Provider Agent Skill

Use when setting up providers, consuming state, optimizing rebuilds, using ProxyProvider, or migrating from deprecated providers (Provider package).

899 tokens

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/evanca/flutter-ai-rules --skill provider

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

Provider Skill

This skill defines how to correctly use the provider package in Flutter applications.

1. Provider Types

| Provider | Use for |

|---|---|

| Provider | Exposing any immutable value |

| ChangeNotifierProvider | Mutable state with ChangeNotifier |

| FutureProvider | Exposing a Future result |

| StreamProvider | Exposing a Stream |

| ProxyProvider / ChangeNotifierProxyProvider | Objects that depend on other providers |

2. Setup

MultiProvider(
  providers: [
    Provider<Something>(create: (_) => Something()),
    ChangeNotifierProvider(create: (_) => MyNotifier()),
    FutureProvider<String>(create: (_) => fetchData(), initialData: ''),
  ],
  child: MyApp(),
)

Use MultiProvider to group multiple providers and avoid deeply nested trees.
ChangeNotifierProvider automatically disposes the model when it is no longer needed.
Never create a provider's object from variables that can change over time — the object won't update when the variable changes. Use ProxyProvider instead.
If you have 150+ providers, consider mounting them over time (e.g., during a splash screen) rather than all at once to avoid StackOverflowError.

3. Consuming State

Always specify the generic type for type safety:

// Listen and rebuild on change — only valid inside build() or a Provider's update method
final count = context.watch<MyModel>().count;

// Access without listening — use in callbacks, not inside build()
context.read<MyModel>().increment();

// Listen to only part of the state
final count = context.select<MyModel, int>((m) => m.count);

Use Consumer<T> or Selector<T, R> widgets when you need fine-grained rebuilds and cannot access a descendant BuildContext:

Consumer<MyModel>(
  builder: (context, model, child) => Text('${model.count}'),
  child: const ExpensiveWidget(), // rebuilt only once
)

Selector<MyModel, int>(
  selector: (_, model) => model.count,
  builder: (_, count, __) => Text('$count'),
)

4. ProxyProvider

Use ProxyProvider or ChangeNotifierProxyProvider for objects that depend on other providers or values that can change:

MultiProvider(
  providers: [
    Provider<Auth>(create: (_) => Auth()),
    ProxyProvider<Auth, Api>(
      update: (_, auth, __) => Api(auth.token),
    ),
  ],
)

5. Rules

Do not access providers inside initState or constructors — use them in build, callbacks, or lifecycle methods where the widget is fully mounted.
You can use any object as state, not just ChangeNotifier; use Provider.value() with a StatefulWidget if needed.

6. Debugging

Implement toString or DiagnosticableTreeMixin to improve how your objects appear in Flutter DevTools:

class MyModel with DiagnosticableTreeMixin {
  final int count;
  MyModel(this.count);

  @override
  String toString() => 'MyModel(count: $count)';
}

7. Migration: ValueListenableProvider

ValueListenableProvider is deprecated. Use Provider with ValueListenableBuilder instead:

ValueListenableBuilder<int>(
  valueListenable: myValueListenable,
  builder: (context, value, _) {
    return Provider<int>.value(
      value: value,
      child: MyApp(),
    );
  },
)

References

Provider GitHub Repository

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