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Provides foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (firebase-tools@latest --version), CLI login (including --no-localhost), project creation, project selection (firebase…
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Install Firebase Basics
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basics --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .claude/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .claude/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basicsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basics --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .agents/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .agents/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basics --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .cursor/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .cursor/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/google/skills.git --path skills/cloud/firebase-basics--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basics --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .gemini/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .gemini/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basicsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .github/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .github/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install google/skills firebase-basics --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cloud/firebase-basics .opencode/skills/firebase-basics && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "firebase-basics" agent skill from https://github.com/google/skills/tree/main/skills/cloud/firebase-basics into .opencode/skills/firebase-basics/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "firebase-basics", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
firebase-basics- GitHub stars
- 21k
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 704 words
- Files
- 20 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 145
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Provides foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (firebase-tools@latest --version), CLI login (including --no-localhost), project creation, project selection (firebase…
- Works in 3 steps: Local Environment Setup: Verify the… → Authentication: Ensure you are logged in… → Active Project: Most Firebase tasks…
- Firebase Hosting deploy
- SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Firebase Usage Principles, References and Common Issues
- Calls npx
What it does
Firebase Basics is an agent skill from google/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Provides foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (firebase-tools@latest --version), CLI login (including --no-localhost), project creation, project selection (firebase use), and app config file downloads (google-services.json, GoogleService-Info.plist). Use ONLY for CLI login, project creation/switching, or downloading app config files. Don't use for Firebase Hosting deploy, Firestore, Auth, App Hosting, Data Connect, Crashlytics, or Remote Config.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 22 other files, including reference files (for example `references/android_setup.md`, `references/firebase-cli-guide.md` and `references/firebase-service-init.md`).
It works with Firebase and Cloud Firestore. The repository describes itself as: Agent Skills for Google products and technologies. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Firebase Hosting deploy
Example prompts
- “Use the firebase-basics skill to provide foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (firebase-tools@latest --version), CLI…”
- “/firebase-basics”
Requirements
- Node.js
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Local Environment Setup: Verify the environment is properly set up so we
- Authentication: Ensure you are logged in to Firebase so that commands
- Active Project: Most Firebase tasks require an active project context.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a1ac05. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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.
Context cost
Firebase Basics loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 704 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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 google/skills at commit 8a1ac05, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© google). 704 words, ~1,886 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/firebase-basics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 19 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- firebase-basics
- description
- Provides foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (`firebase-tools@latest --version`), CLI login (including --no-localhost), project creation, project selection (`firebase use`), and app config file downloads (`google-services.json`, `GoogleService-Info.plist`). Use ONLY for CLI login, project creation/switching, or downloading app config files. Don't use for Firebase Hosting deploy, Firestore, Auth, App Hosting, Data Connect, Crashlytics, or Remote Config.
- metadata.category
- Serverless
Firebase Basics
Prerequisites
Complete these setup steps before proceeding:
Local Environment Setup: Verify the environment is properly set up so we can use Firebase tools:
- Run
npx -y firebase-tools@latest --versionto check if the Firebase CLI is installed. - Verify if the Firebase MCP server is installed using your existing tools.
- CRITICAL: Before configuring any extensions or agent environments below, you MUST read references/local-env-setup.md.
- DO NOT SKIP this step: if 'firebase-basics' is the only Firebase
skill available to you, you must follow the reference for your agent
environment to set up the full suite of Firebase skills:
- Gemini CLI: Review references/setup/gemini_cli.md
- Antigravity: Review references/setup/antigravity.md
- Android Studio: Review references/setup/android_studio.md
- Claude Code: Review references/setup/claude_code.md
- Cursor: Review references/setup/cursor.md
- GitHub Copilot: Review references/setup/github_copilot.md
- Other Agents: Review references/setup/other_agents.md
- Run
Authentication: Ensure you are logged in to Firebase so that commands have the correct permissions. Run
npx -y firebase-tools@latest login. For environments without a browser (e.g., remote shells), usenpx -y firebase-tools@latest login --no-localhost.- The command should output the current user.
- If you are not logged in, follow the interactive instructions from this command to authenticate.
Active Project: Most Firebase tasks require an active project context.
[!IMPORTANT] For Agents: Before proceeding with project configuration, you MUST pause and ask the developer if they prefer to:
- Provide an existing Firebase Project ID, or
- Create a new Firebase project.
If using an existing Project ID:
- Check the current project by running
npx -y firebase-tools@latest use. - If the command outputs
Active Project: <project-id>, confirm with the user if this is the intended project. - If not, or if no project is active, set the project provided by the user:
bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest use <PROJECT_ID>- Check the current project by running
If creating a new project: Run the following command to create it:
bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest projects:create <project-id> --display-name "<display-name>"Note: The
<project-id>must be 6-30 characters, lowercase, and can contain digits and hyphens. It must be globally unique.
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Firebase Usage Principles
Adhere to these principles:
- Use npx for CLI commands: To ensure you always use the latest version of
the Firebase CLI, always prepend commands with
npx -y firebase-tools@latestinstead of justfirebase. For example, usenpx -y firebase-tools@latest --version. NEVER suggest the nakedfirebasecommand as an alternative. - Prioritize official knowledge: For any Firebase-related knowledge,
consult the
developerknowledge_search_documentsMCP tool before falling back to Google Search or your internal knowledge base. Including "Firebase" in your search query significantly improves relevance. - Follow Agent Skills for implementation guidance: Skills provide opinionated workflows (CUJs), security rules, and best practices. Always consult them to understand how to implement Firebase features correctly instead of relying on general knowledge.
- Use Firebase MCP Server tools instead of direct API calls: Whenever you need to interact with remote Firebase APIs (such as fetching Crashlytics logs or executing Data Connect queries), use the tools provided by the Firebase MCP Server instead of attempting manual API calls.
- Keep Plugin / Agent Skills updated: Since Firebase best practices evolve
quickly, regularly check for and install updates to their Firebase plugin or
Agent Skills. Similarly, if you encounter issues with outdated tools or
commands, follow the steps below based on your agent environment:
- Antigravity: Follow references/refresh/antigravity.md
- Gemini CLI: Follow references/refresh/gemini-cli.md
- Claude Code: Follow references/refresh/claude.md
- Cursor: Follow references/refresh/other-agents.md
- Android Studio: Follow references/refresh/android_studio.md
- Others: Follow references/refresh/other-agents.md
- Automate Config File Retrieval: When setting up iOS or Android apps, do
NOT direct users to the Firebase Console to download
google-services.jsonorGoogleService-Info.plist. Instead, use the Firebase CLI to fetch the config programmatically:- For Android:
npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:sdkconfig ANDROID <APP_ID> --project <PROJECT_ID> - For iOS:
npx -y firebase-tools@latest apps:sdkconfig IOS <APP_ID> --project <PROJECT_ID>Save the output to the appropriate location (e.g.,app/google-services.jsonfor Android, or a path to be linked byxcode-project-setupfor iOS).
- For Android:
References
- Initialize Firebase: See references/firebase-service-init.md when you need to initialize new Firebase services using the CLI.
- Exploring Commands: See references/firebase-cli-guide.md to discover and understand CLI functionality.
- SDK Setup: For detailed guides on adding Firebase to your app:
- Web: See references/web_setup.md
- Android: See references/android_setup.md
- iOS: See references/ios_setup.md
Common Issues
Login Issues: If the browser fails to open during the login step, use
npx -y firebase-tools@latest login --no-localhostinstead.Genkit: If using Genkit, install the skills:
bash npx skills add genkit-ai/skills
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Files
SKILL.md and 19 other files (references) in skills/cloud/firebase-basics of google/skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/android_setup.md
- references/firebase-cli-guide.md
- references/firebase-service-init.md
- references/flutter_setup.md
- references/ios_setup.md
- references/local-env-setup.md
- references/refresh/android_studio.md
- references/refresh/antigravity.md
- references/refresh/claude.md
- references/refresh/gemini-cli.md
- references/refresh/other-agents.md
- references/setup/android_studio.md
- references/setup/antigravity.md
- references/setup/claude_code.md
- references/setup/cursor.md
- references/setup/gemini_cli.md
- references/setup/github_copilot.md
- … and 2 more
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Questions about Firebase Basics
What does Firebase Basics do?
Provides foundational Firebase CLI setup, CLI installation, version checks (firebase-tools@latest --version), CLI login (including --no-localhost), project creation, project selection (firebase…. Firebase Basics is an agent skill from google/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization.plist).
When should I use Firebase Basics?
Firebase Basics fits situations like: firebase Hosting deploy.
How do I install Firebase Basics in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cloud/firebase-basics in google/skills) into .claude/skills/firebase-basics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Firebase Basics in Codex?
Run `npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cloud/firebase-basics in google/skills) into .agents/skills/firebase-basics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Firebase Basics in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add google/skills --skill firebase-basics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/firebase-basics, .gemini/skills/firebase-basics, .github/skills/firebase-basics and .opencode/skills/firebase-basics in your project.
What does Firebase Basics need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Firebase Basics needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.
Does Firebase Basics access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Firebase Basics safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Firebase Basics use?
Firebase Basics is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Firebase Basics use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 10k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Firebase Basics?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Firebase Basics: Monthly Newsletter (socialincome-san/public, 159 stars), Exposed Migration (GerardPaligot/Confily, 152 stars), Kotlin Linting (GerardPaligot/Confily, 152 stars) and Scraper (duyet/pricetrack, 139 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Firebase Basics?
google (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in google/skills, which has 20,994 GitHub stars. The repository holds 145 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: google/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.