tRPC Full-Stack

Overview

tRPC lets you build fully type-safe APIs without writing a schema or code-generation step. Your TypeScript types flow from the server router directly to the client — so every API call is autocompleted, validated at compile time, and refactoring-safe. Use this skill when building TypeScript monorepos, Next.js apps, or any project where the server and client share a codebase.

When to Use This Skill

• Use when building a TypeScript full-stack app (Next.js, Remix, Express + React) where the client and server share a single repo
• Use when you want end-to-end type safety on API calls without REST/GraphQL schema overhead
• Use when adding real-time features (subscriptions) to an existing tRPC setup
• Use when designing multi-step middleware (auth, rate limiting, tenant scoping) on tRPC procedures
• Use when migrating an existing REST/GraphQL API to tRPC incrementally

Core Concepts

Routers and Procedures

A router groups related procedures (think: endpoints). Procedures are typed functions — query for reads, mutation for writes, subscription for real-time streams.