/relational-database-web-cloudbase

name: relational-database-web-cloudbase
description: "[Deprecated] Use when building frontend Web apps that talk to CloudBase Relational Database via @cloudbase/js-sdk – provides the canonical init pattern so you can then use Supabase-style queries from the browser. New environments should use PostgreSQL with app.rdb() — see postgresql-development skill instead."
version: 2.34.3
alwaysApply: false
metadata:
  priority: "5"
  deprecated: "true"

Sibling skills (local only)

Sibling CloudBase skills ship beside this skill. Use local relative paths such as `../auth-tool-cloudbase/SKILL.md`.

If a referenced sibling skill file is missing from this environment, ask the user to install the full CloudBase plugin (or the missing skill). Do **not** HTTP-fetch remote skill or protocol markdown into the agent context.

CloudBase Relational Database Web SDK

Activation Contract

Use this first when

• A browser or Web app must access CloudBase Relational Database through `@cloudbase/js-sdk`.
• The task is specifically about frontend initialization and browser-side query usage.

Read before writing code if

• You need to distinguish browser SDK usage from MCP database management or backend Node access.
• The request mentions Supabase migration, shared frontend DB client, or browser-side table queries.

Then also read

• MySQL SQL management and MCP operations -> `../relational-database-mcp-cloudbase/SKILL.md`
• Web auth/login -> `../auth-web-cloudbase/SKILL.md`
• General Web app setup -> `../web-development/SKILL.md`

Do NOT use for

• MCP-based SQL provisioning, schema changes, or permissions management.
• Backend/Node service access.
• Document database operations.

Common mistakes / gotchas

• Initializing SDKs in an MCP management flow.
• Treating `app` itself as the relational database client.
• Re-initializing CloudBase in every component.
• Mixing frontend browser access with admin-style schema mutations.

Minimal checklist

• Confirm the caller is a Web frontend.
• Keep one shared CloudBase app and one shared relational DB client.
• Route MySQL provisioning/schema work to `relational-database-mcp-cloudbase`. If the task says PostgreSQL, CloudBase PG, PG mode, `app.rdb()`, `queryPgDatabase`, `managePgDatabase`, or RLS, route to `postgresql-development-cloudbase` instead.
• Handle auth separately before data access.

Overview

This skill standardizes the **browser-side initialization pattern** for CloudBase Relational Database.

After initialization, use `db` with Supabase-style query patterns.

Installation

npm install @cloudbase/js-sdk

Canonical initialization

import cloudbase from "@cloudbase/js-sdk";

const app = cloudbase.init({
  env: "your-env-id"
});

const auth = app.auth;
// Handle login separately

const db = app.rdb();

Initialization rules

• Initialize synchronously.
• Do not lazy-load the SDK with `import("@cloudbase/js-sdk")` unless the framework absolutely requires it.
• Create one shared `db` client and reuse it.
• Do not invent unsupported `cloudbase.init()` options.

Quick routing

Use this skill when

• you are wiring browser components to relational tables
• you are replacing a Supabase browser client with CloudBase
• you need a canonical shared frontend `db` client

Use `relational-database-mcp-cloudbase` instead when

• you need to create/destroy MySQL
• you need MySQL DDL or write-SQL administration
• you need to inspect or change MySQL table security rules through MCP

Use `postgresql-development-cloudbase` instead when

• the task says PostgreSQL, CloudBase PG, PG mode, `app.rdb()`, `queryPgDatabase`, `managePgDatabase`, PostgREST, or RLS
• browser-side table code must use PG semantics rather than legacy NoSQL / MySQL management tools

Example: shared frontend DB client

import cloudbase from "@cloudbase/js-sdk";

const app = cloudbase.init({
  env: "your-env-id"
});

export const db = app.rdb();

Example: Supabase-style query

const { data, error } = await db
  .from("posts")
  .select("*")
  .order("created_at", { ascending: false });

if (error) {
  console.error("Failed to load posts", error.message);
}

Example: insert / update / delete

await db.from("posts").insert({ title: "Hello" });
await db.from("posts").update({ title: "Updated" }).eq("id", 1);
await db.from("posts").delete().eq("id", 1);

Key principle

• `app.rdb()` gives you the relational database client.
• After that point, use Supabase-style query knowledge for table operations.
• Keep schema management and privileged administration outside browser code.