@electric-sql/client 1.5.10 → 1.5.12

package/skills/electric-new-feature/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: electric-new-feature
+description: >
+  End-to-end guide for adding a new synced feature with Electric and TanStack
+  DB. Covers the full journey: design Postgres schema, set REPLICA IDENTITY
+  FULL, define shape, create proxy route, set up TanStack DB collection with
+  electricCollectionOptions, implement optimistic mutations with txid
+  handshake (pg_current_xact_id, awaitTxId), and build live queries with
+  useLiveQuery. Also covers migration from old ElectricSQL (electrify/db
+  pattern does not exist), current API patterns (table as query param not
+  path, handle not shape_id). Load when building a new feature from scratch.
+type: lifecycle
+library: electric
+library_version: '1.5.10'
+requires:
+  - electric-shapes
+  - electric-proxy-auth
+  - electric-schema-shapes
+sources:
+  - 'electric-sql/electric:AGENTS.md'
+  - 'electric-sql/electric:examples/tanstack-db-web-starter/'
+---
+
+This skill builds on electric-shapes, electric-proxy-auth, and electric-schema-shapes. Read those first.
+
+# Electric — New Feature End-to-End
+
+## Setup
+
+### 0. Start Electric locally
+
+```yaml
+# docker-compose.yml
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: electric
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+    ports:
+      - '54321:5432'
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+    command:
+      - -c
+      - listen_addresses=*
+      - -c
+      - wal_level=logical
+
+  electric:
+    image: electricsql/electric:latest
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://postgres:password@postgres:5432/electric?sslmode=disable
+      ELECTRIC_INSECURE: true # Dev only — use ELECTRIC_SECRET in production
+    ports:
+      - '3000:3000'
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+```
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### 1. Create Postgres table
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE todos (
+  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+  user_id UUID NOT NULL,
+  text TEXT NOT NULL,
+  completed BOOLEAN DEFAULT false,
+  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT now()
+);
+
+ALTER TABLE todos REPLICA IDENTITY FULL;
+```
+
+### 2. Create proxy route
+
+The proxy forwards Electric protocol params and injects server-side secrets. Use your framework's server route pattern (TanStack Start, Next.js API route, Express, etc.).
+
+```ts
+// Example: TanStack Start — src/routes/api/todos.ts
+import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { ELECTRIC_PROTOCOL_QUERY_PARAMS } from '@electric-sql/client'
+
+const serve = async ({ request }: { request: Request }) => {
+  const url = new URL(request.url)
+  const electricUrl = process.env.ELECTRIC_URL || 'http://localhost:3000'
+  const origin = new URL(`${electricUrl}/v1/shape`)
+
+  url.searchParams.forEach((v, k) => {
+    if (ELECTRIC_PROTOCOL_QUERY_PARAMS.includes(k))
+      origin.searchParams.set(k, v)
+  })
+
+  origin.searchParams.set('table', 'todos')
+
+  // Add auth if using Electric Cloud
+  if (process.env.ELECTRIC_SOURCE_ID && process.env.ELECTRIC_SECRET) {
+    origin.searchParams.set('source_id', process.env.ELECTRIC_SOURCE_ID)
+    origin.searchParams.set('secret', process.env.ELECTRIC_SECRET)
+  }
+
+  const res = await fetch(origin)
+  const headers = new Headers(res.headers)
+  headers.delete('content-encoding')
+  headers.delete('content-length')
+  return new Response(res.body, {
+    status: res.status,
+    statusText: res.statusText,
+    headers,
+  })
+}
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute('/api/todos')({
+  server: {
+    handlers: {
+      GET: serve,
+    },
+  },
+})
+```
+
+### 3. Define schema
+
+```ts
+// db/schema.ts — Zod schema matching your Postgres table
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const todoSchema = z.object({
+  id: z.string().uuid(),
+  user_id: z.string().uuid(),
+  text: z.string(),
+  completed: z.boolean(),
+  created_at: z.date(),
+})
+
+export type Todo = z.infer<typeof todoSchema>
+```
+
+If using Drizzle, generate schemas from your table definitions with `createSelectSchema(todosTable)` from `drizzle-zod`.
+
+### 4. Create mutation endpoint
+
+Implement your write endpoint using your framework's server function or API route. The endpoint must return `{ txid }` from the same transaction as the mutation.
+
+```ts
+// Example: server function that inserts and returns txid
+async function createTodo(todo: { text: string; user_id: string }) {
+  const client = await pool.connect()
+  try {
+    await client.query('BEGIN')
+    const result = await client.query(
+      'INSERT INTO todos (text, user_id) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING id',
+      [todo.text, todo.user_id]
+    )
+    const txResult = await client.query(
+      'SELECT pg_current_xact_id()::xid::text AS txid'
+    )
+    await client.query('COMMIT')
+    return { id: result.rows[0].id, txid: Number(txResult.rows[0].txid) }
+  } finally {
+    client.release()
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 5. Create TanStack DB collection
+
+```ts
+import { createCollection } from '@tanstack/react-db'
+import { electricCollectionOptions } from '@tanstack/electric-db-collection'
+import { todoSchema } from './db/schema'
+
+export const todoCollection = createCollection(
+  electricCollectionOptions({
+    id: 'todos',
+    schema: todoSchema,
+    getKey: (row) => row.id,
+    shapeOptions: {
+      url: new URL(
+        '/api/todos',
+        typeof window !== 'undefined'
+          ? window.location.origin
+          : 'http://localhost:5173'
+      ).toString(),
+      // Electric auto-parses: bool, int2, int4, float4, float8, json, jsonb
+      // You only need custom parsers for types like timestamptz, date, numeric
+      // See electric-shapes/references/type-parsers.md for the full list
+      parser: {
+        timestamptz: (date: string) => new Date(date),
+      },
+    },
+    onInsert: async ({ transaction }) => {
+      const { modified: newTodo } = transaction.mutations[0]
+      const result = await createTodo({
+        text: newTodo.text,
+        user_id: newTodo.user_id,
+      })
+      return { txid: result.txid }
+    },
+    onUpdate: async ({ transaction }) => {
+      const { modified: updated } = transaction.mutations[0]
+      const result = await updateTodo(updated.id, {
+        text: updated.text,
+        completed: updated.completed,
+      })
+      return { txid: result.txid }
+    },
+    onDelete: async ({ transaction }) => {
+      const { original: deleted } = transaction.mutations[0]
+      const result = await deleteTodo(deleted.id)
+      return { txid: result.txid }
+    },
+  })
+)
+```
+
+### 6. Build live queries
+
+```tsx
+import { useLiveQuery, eq } from '@tanstack/react-db'
+
+export function TodoList() {
+  const { data: todos } = useLiveQuery((q) =>
+    q
+      .from({ todo: todoCollection })
+      .where(({ todo }) => eq(todo.completed, false))
+      .orderBy(({ todo }) => todo.created_at, 'desc')
+      .limit(50)
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <ul>
+      {todos.map((todo) => (
+        <li key={todo.id}>{todo.text}</li>
+      ))}
+    </ul>
+  )
+}
+```
+
+### 7. Optimistic mutations
+
+```tsx
+const handleAdd = () => {
+  todoCollection.insert({
+    id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+    text: 'New todo',
+    completed: false,
+    created_at: new Date(),
+  })
+}
+
+const handleToggle = (todo) => {
+  todoCollection.update(todo.id, (draft) => {
+    draft.completed = !draft.completed
+  })
+}
+
+const handleDelete = (todoId) => todoCollection.delete(todoId)
+```
+
+## Common Mistakes
+
+### HIGH Removing parsers because the TanStack DB schema handles types
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// "My Zod schema has z.coerce.date() so I don't need a parser"
+electricCollectionOptions({
+  schema: z.object({ created_at: z.coerce.date() }),
+  shapeOptions: { url: '/api/todos' }, // No parser!
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+electricCollectionOptions({
+  schema: z.object({ created_at: z.coerce.date() }),
+  shapeOptions: {
+    url: '/api/todos',
+    parser: { timestamptz: (date: string) => new Date(date) },
+  },
+})
+```
+
+Electric's sync path delivers data directly into the collection store, bypassing the TanStack DB schema. The `parser` in `shapeOptions` handles type coercion on the sync path; the schema handles the mutation path. You need both. Without the parser, `timestamptz` arrives as a string and `getTime()` or other Date methods will fail at runtime.
+
+### CRITICAL Using old electrify() bidirectional sync API
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const { db } = await electrify(conn, schema)
+await db.todos.create({ text: 'New todo' })
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+todoCollection.insert({ id: crypto.randomUUID(), text: 'New todo' })
+// Write path: collection.insert() → onInsert → API → Postgres → txid → awaitTxId
+```
+
+Old ElectricSQL (v0.x) had bidirectional SQLite sync. Current Electric is read-only. Writes go through your API endpoint and are reconciled via txid handshake.
+
+Source: `AGENTS.md:386-392`
+
+### HIGH Using path-based table URL pattern
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const stream = new ShapeStream({
+  url: 'http://localhost:3000/v1/shape/todos?offset=-1',
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const stream = new ShapeStream({
+  url: 'http://localhost:3000/v1/shape?table=todos&offset=-1',
+})
+```
+
+The table-as-path-segment pattern (`/v1/shape/todos`) was removed in v0.8.0. Table is now a query parameter.
+
+Source: `packages/sync-service/CHANGELOG.md:1124`
+
+### MEDIUM Using shape_id instead of handle
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const stream = new ShapeStream({
+  url: '/api/todos',
+  params: { shape_id: '12345' },
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const stream = new ShapeStream({
+  url: '/api/todos',
+  handle: '12345',
+})
+```
+
+Renamed from `shape_id` to `handle` in v0.8.0.
+
+Source: `packages/sync-service/CHANGELOG.md:1123`
+
+See also: electric-orm/SKILL.md — Getting txid from ORM transactions.
+See also: electric-proxy-auth/SKILL.md — E2E feature journey includes setting up proxy routes.
+
+## Version
+
+Targets @electric-sql/client v1.5.10, @tanstack/react-db latest.

package/skills/electric-orm/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: electric-orm
+description: >
+  Use Electric with Drizzle ORM or Prisma for the write path. Covers getting
+  pg_current_xact_id() from ORM transactions using Drizzle tx.execute(sql)
+  and Prisma $queryRaw, running migrations that preserve REPLICA IDENTITY
+  FULL, and schema management patterns compatible with Electric shapes.
+  Load when using Drizzle or Prisma alongside Electric for writes.
+type: composition
+library: electric
+library_version: '1.5.10'
+requires:
+  - electric-shapes
+  - electric-schema-shapes
+sources:
+  - 'electric-sql/electric:AGENTS.md'
+  - 'electric-sql/electric:website/docs/guides/troubleshooting.md'
+---
+
+This skill builds on electric-shapes and electric-schema-shapes. Read those first.
+
+# Electric — ORM Integration
+
+## Setup
+
+### Drizzle ORM
+
+```ts
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/node-postgres'
+import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import { todos } from './schema'
+
+const db = drizzle(pool)
+
+// Write with txid for Electric reconciliation
+async function createTodo(text: string, userId: string) {
+  return await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+    const [row] = await tx
+      .insert(todos)
+      .values({
+        id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+        text,
+        userId,
+      })
+      .returning()
+
+    const [{ txid }] = await tx.execute<{ txid: string }>(
+      sql`SELECT pg_current_xact_id()::xid::text AS txid`
+    )
+
+    return { id: row.id, txid: parseInt(txid) }
+  })
+}
+```
+
+### Prisma
+
+```ts
+import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client'
+
+const prisma = new PrismaClient()
+
+async function createTodo(text: string, userId: string) {
+  return await prisma.$transaction(async (tx) => {
+    const todo = await tx.todo.create({
+      data: { id: crypto.randomUUID(), text, userId },
+    })
+
+    const [{ txid }] = await tx.$queryRaw<[{ txid: string }]>`
+      SELECT pg_current_xact_id()::xid::text AS txid
+    `
+
+    return { id: todo.id, txid: parseInt(txid) }
+  })
+}
+```
+
+## Core Patterns
+
+### Drizzle migration with REPLICA IDENTITY
+
+```ts
+// In migration file
+import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'
+
+export async function up(db) {
+  await db.execute(sql`
+    CREATE TABLE todos (
+      id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+      text TEXT NOT NULL,
+      completed BOOLEAN DEFAULT false
+    )
+  `)
+  await db.execute(sql`ALTER TABLE todos REPLICA IDENTITY FULL`)
+}
+```
+
+### Prisma migration with REPLICA IDENTITY
+
+```sql
+-- prisma/migrations/001_init/migration.sql
+CREATE TABLE "todos" (
+  "id" UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+  "text" TEXT NOT NULL,
+  "completed" BOOLEAN DEFAULT false
+);
+
+ALTER TABLE "todos" REPLICA IDENTITY FULL;
+```
+
+### Collection onInsert with ORM
+
+```ts
+import { createCollection } from '@tanstack/react-db'
+import { electricCollectionOptions } from '@tanstack/electric-db-collection'
+
+export const todoCollection = createCollection(
+  electricCollectionOptions({
+    id: 'todos',
+    schema: todoSchema,
+    getKey: (row) => row.id,
+    shapeOptions: { url: '/api/todos' },
+    onInsert: async ({ transaction }) => {
+      const newTodo = transaction.mutations[0].modified
+      const { txid } = await createTodo(newTodo.text, newTodo.userId)
+      return { txid }
+    },
+  })
+)
+```
+
+## Common Mistakes
+
+### HIGH Not returning txid from ORM write operations
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// Drizzle — no txid returned
+const [todo] = await db.insert(todos).values({ text: 'New' }).returning()
+return { id: todo.id }
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+// Drizzle — txid in same transaction
+const result = await db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+  const [row] = await tx.insert(todos).values({ text: 'New' }).returning()
+  const [{ txid }] = await tx.execute<{ txid: string }>(
+    sql`SELECT pg_current_xact_id()::xid::text AS txid`
+  )
+  return { id: row.id, txid: parseInt(txid) }
+})
+```
+
+ORMs do not return `pg_current_xact_id()` by default. Add a raw SQL query for txid within the same transaction. Without it, optimistic state may drop before the synced version arrives, causing UI flicker.
+
+Source: `AGENTS.md:116-119`
+
+### MEDIUM Running migrations that drop replica identity
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// ORM migration recreates table without REPLICA IDENTITY
+await db.execute(sql`DROP TABLE todos`)
+await db.execute(sql`CREATE TABLE todos (...)`)
+// Missing: ALTER TABLE todos REPLICA IDENTITY FULL
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+await db.execute(sql`DROP TABLE todos`)
+await db.execute(sql`CREATE TABLE todos (...)`)
+await db.execute(sql`ALTER TABLE todos REPLICA IDENTITY FULL`)
+```
+
+Some migration tools reset table properties. Always ensure `REPLICA IDENTITY FULL` is set after table recreation. Without it, Electric cannot stream updates and deletes correctly.
+
+Source: `website/docs/guides/troubleshooting.md:373`
+
+See also: electric-new-feature/SKILL.md — Full write-path journey including txid handshake.
+See also: electric-schema-shapes/SKILL.md — Schema design affects both shapes and ORM queries.
+
+## Version
+
+Targets @electric-sql/client v1.5.10.