Firebase Genkit

When to use this skill

• AI workflow orchestration: Building multi-step AI pipelines with type-safe inputs/outputs
• Flow-based APIs: Wrapping LLM calls into deployable HTTP endpoints
• Tool calling / agents: Equipping models with custom tools and implementing agentic loops
• RAG pipelines: Retrieval-augmented generation with vector databases (Pinecone, pgvector, Firestore, Chroma, etc.)
• Multi-agent systems: Coordinating multiple specialized AI agents
• Streaming responses: Real-time token-by-token output for chat or long-form content
• Firebase/Cloud Run deployment: Deploying AI functions to Google Cloud
• Prompt management: Managing prompts as versioned .prompt files with Dotprompt

Installation & Setup

Step 1: Install the Genkit CLI