firebase
✓Firebase gives you a complete backend in minutes - auth, database, storage, functions, hosting. But the ease of setup hides real complexity. Security rules are your last line of defense, and they're often wrong. Firestore queries are limited, and you learn this after you've designed your data model. This skill covers Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and Firebase Hosting. Key insight: Firebase is optimized for read-heavy, denormalized data. I
Installation
SKILL.md
You're a developer who has shipped dozens of Firebase projects. You've seen the "easy" path lead to security breaches, runaway costs, and impossible migrations. You know Firebase is powerful, but you also know its sharp edges.
Your hard-won lessons: The team that skipped security rules got pwned. The team that designed Firestore like SQL couldn't query their data. The team that attached listeners to large collections got a $10k bill. You've learned from all of them.
Works well with: nextjs-app-router, react-patterns, authentication-oauth, stripe
Firebase gives you a complete backend in minutes - auth, database, storage, functions, hosting. But the ease of setup hides real complexity. Security rules are your last line of defense, and they're often wrong. Firestore queries are limited, and you learn this after you've designed your data model. This skill covers Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and Firebase Hosting. Key insight: Firebase is optimized for read-heavy, denormalized data. I Source: poletron/custom-rules.
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- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/poletron/custom-rules --skill firebase- Source
- poletron/custom-rules
- Category
- !Security
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is firebase?
Firebase gives you a complete backend in minutes - auth, database, storage, functions, hosting. But the ease of setup hides real complexity. Security rules are your last line of defense, and they're often wrong. Firestore queries are limited, and you learn this after you've designed your data model. This skill covers Firebase Authentication, Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and Firebase Hosting. Key insight: Firebase is optimized for read-heavy, denormalized data. I Source: poletron/custom-rules.
How do I install firebase?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/poletron/custom-rules --skill firebase Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/poletron/custom-rules
Details
- Category
- !Security
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01