---
meta:
  title: "Agent skills"
  parentTitle: "Tools"
  description:
    "Use Liveblocks agent skills to help develop your Liveblocks and Yjs apps
    more easily."
---

Create your Liveblocks applications more easily with our agent skills, designed
to help AI coding assistants follow best practices for Liveblocks and Yjs. These
skills use the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io/home) format.

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## Install

Install with the following command:

```bash
npx skills add liveblocks/skills
```

## Skills

### liveblocks-best-practices

Best practices for using Liveblocks. Contains 40+ comprehensive references
related to each feature of Liveblocks. Use it when building, debugging, or
answering questions about Liveblocks.

### yjs-best-practices

Best practices for using Yjs. Contains info on fixing common issues, structuring
your data efficiently, and avoiding bugs. Use it when building, debugging, or
answering questions about Yjs.

## Usage

After installation, skills are automatically available in your AI tool. Your
agent will use them when it judges they are relevant. For example, the following
questions will trigger skills:

```
How do I handle unstable Wi-Fi connections with Liveblocks?
```

```
How do I pass custom headers to my auth endpoint?
```

```
Why is my Y.Map growing so large?
```

## Source code

The source code is available in our
[GitHub repository](https://github.com/liveblocks/skills).

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For an overview of all available documentation, see [/llms.txt](/llms.txt).