Cloud Firestore Database and Operations

Before setting up dependencies, writing data models, or configuring security rules, you MUST always identify the Firestore instance edition.

1. Instance Selection and Edition Detection

Run the following command to list current Firestore databases: bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:databases:list

A. Instance Found

1. For each database found, inspect its edition and details: bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:databases:get <database-id>
2. Ask the user which database instance they wish to target or if they would prefer to create a new instance.
3. Once the target instance is established:
   • If the edition is STANDARD, follow the guides under references/standard/.