Firebase questions are easy to answer from stale memory or by conflating Firestore with the older Realtime Database. Use this skill to ground answers in the official Firebase documentation and return the closest authoritative page instead of generic backend-as-a-service advice.

When to Use

Use this skill when the request is about:

Firebase Authentication: sign-in methods, session management, and the Admin SDK
Cloud Firestore: data model, queries, indexes, and security rules
Realtime Database: JSON tree structure, queries, and security rules
Cloud Functions for Firebase: triggers, HTTP functions, and deployment
Firebase Hosting: deploys, rewrites, and custom domains
Cloud Storage for Firebase: uploads, downloads, and storage security rules
Cloud Messaging (FCM), Remote Config, Crashlytics, App Check, and Firebase Extensions
Client SDK setup for Web, iOS, Android, Flutter, Unity, and C++
Firebase Security Rules language and testing rules with the emulator suite
Firebase project setup, pricing tiers, and the Firebase CLI

Do not use this skill for:

firebase-docs

When to Use