a reference design with the pre-built components: region -> ViewFactory/Styles/theming map
  • custom-ui.md - the components-vs-custom decision + how to build a livestream/bespoke surface on the low-level client + State Layer
• skills/stream-react-native/ - React Native Chat + Video sub-skill
  • SKILL.md - RN/Expo intent classifier with Chat/Video product router, project detection, module pointers
  • RULES.md - Chat and Video RN non-negotiable rules (incl. Chat + Video interop)
  • credentials.md - API key, token, and optional requested demo-data flow
  • builder.md + sdk.md - shared RN CLI and Expo integration flow across products
  • references/ - llms.txt docs lookup (Chat + Video manifests), Chat RN setup/blueprints, Video RN setup/blueprints (VIDEO-REACT-NATIVE.md, VIDEO-REACT-NATIVE-blueprints.md), gotchas
• skills/stream-android/ - Android sub-skill
  • SKILL.md - entrypoint: intent classifier, local project detection, module pointers
  • RULES.md - Android non-negotiable rules
  • builder.md + sdk.md - shared Android app integration flow and SDK ownership patterns
  • references/ - product/framework-specific Android references and blueprints
• skills/stream-flutter/ - Flutter sub-skill
  • SKILL.md - entrypoint: intent classifier, credentials/token flow, module pointers
  • RULES.md - Flutter non-negotiable rules
  • builder.md + sdk.md - shared Flutter app integration flow and SDK ownership patterns
  • references/ - product/framework-specific Flutter references and blueprints