Inngest Nextjs Patterns

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Scaffolding Inngest patterns — and even if the user just says add a background job
• Process this async
• Schedule X every hour
• Send an event when Y happens in a Next.js codebase

Example prompts

• “add a background job”
• “process this async”
• “schedule X every hour”
• “/inngest-nextjs-patterns”

Requirements

• Node.js

Workflow steps

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

1. 1First time in this codebase? Read references/conventions.md before writing anything. The conventions explain why event names take a…
2. 2Pick a template from the catalog below based on what you're creating.
3. 3Render it by substituting the documented parameters. Each template has a parameter table at the top of its file.
4. 4Wire it up: new functions must be added to src/inngest/functions/index.ts (the registry the route handler reads). The conventions doc…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cf93c57. 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

Inngest Nextjs Patterns loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 149 tokens; SKILL.md has 554 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~149

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

~1.4k

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

~4.8k

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

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:44

  /localhost:8288. Set `INNGEST_DEV=1` in `.env.local` to point the SDK at it.

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 pproenca/dot-skills at commit cf93c57, republished under its MIT licence (© pproenca). 554 words, ~1,437 tokens.

name

inngest-nextjs-patterns

description

Inngest event-driven functions in a Next.js (App Router) project — creating the client, the /api/inngest route handler, typed events with Zod schemas, durable event-triggered functions, scheduled cron functions, or fan-out orchestrators. Trigger when scaffolding Inngest patterns — and even if the user just says "add a background job", "process this async", "schedule X every hour", or "send an event when Y happens" in a Next.js codebase. Also trigger when reviewing existing Inngest code to enforce event-naming, function-id stability, and step-idempotency conventions.

src/
├── app/api/inngest/route.ts          # generated by route-handler template
└── inngest/
    ├── client.ts                     # generated by client template
    ├── events/                       # one file per domain (events.shop.ts, events.user.ts)
    │   └── {domain}.ts               # generated by event template
    └── functions/
        ├── index.ts                  # registry: re-exports all functions as an array
        └── {name}.ts                 # generated by function/cron/fan-out templates

© pproenca, 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 10 other files (references, assets) in skills/.experimental/inngest-nextjs-patterns of pproenca/dot-skills.

• SKILL.md
• assets/templates/client.ts.template
• assets/templates/event.ts.template
• assets/templates/function-cron.ts.template
• assets/templates/function-fan-out.ts.template
• assets/templates/function.ts.template
• assets/templates/route-handler.ts.template
• config.json
• gotchas.md
• metadata.json
• references/conventions.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cf93c57