skills/pinia/SKILL.md
Pinia official Vue state management library, type-safe and extensible. Use when defining stores, working with state/getters/actions, or implementing store patterns in Vue apps.
npx skillsauth add antfu/skills piniaInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Pinia is the official state management library for Vue, designed to be intuitive and type-safe. It supports both Options API and Composition API styles, with first-class TypeScript support and devtools integration.
The skill is based on Pinia v3.0.4, generated at 2026-01-28.
| Topic | Description | Reference | |-------|-------------|-----------| | Stores | Defining stores, state, getters, actions, storeToRefs, subscriptions | core-stores |
| Topic | Description | Reference | |-------|-------------|-----------| | Plugins | Extend stores with custom properties, state, and behavior | features-plugins |
| Topic | Description | Reference | |-------|-------------|-----------| | Composables | Using Vue composables within stores (VueUse, etc.) | features-composables | | Composing Stores | Store-to-store communication, avoiding circular dependencies | features-composing-stores |
| Topic | Description | Reference | |-------|-------------|-----------| | Testing | Unit testing with @pinia/testing, mocking, stubbing | best-practices-testing | | Outside Components | Using stores in navigation guards, plugins, middlewares | best-practices-outside-component |
| Topic | Description | Reference | |-------|-------------|-----------| | SSR | Server-side rendering, state hydration | advanced-ssr | | Nuxt | Nuxt integration, auto-imports, SSR best practices | advanced-nuxt | | HMR | Hot module replacement for development | advanced-hmr |
storeToRefs() when destructuring state/getters to preserve reactivity@pinia/testing for component tests with mocked storesdevelopment
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