cometchat

Run CometChat on your own infrastructure — when to self-host, the deployment models (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, air-gapped), sizing & prerequisites, and how to point your app at the self-hosted instance. CometChat's enterprise differentiator: full data sovereignty. Triggers: 'self-host cometchat', 'on-prem cometchat', 'on premise deployment', 'private cloud chat', 'air-gapped chat', 'run cometchat in our own cloud/VPC', 'data sovereignty', 'point my app at self-hosted cometchat'.

Enterprise auth & access control for CometChat — SSO/OIDC/SAML via your own IdP, server-minted auth tokens, token revocation & session control, and role-based access (RBAC app-wide roles + group scopes). Cross-family: the server/REST side is the same everywhere; client login lands in each family's core/production skill. Triggers: 'add SSO to cometchat', 'SAML/OIDC login', 'okta/auth0/cognito with cometchat', 'role based access control', 'restrict what a user can do', 'revoke a user session', 'rotate/flush auth tokens', 'secure cometchat for enterprise', 'multi-tenant cometchat'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat React v7 integration — blank panes, a collapsed/0-height surface, empty lists, no messages, the kit's error state, events that never fire, or a version_conflict. Triggers: 'cometchat react not working', 'chat is blank', 'conversations empty', 'messages not showing react', 'something went wrong cometchat', 'cometchat react errors', 'why is my chat broken'.

Test a React app that embeds CometChat v7 — what to mock vs exercise for real, rendering kit components under a test provider, waiting out the async init→login gate, and a lean E2E smoke. Triggers: 'test my cometchat react app', 'mock cometchat in jest/vitest', 'unit test chat component', 'playwright test for chat', 'how do I test cometchat'.

Add web push notifications to a React app with the CometChat v7 SDK — FCM via Firebase, registered through CometChatNotifications, with the Dashboard FCM provider as the sender. THIN + docs-first: the full setup is FETCHED from CometChat's notifications docs; this skill bakes only the hardening deltas + the token lifecycle. Triggers: 'add push notifications', 'web push', 'FCM push', 'notify on new message when app closed', 'cometchat push react'.

Ship a CometChat React v7 integration safely — server-minted auth tokens instead of the Auth Key, correct env prefixes per bundler, bundle hygiene, and a pre-launch checklist. Triggers: 'is this production ready', 'auth token instead of auth key react', 'secure my cometchat react setup', 'production build config react', 'going live checklist react', 'harden cometchat before launch'.

Where CometChat chat goes in a React app shell and how to wire each layout — full-screen, sidebar/split, popup/widget, or embedded in an existing page. Triggers: 'add chat as a sidebar', 'full screen chat page', 'chat popup widget', 'embed chat in my dashboard'.

Framework wiring for the React v7 UI Kit across Vite, Create React App, Next.js, React Router (incl. Remix), and Astro — provider placement, env vars, routing, SSR/islands and build pitfalls. Triggers: 'cometchat with vite', 'cometchat in next.js', 'cometchat in react router', 'cometchat in remix', 'cometchat in astro', 'env vars not working', 'cometchat provider setup', 'SSR window is not defined'.

Upgrade a React app from CometChat UI Kit v6 → v7 (`@cometchat/chat-uikit-react` ^6 → ^7). Reads the repo's CometChat usage, applies the breaking-change map (deps, symbol renames, RxJS events → `useCometChatEvents`, DataSource → plugins, templates → plugins, theme prop, calling), fetches the prop-by-prop guide, and verifies the build. Triggers: 'upgrade my v6 uikit to v7', 'migrate cometchat react v6 to v7', 'upgrade @cometchat/chat-uikit-react to v7', 'cometchat v6 to v7', 'bump cometchat uikit'.

Enable a specific CometChat feature in a React v7 app — reactions, polls, stickers, mentions, translation, link preview, smart replies and other AI, calls, push notifications, moderation. Looks the feature up in the features.json oracle, then wires enablement. Triggers: 'add reactions', 'enable polls', 'turn on smart replies', 'enable message translation', 'add voice/video calling'.

Theme and brand the React v7 UI Kit — light/dark mode, CSS custom-property design tokens, per-component style overrides. Triggers: 'change chat colors', 'dark mode chat', 'match my brand', 'customize cometchat theme', 'override message list styles'.

Add CometChat chat to a React app end-to-end — detect the project, get & verify dashboard credentials, init→login→render with CometChatProvider, and the drop-in conversation UI. The core knowledge every other React v7 skill builds on. Triggers: 'add chat to my react app', 'integrate cometchat react', 'set up cometchat credentials', 'show conversations and messages'.

The React v7 UI Kit component catalog — which drop-in components exist and how to compose/swap them (conversations, messages, users, groups, threads, calling, bubbles). Triggers: 'what cometchat components are there', 'customize the message list', 'swap the message bubble', 'add a users list'.

Add voice & video calling to a React app with the CometChat v7 UI Kit — install the Calls SDK, enable calling on the UIKit settings, mount the incoming-call surface, and wire 1:1 ring / group join. Bakes the real gotchas (ms idle-timeout, zero-dimension call surface, Next.js SSR, no group-ring, HTTPS/getUserMedia). Triggers: 'add voice and video calls', 'add calling to my chat', 'enable video call', 'add call buttons', 'show call logs', 'cometchat calling react'.

Add voice & video calling to a React Native app FROM SCRATCH with the headless CometChat Calls SDK v5 (`@cometchat/calls-sdk-react-native@5`) — no prebuilt UI Kit. init→login→generateToken→render `<CometChatCalls.Component>`, granular event listeners, in-call actions (mute/video/layout/record/raise-hand), meet-style session rooms AND 1:1 ringing (Chat SDK signaling + Calls SDK media). Triggers: 'add calling from scratch react native', 'standalone video call RN', 'headless calls sdk react native', 'build my own call screen', 'meeting room join by session id RN', 'one-on-one ringing call without uikit RN', 'expo video call'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat React Native integration — blank chat screen, gestures not responding, Android build failures, calls not ringing, notifications not arriving, custom UI not showing. Symptom to root cause to fix. Triggers: CometChat React Native not working, blank chat screen RN, gestures not working chat, android build fails CometChat, calls not ringing RN, my custom view isn't showing.

Test a CometChat React Native integration — mock the SDK for Jest unit tests, assert init-before-render ordering and no-Auth-Key-in-source, and use Detox for the flows only a device can prove. Triggers: test CometChat React Native, mock CometChat SDK jest, detox CometChat, unit test chat screen RN, CI tests for chat.

The headless CometChat Chat SDK for React Native — a method → contract map for the fallback path, plus init/login ordering and listener lifecycle. Use when the UI Kit has no component for what you need, or when building a fully custom chat UI. Triggers: CometChat SDK React Native, headless chat RN, custom chat UI React Native, sendMessage React Native, CometChat listener leak, banned members RN, change my avatar, update my profile, update user details React Native, log the user out.

Push notifications for CometChat in React Native — FCM on Android, APNs on iOS, registering the device token with CometChatNotifications, and why none of it can be verified without a real device. Triggers: CometChat push notifications React Native, FCM CometChat RN, APNs chat notifications, notifications not arriving React Native, VoIP call push RN.

Ship a CometChat React Native app safely — server-minted auth tokens instead of the Auth Key, what actually stays secret in a mobile bundle, release-build checks, and logout hygiene. Triggers: CometChat production React Native, auth token instead of auth key RN, secure CometChat RN, release build chat, is my auth key safe in the app.

Where the CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 surfaces go in a real app — one screen per route on a stack navigator, tab-based layouts, growing from the core surface to the full app, and embedding chat in an existing screen. Triggers: add a chat tab React Native, chat screen navigation RN, react-navigation CometChat, embed chat in my RN app, full chat app layout.

Migrate a React Native app from CometChat UI Kit v4 to v5 — the 16 removed components, what replaces each, the composite-to-modular rewrite, and the theming change from setter objects to a provider. Triggers: upgrade CometChat React Native v4 to v5, CometChatConversationsWithMessages removed, migrate RN chat uikit, CometChatDetails not found, v4 to v5 breaking changes.

Turn a named CometChat capability on in a React Native app — look it up in the feature oracle, take the right enablement branch (already-on / dashboard extension / AI toggle / npm package / SDK fallback), and wire only what that branch needs. Triggers: enable reactions React Native, add polls RN chat, turn on smart replies RN, add voice video calling RN, enable message translation RN, add stickers RN, enable read receipts, typing indicator React Native, collaborative whiteboard.

Expo-specific wiring for the CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 — why Expo Go cannot work, development builds, app.json permissions, and the Expo-only extra dependency. Triggers: CometChat in Expo, Expo chat app, expo development build CometChat, Expo Go chat not working, expo run ios CometChat.

Theme, restyle and extend the CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 — theme modes and color tokens, per-component style objects, view slots, and the DataSource decorator chain for custom message types. Triggers: change CometChat colors React Native, dark mode RN chat, custom message bubble RN, brand the RN chat UI, custom message type React Native, restyle the message bubble, change the chat font, add a custom bubble RN.

Foundational rules for the CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 — install and the exact native peer deps, the provider chain, init → login → render ordering, the component map, and the production-ready core chat surface. Read this first for any React Native CometChat task. Triggers: add chat to my React Native app, CometChat React Native setup, Expo chat, RN chat UI kit, integrate CometChat RN, log out of chat RN, add a logout button, chat lifecycle React Native.

The closed list of CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 components, what each one is for, and how to put custom UI INSIDE a component's view slot instead of stacking it on top. Triggers: which CometChat component React Native, custom header RN chat, add a button to the conversation list, custom list item RN, CometChat component list, add an avatar to my chat, show a profile picture, status indicator RN, badge RN, list item RN.

Voice and video calling in the CometChat React Native UI Kit v5 — the RN calls SDK, the native permissions and version floors it needs, and why installing the package is itself the enable switch. Triggers: add video calling React Native, CometChat voice call RN, incoming call screen RN, calls not ringing React Native, webrtc CometChat.

Bare React Native CLI wiring for the CometChat UI Kit v5 — pod install, Android manifest permissions, and the gesture-handler import that must be the first line of your entry file. Triggers: CometChat React Native CLI, pod install CometChat, RN chat crashes on Android build, gesture handler crash release build, AndroidManifest CometChat permissions.

The shared FRONT DOOR for adding CometChat to ANY app — a consultative, enterprise-grade DISCOVER → UNDERSTAND → PLAN journey that ALWAYS runs first, before any framework core. Detects the whole repo, runs a features + design-system conversation (core chat/threads/groups/media/calls/search/…; a preset theme, match your design system, or build one), maps each feature to its UI Kit component (or the SDK method where the UI Kit has none — UI-Kit-first, SDK-fallback), shares a full integration PLAN, then hands a scoped build directive to the framework core on approval — final output is production-ready. Triggers: 'add cometchat', 'add chat', 'add chat to my app', 'add calling', 'integrate cometchat', 'build a chat feature'.

Trust & Safety for CometChat — auto-moderate text/image/video/file with dashboard rules + keyword lists, block or flag-for-review, let users report messages, and keep an audit trail. Cross-family: rules/lists/queues are dashboard+REST; report/block UI is built into each family's UI Kit. Triggers: 'add moderation', 'profanity filter', 'image moderation', 'block bad words', 'report a message', 'flag inappropriate content', 'content safety', 'spam/scam detection', 'CSAM/minor safety', 'malware scan attachments', 'moderation queue'.

Migrate an app from Twilio Conversations (or the deprecated Programmable Chat) to CometChat in ONE prompt, on any platform in this pack. Twilio is headless (no UI Kit), so this is client/SDK-mode: keep the app's own UI, swap the data layer to the CometChat Chat SDK (or, for a fresh chat UI, the CometChat UI Kit), rewrite the token server, remove features CometChat lacks, write a data-migration script, uninstall Twilio, verify the build, and end with a report. Triggers: 'migrate from Twilio to CometChat', 'migrate my app to CometChat' (Twilio detected), 'replace Twilio Conversations with CometChat', 'move off Twilio chat', 'twilio-conversations to cometchat', 'twilio programmable chat migration'.

Migrate an app from Sendbird to CometChat end-to-end in ONE prompt, on any platform in this pack (React, Angular, React Native/Expo, iOS, Android, Flutter). Inventories every Sendbird usage (Chat SDK v3/v4, UIKit, Calls, Desk, push, server Platform API, webhooks), swaps each supported feature for its CometChat equivalent, REMOVES features CometChat has no equivalent for (code, UI, deps), writes a data-migration script for users/groups/history, uninstalls Sendbird, verifies the build, and ends with a report listing what was migrated, what was removed and what you still need to do. Triggers: 'migrate my app from Sendbird to CometChat', 'migrate my app to CometChat' (Sendbird detected), 'replace Sendbird with CometChat', 'switch from Sendbird', 'move off Sendbird', 'sendbird to cometchat', 'port my Sendbird chat to CometChat'.

Migrate an app from Stream (GetStream) Chat to CometChat end-to-end in ONE prompt, on any platform in this pack (React, Angular, React Native/Expo, iOS, Android, Flutter). Inventories every Stream usage (stream-chat client, the React/Angular/RN/Flutter/Swift/Android SDKs, Stream Video, Activity Feeds, push, server tokens, webhooks), swaps each supported feature for its CometChat equivalent, REMOVES features CometChat has no equivalent for (code, UI, deps), writes a data-migration script for users/channels/history, uninstalls Stream, verifies the build, and ends with a report listing what was migrated, what was removed and what you still need to do. Triggers: 'migrate my app from Stream to CometChat', 'migrate from GetStream', 'migrate my app to CometChat' (Stream detected), 'replace Stream Chat with CometChat', 'switch from getstream', 'move off Stream', 'stream-chat to cometchat', 'port my GetStream chat to CometChat'.

Add voice & video calling to any web app FROM SCRATCH with the headless CometChat Calls SDK v5 (`@cometchat/calls-sdk-javascript@5`) — no prebuilt UI Kit. init→login→generateToken→joinSession, event listeners, in-call actions (mute/video/screen-share/record/layout), meet-style session rooms AND 1:1 ringing (Chat SDK signaling + Calls SDK media). Triggers: 'add calling from scratch', 'standalone video call', 'headless calls sdk', 'build my own call UI', 'meeting room join by session id', 'one-on-one ringing call without uikit'.

Add voice & video calling to any iOS app FROM SCRATCH with the headless CometChat Calls SDK v5 (`CometChatCallsSDK`, via Swift Package Manager) — no UI Kit. init→login→generateToken→joinSession into a UIView, CallSession listeners, in-call actions (mute/video/layout/record/transcribe/PiP), meet-style session rooms AND 1:1 ringing (Chat SDK signaling + Calls SDK media). Triggers: 'add calling from scratch ios', 'standalone video call swift', 'headless calls sdk ios', 'build my own call screen ios', 'meeting room join by session id ios', 'one-on-one ringing call without uikit ios'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat iOS (Swift) integration — a screen that never populates, credentials read as the literal $(...), login that silently fails, empty lists, no messages, or a version/SDK mismatch. Triggers: 'cometchat ios not working', 'chat screen blank swift', 'cometchat login not working ios', 'credentials not read swift', 'conversations empty ios', 'cometchat swift errors'.

Test an iOS app that embeds CometChat — what to mock vs exercise for real, keeping the CometChatSDK off the network in unit tests, waiting out the async init→login gate, and a lean XCUITest smoke. Triggers: 'test cometchat ios', 'unit test chat swift', 'mock cometchatsdk', 'xcuitest for chat', 'how do I test cometchat swift'.

Add push notifications to an iOS CometChat app — APNs registration, token handoff, tap-to-open, badge counts and VoIP call pushes. Triggers: 'push notifications cometchat ios', 'apns cometchat', 'open chat from notification ios', 'voip push call ios'.

Ship a CometChat iOS (Swift) integration safely — server-minted auth tokens instead of the Auth Key, keeping secrets out of the app binary, and a pre-launch checklist. Triggers: 'is my cometchat ios production ready', 'auth token instead of auth key swift', 'secure cometchat ios', 'going live checklist ios', 'harden cometchat swift before launch'.

Compose CometChat iOS screens into an app — navigation stack, tab bar, user/group pickers, group details, threads, and iPad. Use when the question is layout and navigation rather than a single component. Triggers: 'tab based chat ios', 'add a groups tab', 'open group details', 'thread screen ios', 'ipad split view cometchat'.

Upgrade an existing CometChat iOS integration from UI Kit v4 to v5 — composite components removed, theming replaced, properties renamed. Triggers: 'upgrade cometchat ios to v5', 'migrate from v4 uikit ios', 'CometChatConversationsWithMessages not found'.

Turn on and wire individual CometChat features on iOS — threads, search, reactions, receipts, mentions, AI, moderation, extensions like polls and stickers. Use when the ask is one capability rather than the whole surface. Triggers: 'add reactions ios', 'enable polls cometchat', 'smart replies ios', 'add threads', 'turn on read receipts'.

Brand and restyle the CometChat iOS UI Kit — theme colours, typography, per-component styles, localisation and sounds. Use for any 'make it match our brand' or 'change how it looks' request. Triggers: 'change cometchat colors ios', 'brand the chat ui swift', 'dark mode cometchat ios', 'custom font chat kit', 'localize cometchat ios'.

Add CometChat chat to an iOS app end-to-end — detect the project, get & verify dashboard credentials, init→login→render, and the drop-in conversation UI composed into a chat screen. The core knowledge every other iOS skill builds on. Triggers: 'integrate cometchat swift', 'set up cometchat credentials ios', 'show conversations and messages ios'.

The CometChat iOS UI Kit component catalogue — what each component is for, its real API shape, and where custom UI goes. Use when picking or customising an individual component. Triggers: 'which cometchat component', 'customise the conversation row', 'add a custom view to the message list', 'ios component list'.

Add voice and video calling to an iOS CometChat app — call buttons, incoming/ongoing call screens, call logs, and CallKit ringing. Triggers: 'add video calling ios', 'cometchat voice call swift', 'incoming call screen ios', 'call logs cometchat ios'.

Localize a CometChat integration — set the UI Kit language, register custom/overridden translations, handle RTL, and never leak a raw localization key into the UI. Cross-family: the mechanism is CometChatLocalize on React, Angular, iOS and Android, while React Native uses CometChatI18nProvider (there is no CometChatLocalize in the RN kit); the exact signature is fetched from each family's localize doc. Triggers: 'translate cometchat', 'change chat language', 'localization', 'i18n', 'RTL / Arabic / Hebrew chat', 'my UI shows group_info instead of a label', 'add a language to cometchat', 'custom translations'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat Flutter integration — blank screens, unbounded-height crashes, lists that don't fill, login and Region failures, calls that never ring, push that never arrives, and v5 leftovers. Symptom → cause → fix. Triggers: 'cometchat not working flutter', 'blank chat screen', 'RenderFlex unbounded height', 'login failed cometchat', 'calls not ringing', 'push not arriving'.

Test a Flutter app that uses the CometChat UI Kit — what is worth testing versus what belongs to the kit, mocking the SDK boundary, widget tests around chat screens, and integration/CI setup. Triggers: 'test my cometchat integration', 'mock cometchat in flutter tests', 'widget test chat screen', 'cometchat test setup'.

Add push notifications to a Flutter app with CometChat — FCM on Android, FCM/APNs on iOS, registered through CometChatNotifications with the Dashboard provider as the sender. THIN + docs-first: the Firebase setup is FETCHED from CometChat's notifications docs; this skill bakes the SDK symbols and the token lifecycle. Triggers: 'add push notifications in flutter', 'FCM push flutter', 'notify me when the app is closed', 'cometchat push flutter'.

Take a CometChat Flutter integration to production — server-minted auth tokens instead of the Auth Key, secret handling in a Flutter bundle, logout/session hygiene, release build config, and the pre-ship checklist. Triggers: 'production auth cometchat', 'auth token flutter', 'is the auth key safe', 'ship cometchat to production', 'release build cometchat'.

Where CometChat chat lives in a Flutter app and how to wire each shape — a tab-based app, a chat tab inside an existing app, a full-screen route, a modal / bottom-sheet chat, or an embedded panel. Triggers: 'add a chat tab', 'full screen chat page flutter', 'chat bottom sheet', 'embed chat in my screen', 'build a full chat app in flutter'.

Project wiring for the Flutter v6 UI Kit — navigation (Navigator / go_router / auto_route), state management (bloc / riverpod / provider / getx), config & secrets, platform setup, and web/desktop caveats. Triggers: 'cometchat with go_router', 'cometchat with riverpod', 'where do I put init in flutter', 'dart-define cometchat', 'cometchat flutter web'.

Upgrade a Flutter app from CometChat UI Kit v5 → v6 (`cometchat_chat_uikit` ^5 → ^6). Reads the repo's CometChat usage, applies the breaking-change map (removed shells, the deleted extension architecture, GetX → BLoC, renamed widgets), and verifies the build. Triggers: 'upgrade my v5 uikit to v6', 'migrate cometchat flutter v5 to v6', 'cometchat flutter v5 to v6', 'bump cometchat_chat_uikit'.

Enable a specific CometChat feature in a Flutter v6 app — polls, stickers, collaborative whiteboard/document, translation, link preview, AI smart replies, moderation, calls, push. Looks the feature up in the features oracle, then wires only what the kit does not already do. Triggers: 'add polls in flutter', 'enable stickers', 'turn on smart replies in flutter', 'enable message translation in flutter', 'add moderation', 'enable an extension in flutter'.

React to CometChat activity in a Flutter app — SDK listeners (messages, calls, users, groups, connection) versus UI Kit events (CometChatMessageEvents, CometChatGroupEvents, CometChatUserEvents, CometChatConversationEvents), and the listener lifecycle that keeps them from leaking. Triggers: 'listen for new messages', 'react when a message is sent', 'cometchat listener flutter', 'unread badge count', 'onMessageReceived'.

Theme and brand the Flutter v6 UI Kit — light/dark mode, the CometChatColorPalette / CometChatTypography / CometChatSpacing theme extensions, per-widget style objects, and view slots. Triggers: 'change chat colors flutter', 'dark mode chat flutter', 'match my brand flutter', 'customize cometchat theme flutter', 'override message bubble styles'.

Add CometChat chat to a Flutter app end-to-end — detect the project, get & verify dashboard credentials, init→login→render, and the drop-in conversation UI. The core knowledge every other Flutter v6 skill builds on. Triggers: 'add chat to my flutter app', 'integrate cometchat flutter', 'set up cometchat credentials flutter', 'show conversations and messages in flutter'.

The Flutter v6 UI Kit widget catalog — which drop-in widgets exist, which barrel each comes from, and how to compose or swap them (conversations, messages, users, groups, threads, calling, bubbles). Triggers: 'what cometchat widgets are there', 'customize the message list flutter', 'swap the message bubble flutter', 'add a users list in flutter'.

Add voice & video calling to a Flutter app with the CometChat v6 UI Kit — turn calling on in settings, wire the native config and the root navigatorKey (the kit presents incoming/outgoing call screens itself), and add call-log surfaces. Triggers: 'add voice and video calls in flutter', 'add calling to my flutter chat', 'enable video call flutter', 'add call buttons flutter', 'show call logs flutter'.

Add voice & video calling to any Flutter app FROM SCRATCH with the headless CometChat Calls SDK v5 (`cometchat_calls_sdk`, pub.dev) — no UI Kit. init→login→generateCallToken→joinSession, which hands back a Flutter `Widget?` you mount in your tree; CallSession listeners, in-call actions (mute/video/layout/record/PiP/raise-hand), meet-style session rooms AND 1:1 ringing (Chat SDK signaling + Calls SDK media). Triggers: 'add calling from scratch flutter', 'standalone video call dart', 'headless calls sdk flutter', 'build my own call screen flutter', 'meeting room join by session id flutter', 'one-on-one ringing call without uikit flutter'.

Data governance & compliance for CometChat — pick the data-residency region, satisfy GDPR/CCPA (right-to-erasure and data export), plan message retention & purge, and produce audit / eDiscovery records. Cross-family: all server/REST/dashboard-side. Triggers: 'is cometchat GDPR compliant', 'delete a user and their data', 'right to be forgotten', 'export a user's data', 'data residency EU', 'which region', 'message retention policy', 'audit log', 'eDiscovery', 'HIPAA/SOC2 chat', 'compliance review'.

Review an EXISTING CometChat integration and report what's wrong or risky — security (no client Auth Key, server tokens), correctness (init→login→render order, no raw localization keys, no dead affordances), version drift (version_conflict), production-readiness, accessibility & localization gaps — ranked, with fixes routed to the right skill. Read-only: it reports, it doesn't rewrite unless you ask. Triggers: 'audit my cometchat integration', 'review my chat setup', 'is my cometchat secure / production ready', 'check my cometchat code', 'health check', 'what's wrong with my chat'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat Angular integration — blank panes, silent no-render, empty lists, events that never fire, UI that does not update, memory leaks, install failures. Symptom to cause to fix. Triggers: 'chat not showing', 'blank screen', 'nothing renders', 'click handler not firing', 'messages not updating', 'ERESOLVE', 'cometchat not working'.

Test an Angular app that embeds CometChat — what to mock vs exercise for real, TestBed setup for standalone kit components, avoiding real network in unit tests, and a two-account manual pass for realtime. Triggers: 'write tests for my chat', 'mock cometchat in jest', 'testbed cometchat', 'my tests hang', 'e2e test the chat'.

Web push notifications for a CometChat Angular app — the Notifications product, FCM registration, the service worker, and token lifecycle. Docs-first: fetches the current notifications docs rather than baking a version-specific recipe. Triggers: 'add push notifications to my angular app', 'notify users when the app is closed', 'fcm setup', 'register push token'.

Ship a CometChat Angular integration safely — server-minted auth tokens instead of the Auth Key, environment file replacement, key hygiene, build config and a pre-launch checklist. Triggers: 'is this production ready', 'auth token instead of auth key angular', 'secure my cometchat setup', 'production build config', 'going live checklist'.

Where CometChat components go in an Angular app — the chat shell layout, thread and details panels, search, routing a chat page, and the mobile one-pane fallback. Triggers: 'add a chat page', 'put chat in my dashboard', 'conversation list beside messages', 'open a thread panel', 'chat route', 'make chat responsive'.

Angular project-shape glue for CometChat — Angular CLI vs Nx, standalone vs NgModule, environment file wiring, SSR/Angular Universal, lazy routes, and RxJS/signals state patterns. Triggers: 'add cometchat to my nx workspace', 'ngmodule not standalone', 'angular universal ssr', 'lazy load the chat route', 'window is not defined'.

Upgrade an Angular app from CometChat UI Kit v4 → v5 (`@cometchat/chat-uikit-angular` ^4 → ^5). Reads the repo's CometChat usage, applies the breaking-change map (deps, composite components removed, bare→Component renames, CometChatThemeService → CSS variables, event inputs → Outputs, DataSource → composition, localization renames), fetches the exhaustive guide, and verifies the build. Triggers: 'upgrade my v4 uikit to v5', 'migrate cometchat angular v4 to v5', 'upgrade @cometchat/chat-uikit-angular to v5', 'cometchat angular v4 to v5', 'bump cometchat angular uikit'.

Enable or build any CometChat feature in an Angular app, and say which need zero client code. Covers: reactions · mentions · threaded replies · search · read receipts · typing indicators · presence · media & file attachments · voice notes · polls · stickers · GIFs · message translation · link preview · thumbnails · pin message · save / bookmark messages · reminders · message shortcuts · voice transcription · rich media preview · URL shortener · collaborative whiteboard & document · disappearing messages · support desk integrations · AI smart replies, conversation starter, summary and assistant · voice & video calling · push notifications · notification feed · moderation & reporting · campaigns · custom message types · text formatters & rich text · card messages. Triggers: 'add polls angular', 'enable reactions', 'let users save/bookmark messages', 'pin a message', 'add smart replies', 'turn on translation', 'add stickers or GIFs', 'send a custom message type', 'enable an extension angular'.

Brand and customize the CometChat Angular UI Kit — CSS variable tokens, light/dark via ThemeService, localization, date/time formats, global config, and swapping component regions with ng-template. Triggers: 'change the chat colours', 'match my brand angular', 'dark mode', 'translate the chat', 'change the date format', 'custom avatar in the list'.

Add CometChat chat to an Angular app end-to-end — detect the project, get & verify dashboard credentials, init→login→render with standalone components, and the drop-in conversation UI. The core knowledge every other Angular v5 skill builds on. Triggers: 'add chat to my angular app', 'integrate cometchat angular', 'set up cometchat credentials angular', 'show conversations and messages angular'.

Choose, compose and customize CometChat Angular UI Kit components — the closed component list, real @Input/@Output names, view-slot overrides via ng-template, and the surfaces that have NO kit component and must be host-composed. Triggers: 'which components exist', 'customize the conversation list', 'custom message bubble', 'create a group', 'show banned members', 'swap the list item'.

Add voice and video calling to an Angular CometChat app — install the calls SDK, mount the incoming-call listener at app root, call buttons in the message header, and call logs. Triggers: 'add voice calling', 'add video calls', 'enable calling', 'show call history', 'incoming call not ringing'.

Diagnose a broken CometChat Android v6 integration — dependency and version conflicts, init/login failures, blank or stuck screens, empty lists, missing realtime updates, keyboard/inset layout bugs, release-only crashes, permission and push problems — with a symptom → cause → fix path and what evidence to collect before escalating. Triggers: 'cometchat android not working', 'could not find com.cometchat', 'chat screen is blank android', 'messages not arriving in real time android', 'composer hidden by keyboard'.

Test an Android app that integrates the CometChat v6 UI Kit — make the SDK mockable behind a repository, unit-test the init/login gate and credential hygiene, write instrumented/Compose UI tests for chat screens, and know honestly what can only be checked on a device. Triggers: 'how do I test my cometchat android app', 'mock cometchat in tests', 'compose ui test chat screen', 'unit test cometchat login'.

Add push notifications (FCM) to an Android v6 CometChat app — Firebase + Dashboard provider setup, the push dependency, token registration after login, token refresh, unregister on logout, manifest/service wiring, badge count and notification navigation. THIN + docs-first: fetches the notifications docs for exact payloads. Triggers: 'add push notifications android cometchat', 'fcm cometchat android', 'notifications not arriving android', 'badge count android'.

Ship a CometChat Android v6 app safely — server-minted auth tokens instead of the dev Auth Key, keeping credentials out of the APK, release-build and R8/ProGuard checks, user provisioning server-side, rate limits, and the Play Store publishing prerequisites. Triggers: 'is my cometchat android app production ready', 'auth token instead of auth key android', 'release build cometchat android', 'proguard cometchat', 'publish chat app play store'.

Upgrade an Android app from the CometChat v5 UI Kit (Java, XML Views) to v6 (Kotlin — XML Views or Jetpack Compose): artifact and package changes, the CometChatThreadedMessagesHeader rename, LiveData→StateFlow, events→CometChatEvents SharedFlow, style objects→theme attributes/style data classes, and minSdk 28. Triggers: 'upgrade cometchat android v5 to v6', 'migrate android ui kit to v6', 'v6 import paths android', 'cometchat android breaking changes'.

Where the CometChat Android v6 chat UI goes in a Kotlin XML Views app — the default conversations→message Activity flow, growing to the tab-based app (chats/users/groups/calls + detail, thread and search screens + incoming calls), a single one-to-one screen, or chat embedded in an existing Activity/Fragment, with a correct back stack. Triggers: 'tab based chat android', 'add a chat tab to my app', 'open a chat screen for this user', 'embed cometchat in my activity', 'full chat app android kotlin'.

Make the CometChat Android v6 UI match your app in the Kotlin XML Views cohort — theming via CometChatTheme.DayNight attributes, per-component styles, message-bubble styling, ViewHolder view slots, state views, long-press and composer menu options, text formatters, custom message rendering with BubbleFactory, localization and sounds. Triggers: 'change cometchat colors android', 'brand the android chat ui', 'dark mode cometchat android xml', 'custom row in conversations', 'replace the empty state', 'add a message menu option', 'custom message type android'.

The closed catalog of CometChat Android v6 UI Kit components for the Kotlin XML Views cohort — what exists, the XML tag and import for each, what each one is for, and how to swap custom UI into a component's slot instead of stacking on top. Triggers: 'which cometchat components are there android', 'is there a X component android', 'cometchat xml view tag', 'swap the message bubble android', 'custom row in conversations list'.

Add or enable a specific CometChat feature in an Android v6 app — receipts, typing, reactions, mentions, threads, search, polls, stickers, translation, link previews, AI smart replies / conversation starter / summary, AI agents, moderation, notification feed, campaigns — by resolving the ask to the feature oracle and taking the right enablement path (already-on vs Dashboard toggle vs Gradle package vs code wiring). Triggers: 'add search to my android chat', 'enable polls android', 'turn on smart replies android', 'add reactions android', 'is X supported in the android ui kit'.

Turn on CometChat Dashboard extensions in an Android v6 app — stickers, polls, collaborative whiteboard and document, message translation, link preview, thumbnail generation, message shortcuts — and know exactly where each one appears in the UI once enabled (mostly zero client code). Triggers: 'enable stickers android', 'add polls to my android chat', 'message translation android cometchat', 'link previews not showing', 'what extensions does the android ui kit support'.

React to what the CometChat Android v6 UI Kit is doing — the CometChatEvents SharedFlow bus (message, call, conversation, group, user and UI events), how to collect it in Compose vs XML Views with correct lifecycle scoping, and when to use UI-Kit events versus Chat SDK listeners. Triggers: 'listen for message sent android cometchat', 'cometchat events android', 'know when a call is accepted', 'react when a group is created', 'sdk listener vs uikit event'.

Foundational rules for the CometChat Android UI Kit v6 — the two UI cohorts and their artifacts, credentials via the gitignored assets settings file, initFromSettings → login → render ordering, the component map, and the production-ready core chat surface. Read this first for any Android CometChat task. Triggers: CometChat Android setup, Kotlin chat UI kit, Jetpack Compose chat.

Where the CometChat Android v6 chat UI goes in a Jetpack Compose app — the default conversations→message NavHost flow, growing to the tab-based app (chats/users/groups/calls + detail, thread and search routes + incoming calls), a single one-to-one screen, or chat embedded in an existing composable, with a correct back stack and IME handling. Triggers: 'cometchat compose navigation', 'chat screen navhost', 'tab based chat compose', 'embed cometchat in a composable', 'full chat app jetpack compose'.

Make the CometChat Android v6 UI match your app in the Jetpack Compose cohort — theming with the CometChatTheme composable and lightColorScheme/darkColorScheme, per-component style data classes, @Composable view slots, state views, menu options, text formatters, custom message rendering with bubble factories, localization and sounds. Triggers: 'cometchat compose theme', 'brand colors jetpack compose cometchat', 'dark mode compose cometchat', 'custom row composable', 'custom message type compose'.

The closed catalog of CometChat Android v6 UI Kit components for the Jetpack Compose cohort — what exists, the composable import for each, the param shape (onX lambdas, hideX booleans, @Composable slots), and how to pass custom UI into a slot instead of stacking on top. Triggers: 'cometchat compose components', 'is there a X composable', 'cometchat jetpack compose list', 'custom row compose cometchat', 'swap the message bubble compose'.

Add voice and video calling to an Android v6 CometChat app — the Calls SDK dependency, the settings-file calling toggle, call buttons in the message header, a global incoming-call listener, outgoing/ongoing call UI, call logs, and the runtime permissions. Triggers: 'add calling to my android app', 'voice video call android cometchat', 'incoming call screen android', 'call logs android', 'why are the call buttons not showing'.

The CometChat Android v6 settings and session API reference — the assets/cometchat-settings.json file that initFromSettings reads (appId, region, credentials, uiKit toggles), the legacy UIKitSettings builder, and the CometChatUIKit session methods (login, loginWithAuthToken, logout, getLoggedInUser, createUser). Use when configuring init options or wiring auth beyond the core golden path. Triggers: 'cometchat settings json android', 'uikitsettings builder options', 'login with auth token android', 'create a cometchat user from the app', 'enable calling in settings'.

Build chat on Android with the headless CometChat Chat SDK v5 and your OWN UI — init/login ordering, the method map, request-builder pagination, listener lifecycle, and a production-ready app surface (optimistic updates, error states, sized shell). Use when the app needs custom UI instead of the drop-in UI Kit. Triggers: 'cometchat android sdk', 'chat with my own ui android', 'headless cometchat android', 'send message with chat-sdk-android', 'cometchat message listener kotlin'.

Add voice & video calling to any Android app FROM SCRATCH with the headless CometChat Calls SDK v5 (`com.cometchat:calls-sdk-android:5.0.4`) — no UI Kit. Kotlin: initFromSettings→login→generateToken→joinSession into a RelativeLayout, lifecycle-bound listeners, meet-style session rooms AND 1:1 ringing (Chat SDK v5 signaling + Calls SDK media), call logs, layouts, audio modes, recording, PiP, background service. Triggers: 'add calling from scratch android', 'standalone video call kotlin', 'headless calls sdk android', 'build my own call UI android', 'meeting room join by session id android', 'one-on-one ringing call without uikit android'.

See what your chat is doing — pull usage & message metrics via REST, stream real-time events to your data/observability stack via webhooks, monitor client-side errors & the init/login path, and read push/call logs. Cross-family: metrics/webhooks are server-side; client error monitoring wires per family. Triggers: 'chat analytics', 'usage metrics', 'message volume', 'monitor cometchat', 'observability', 'send chat events to datadog/segment/bigquery', 'track delivery', 'error monitoring for chat', 'dashboards for chat'.

Keep a CometChat integration accessible — the UI Kit is designed targeting WCAG 2.1 AA with keyboard navigation (verify per component in its docs; full conformance still needs manual testing), and this skill makes sure the HOST app doesn't break that, covering contrast, focus, screen-reader context, reduced motion, RTL, and calls accessibility. Cross-family. Triggers: 'is cometchat accessible', 'WCAG / 508 / ADA compliance', 'screen reader support', 'keyboard navigation', 'a11y audit', 'accessible chat', 'contrast/focus issues in chat'.

Entry point for any CometChat task on any platform. Detects the framework + UI Kit version (React, Angular, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter), then routes to that family's skills — for a NEW integration or a change to an existing one. Triggers: 'add chat', 'add cometchat', 'add chat to my app', 'add calling', 'change something in my chat', 'my chat is already set up', 'add a feature to the chat', 'add chat to my android app', 'integrate cometchat android', 'add chat to my ios app', 'integrate cometchat ios', 'add chat to my swift app', 'migrate my app to cometchat', 'migrate from sendbird', 'migrate from getstream / stream', 'replace sendbird / stream chat with cometchat'.