cometchat-react-v7-calls

Ground truth: calling is part of @cometchat/chat-uikit-react@7 (the call UI ships INSIDE the kit — there is no separate calls-UI package), but the WebRTC engine is a SEPARATE, NOT-bundled dependency: @cometchat/chat-uikit-react@^7 + @cometchat/chat-sdk-javascript@^4.1.9 + @cometchat/calls-sdk-javascript@^5 (major 5 — distinct from the chat SDK's v4). Every CometChat* symbol below exists in the web-v7 catalog. Exhaustive props + advanced call surfaces are FETCHED from the docs .md twins via cometchat-react-v7-core/references/docs-map.md. APPEND to the user's app — additive wiring only (RULES.md).

Companion skills (read first)

• cometchat-react-v7-core — install, credentials, init→login→render, CometChatProvider. This skill ASSUMES it (calling is enabled on the SAME init).
• cometchat-react-v7-components — the component catalog (message header the call buttons live in).
• cometchat-react-v7-features — voice-video-calls is the feature entry; this skill is its operational depth.

Use this skill when

"add voice & video calls", "add calling to my chat", "enable video call", "add call buttons", "show call logs". Precondition: chat is already integrated (core done) — calling rides on the same init/login.

Prerequisites & install

Core setup done (init + login + CometChatProvider). Calling adds ONE package:

npm install @cometchat/calls-sdk-javascript@5

The Calls SDK is major 5 (not the chat SDK's v4) and is NOT bundled by the UI Kit — if it isn't installed, every call affordance stays hidden. Do not "upgrade" @cometchat/chat-sdk-javascript to a non-existent v7; it stays ^4.1.9.