CometChat Angular Component Picker

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Choosing the right CometChat Angular component for a chat feature
• Wiring an output event on a CometChat component without it silently failing
• Finding out whether a requested chat UI surface has no kit component at all

Example prompts

• “Which CometChat Angular component shows banned group members?”
• “Wire up the closeClick event correctly on the thread header, not the message header.”
• “Is there a kit component for a custom message bubble, or do I need to build it myself?”

Requirements

• @cometchat/chat-uikit-angular version 5
• Angular 17 through 21
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): @cometchat/chat-uikit-angular ^5 (5.1.0–5.2.0 verified); Angular 17-21

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Component not in imports: [] → renders nothing, silently. Every component, every consuming component.
2. 2Guessing an output name (ccItemClicked) → binding never fires and Angular does not warn.
3. 3Replacing itemView for a cosmetic tweak → loses built-in selection/presence/receipts.
4. 4Mixing [user] and [group] across header/list/composer → one conversation's header over another's messages.
5. 5Hand-rolling bubbles → loses realtime updates.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 911b108. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are html and typescript).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  @cometchat/chat-uikit-angular ^5 (5.1.0–5.2.0 verified); Angular 17-21

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

CometChat Angular Component Picker loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 875 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~105

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.6k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from cometchat/cometchat-skills at commit 911b108, republished under its MIT licence (© cometchat). 875 words, ~2,610 tokens.

name

cometchat-angular-v5-components

description

Choose, compose and customize CometChat Angular UI Kit components — the closed component list, real @Input/@Output names, view-slot overrides via ng-template, and the surfaces that have NO kit component and must be host-composed. Triggers: 'which components exist', 'customize the conversation list', 'custom message bubble', 'create a group', 'show banned members', 'swap the list item'.

compatibility

@cometchat/chat-uikit-angular ^5 (5.1.0–5.2.0 verified); Angular 17-21

license

MIT

metadata.author

CometChat

metadata.version

1.0.0

metadata.tags

cometchat angular components uikit v5 slots content-projection customization

<!-- ✅ themed, falls back to initials when there is no picture, follows light/dark -->
<cometchat-avatar [image]="user?.getAvatar()" [name]="user?.getName()"></cometchat-avatar>

<!-- ❌ hand-rolled: needs your own fallback URL, ignores the theme, drifts from the kit -->
<img [src]="user?.getAvatar() || 'https://…/astronaut.png'" class="my-avatar" />

import { Component, ViewChild, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
import { CometChatConversationsComponent } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-angular';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-convo-list',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [CometChatConversationsComponent],
  templateUrl: './convo-list.component.html',
})
export class ConvoListComponent {
  @ViewChild('customItem', { static: true }) customItem!: TemplateRef<unknown>;

  // A trigger must have a handler in the SAME class, or the template fails to compile
  // (TS2339). `(itemClick)` emits a Conversation — discriminate it before binding the
  // subject to [user] or [group] (see cometchat-angular-v5-placement).
  open(conversation: CometChat.Conversation) { /* select the conversation */ }
}

<ng-template #customItem let-conversation>
  <div class="my-row">{{ conversation?.getConversationId() }}</div>
</ng-template>

<cometchat-conversations [itemView]="customItem" (itemClick)="open($event)"></cometchat-conversations>

© cometchat, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/cometchat-angular-v5-components of cometchat/cometchat-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/catalog.md
• references/host-composed.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 911b108