/firebase-firestore

name: firebase-firestore
description: >-
  Sets up, manages, queries, and configures Cloud Firestore databases (Standard/Enterprise edition), including data modeling, security rules, indexes, and SDK integrations (Web, Python, iOS, Android, Flutter). Use when creating/listing Firestore databases, defining data models/indexes, writing SDK queries, or integrating Firestore SDKs. Don't use for Firebase Hosting, Data Connect, Auth, Storage/GCS, Crashlytics, Functions, or BigQuery.
compatibility: This skill is best used with the Firebase CLI, but does not require it. Firebase CLI can be accessed through `npx -y firebase-tools@latest`.
metadata:
  category: Databases

Cloud Firestore Database and Operations

Before setting up dependencies, writing data models, or configuring security rules, you MUST always identify the Firestore instance edition.

1. Instance Selection and Edition Detection

Run the following command to list current Firestore databases: `bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:databases:list`

A. Instance Found

1. For each database found, inspect its edition and details: `bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:databases:get <database-id>` 1. Ask the user which database instance they wish to target or if they would prefer to create a new instance. 1. Once the target instance is established:

• If the **`edition`** is `STANDARD`, follow the guides under

`references/standard/`.

• If the **`edition`** is `ENTERPRISE` or native mode, follow the guides

under `references/enterprise/`.

B. No Instance Found (or New Requested)

If no databases exist or the user requests a new one, default to provisioning an **Enterprise** edition database and ask the user what location to use. Run `npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:locations` to get the list of options. Suggest colocating with other resources if applicable.

Once the location is determined, create the database: `bash npx -y firebase-tools@latest firestore:databases:create <database-id> --edition="enterprise" --location="<selected-location>"`

Proceed with using the guides under `references/enterprise/`.

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2. Specialized Guides

Based on the identified or created instance edition, open and read the corresponding reference guides:

Standard Edition (`references/standard/`)

• **Provisioning**: Read [provisioning.md](references/standard/provisioning.md)
• **Security Rules**: Read

[security_rules.md](references/standard/security_rules.md)

• **SDK Usage**: Read [web_sdk_usage.md](references/standard/web_sdk_usage.md),

[android_sdk_usage.md](references/standard/android_sdk_usage.md), [ios_setup.md](references/standard/ios_setup.md), or [flutter_setup.md](references/standard/flutter_setup.md)

• **Indexes**: Read [indexes.md](references/standard/indexes.md)

Enterprise Edition / Native Mode (`references/enterprise/`)

• **Provisioning**: Read

[provisioning.md](references/enterprise/provisioning.md)

• **Data Model**: Read [data_model.md](references/enterprise/data_model.md)

• **Security Rules**: Read

[security_rules.md](references/enterprise/security_rules.md)

• **SDK Usage**:

> [!CRITICAL] **Mandatory Reference Reading** Before writing or modifying any > application code for Firestore Enterprise Edition, you **MUST** read at > least one of the relevant reference documents below for the target > platform/language to understand specific architectural requirements and > pipeline initialization patterns.

Read [web_sdk_usage.md](references/enterprise/web_sdk_usage.md), [python_sdk_usage.md](references/enterprise/python_sdk_usage.md), [android_sdk_usage.md](references/enterprise/android_sdk_usage.md), [ios_setup.md](references/enterprise/ios_setup.md), or [flutter_setup.md](references/enterprise/flutter_setup.md)

• **Indexes**: Read [indexes.md](references/enterprise/indexes.md)