NestJS questions are easy to answer from stale memory or generic Node.js advice. Use this skill to ground answers in the official NestJS documentation and return the closest authoritative page instead of improvising framework patterns.

When to Use

Use this skill when the request is about:

NestJS concepts, architecture, terminology, or project structure
Modules, controllers, providers, services, and dependency injection
Middleware, guards, pipes, interceptors, exception filters, and custom decorators
Request lifecycle, execution context, or scoping (global, controller, route)
Configuration, environment variables, and dynamic modules
Databases, ORMs, validation, serialization, caching, queues, and task scheduling
Authentication, authorization, CORS, Helmet, CSRF, rate limiting, and encryption
GraphQL, microservices, WebSockets, and hybrid applications
OpenAPI/Swagger documentation and API design with @nestjs/swagger
Testing, CLI scaffolding, deployment, serverless, and performance tuning
Express or Fastify as the underlying HTTP platform (@nestjs/platform-express, @nestjs/platform-fastify)

Do not use this skill for:

nestjs-docs

When to Use