Nuxt Server Skill for Claude

| Nuxt 4 server-side development with Nitro: API routes, server middleware, database integration, and backend patterns. Use when: creating server API routes, implementing server middleware, integrating databases (D1, PostgreSQL, Drizzle), handling file uploads, implementing WebSockets, or building backend logic with Nitro.

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npx skills add https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills --skill nuxt-server

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Nuxt 4 Server Development

Server routes, API patterns, and backend development with Nitro.

Quick Reference

File-Based Server Routes

server/
├── api/                      # API endpoints (/api/*)
│   ├── users/
│   │   ├── index.get.ts      → GET  /api/users
│   │   ├── index.post.ts     → POST /api/users
│   │   ├── [id].get.ts       → GET  /api/users/:id
│   │   ├── [id].put.ts       → PUT  /api/users/:id
│   │   └── [id].delete.ts    → DELETE /api/users/:id
│   └── health.get.ts         → GET  /api/health
├── routes/                   # Non-API routes
│   └── sitemap.xml.get.ts    → GET  /sitemap.xml
├── middleware/               # Server middleware
│   └── auth.ts               # Runs on every request
├── plugins/                  # Nitro plugins
│   └── database.ts           # Initialize database
└── utils/                    # Server utilities
    └── db.ts                 # Database helpers

HTTP Method Suffixes

| Suffix | HTTP Method |

|--------|-------------|

| .get.ts | GET |

| .post.ts | POST |

| .put.ts | PUT |

| .patch.ts | PATCH |

| .delete.ts | DELETE |

| .ts | All methods |

When to Load References

Load references/server.md when:

Implementing complex API routes
Handling authentication and sessions
Working with cookies and headers
Building file upload endpoints
Understanding Nitro internals

Load references/database-patterns.md when:

Integrating Cloudflare D1 with Drizzle
Setting up PostgreSQL connections
Implementing database migrations
Building query patterns

Load references/websocket-patterns.md when:

Implementing real-time features
Building WebSocket endpoints
Using Durable Objects for state

Basic Event Handler

// server/api/users/index.get.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Return data (automatically serialized to JSON)
  return {
    users: [
      { id: 1, name: 'John' },
      { id: 2, name: 'Jane' }
    ]
  }
})

Request Utilities

URL Parameters

// server/api/users/[id].get.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const id = getRouterParam(event, 'id')

  if (!id) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 400,
      message: 'User ID is required'
    })
  }

  return { id }
})

Query Parameters

// GET /api/users?page=1&limit=10&search=john
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const query = getQuery(event)

  const page = Number(query.page) || 1
  const limit = Number(query.limit) || 10
  const search = query.search as string | undefined

  return { page, limit, search }
})

Request Body

// server/api/users/index.post.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const body = await readBody(event)

  // Validate body
  if (!body.name || !body.email) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 400,
      message: 'Name and email are required'
    })
  }

  // Create user...
  return { success: true, user: { id: 1, ...body } }
})

Headers

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Read headers
  const authHeader = getHeader(event, 'authorization')
  const contentType = getHeader(event, 'content-type')

  // Set response headers
  setHeader(event, 'X-Custom-Header', 'value')
  setHeader(event, 'Cache-Control', 'max-age=3600')

  return { authHeader, contentType }
})

Response Utilities

Setting Status Code

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Set status code
  setResponseStatus(event, 201)  // Created

  return { message: 'Resource created' }
})

Redirects

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Redirect
  return sendRedirect(event, '/new-location', 302)
})

Error Handling

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const id = getRouterParam(event, 'id')

  const user = await findUser(id)

  if (!user) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 404,
      statusMessage: 'Not Found',
      message: `User with ID ${id} not found`
    })
  }

  return user
})

Cookies

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Read cookie
  const sessionId = getCookie(event, 'session_id')

  // Set cookie
  setCookie(event, 'session_id', 'abc123', {
    httpOnly: true,
    secure: true,
    sameSite: 'lax',
    maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7  // 1 week
  })

  // Delete cookie
  deleteCookie(event, 'old_cookie')

  return { sessionId }
})

Server Middleware

// server/middleware/auth.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // Skip for public routes
  const publicRoutes = ['/api/auth/login', '/api/health']
  if (publicRoutes.includes(event.path)) {
    return  // Continue to next handler
  }

  // Check authentication
  const token = getHeader(event, 'authorization')?.replace('Bearer ', '')

  if (!token) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 401,
      message: 'Authentication required'
    })
  }

  // Verify token and attach user to context
  const user = await verifyToken(token)
  event.context.user = user
})

Accessing Context in Routes

// server/api/profile.get.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // User attached by middleware
  const user = event.context.user

  if (!user) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 401, message: 'Not authenticated' })
  }

  return { user }
})

Database Integration

Cloudflare D1 with Drizzle

// server/utils/db.ts
import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/d1'
import * as schema from '~/server/database/schema'

export function useDB(event: H3Event) {
  const { DB } = event.context.cloudflare.env
  return drizzle(DB, { schema })
}

// server/api/users/index.get.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const db = useDB(event)

  const users = await db.select().from(schema.users).limit(10)

  return { users }
})

Schema Definition

// server/database/schema.ts
import { sqliteTable, text, integer } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'

export const users = sqliteTable('users', {
  id: integer('id').primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  name: text('name').notNull(),
  email: text('email').notNull().unique(),
  createdAt: integer('created_at', { mode: 'timestamp' })
    .notNull()
    .$defaultFn(() => new Date())
})

export const posts = sqliteTable('posts', {
  id: integer('id').primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }),
  userId: integer('user_id').notNull().references(() => users.id),
  title: text('title').notNull(),
  content: text('content'),
  createdAt: integer('created_at', { mode: 'timestamp' })
    .notNull()
    .$defaultFn(() => new Date())
})

CRUD Operations

// server/api/users/index.post.ts
import { users } from '~/server/database/schema'
import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm'

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const db = useDB(event)
  const body = await readBody(event)

  // Create
  const [user] = await db.insert(users)
    .values({ name: body.name, email: body.email })
    .returning()

  return { user }
})

// server/api/users/[id].put.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const db = useDB(event)
  const id = getRouterParam(event, 'id')
  const body = await readBody(event)

  // Update
  const [user] = await db.update(users)
    .set({ name: body.name })
    .where(eq(users.id, Number(id)))
    .returning()

  if (!user) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 404, message: 'User not found' })
  }

  return { user }
})

// server/api/users/[id].delete.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const db = useDB(event)
  const id = getRouterParam(event, 'id')

  // Delete
  await db.delete(users).where(eq(users.id, Number(id)))

  return { success: true }
})

Validation with Zod

// server/api/users/index.post.ts
import { z } from 'zod'

const createUserSchema = z.object({
  name: z.string().min(2).max(100),
  email: z.string().email(),
  age: z.number().int().min(0).max(150).optional()
})

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const body = await readBody(event)

  // Validate
  const result = createUserSchema.safeParse(body)

  if (!result.success) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 400,
      message: 'Validation failed',
      data: result.error.flatten()
    })
  }

  // Use validated data
  const { name, email, age } = result.data

  // Create user...
  return { success: true }
})

File Uploads

// server/api/upload.post.ts
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const formData = await readMultipartFormData(event)

  if (!formData) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 400, message: 'No file uploaded' })
  }

  const file = formData.find(f => f.name === 'file')

  if (!file) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 400, message: 'File field is required' })
  }

  // file.filename - Original filename
  // file.type - MIME type
  // file.data - Buffer with file contents

  // Upload to R2 (Cloudflare)
  const { R2 } = event.context.cloudflare.env
  const key = `uploads/${Date.now()}-${file.filename}`
  await R2.put(key, file.data)

  return { key, filename: file.filename, type: file.type }
})

Server Utilities

// server/utils/auth.ts
import { H3Event } from 'h3'

export function requireAuth(event: H3Event) {
  const user = event.context.user

  if (!user) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 401,
      message: 'Authentication required'
    })
  }

  return user
}

export function requireRole(event: H3Event, role: string) {
  const user = requireAuth(event)

  if (user.role !== role) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 403,
      message: 'Insufficient permissions'
    })
  }

  return user
}

// Usage in routes
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const user = requireAuth(event)
  // or
  const admin = requireRole(event, 'admin')
})

Common Anti-Patterns

Missing Method Suffix

// WRONG - Handles all methods
// server/api/users.ts

// CORRECT - Explicit method
// server/api/users.get.ts   → GET
// server/api/users.post.ts  → POST

Not Throwing Errors

// WRONG - Returns error as data
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const user = await findUser(id)
  if (!user) {
    return { error: 'Not found' }  // 200 status!
  }
})

// CORRECT - Throw error
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const user = await findUser(id)
  if (!user) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 404, message: 'Not found' })
  }
})

Forgetting Async/Await

// WRONG - Body not awaited
export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
  const body = readBody(event)  // Returns Promise!
})

// CORRECT
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const body = await readBody(event)
})

Troubleshooting

404 on API Routes:

Ensure file is in server/api/ (not app/api/)
Check method suffix matches request (.get.ts for GET)
Verify file extension is .ts

Body is Empty:

Ensure await readBody(event) not readBody(event)
Check Content-Type header is set correctly
For multipart, use readMultipartFormData

Middleware Not Running:

Check file is in server/middleware/
Middleware runs for ALL requests unless filtered

D1 Binding Not Found:

Check wrangler.toml has [[d1_databases]] configured
Access via event.context.cloudflare.env.DB

nuxt-core: Project setup, routing, configuration
nuxt-data: Composables, data fetching, state
nuxt-production: Performance, testing, deployment
cloudflare-d1: D1 database patterns

Version: 4.0.0 | Last Updated: 2025-12-28 | License: MIT

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Nuxt Server Skill for Claude

Install

The instruction itself

Nuxt 4 Server Development

Quick Reference

File-Based Server Routes

HTTP Method Suffixes

When to Load References

Basic Event Handler

Request Utilities

URL Parameters

Query Parameters

Request Body

Headers

Response Utilities

Setting Status Code

Redirects

Error Handling

Cookies

Server Middleware

Accessing Context in Routes

Database Integration

Cloudflare D1 with Drizzle

Schema Definition

CRUD Operations

Validation with Zod

File Uploads

Server Utilities

Common Anti-Patterns

Missing Method Suffix

Not Throwing Errors

Forgetting Async/Await

Troubleshooting

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