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name: typescript-default-lib description: Install a default set of commonly used libraries when initializing a new TypeScript Node.js project (or retrofitting an existing one). Use when a user asks to "create a TypeScript project" and wants the standard dependencies installed (p-map, p-retry, luxon, lodash-es, winston, prisma + @prisma/client, ioredis, express, dotenv) plus common tooling (rimraf, tsc-alias) with optional @types packages and Prisma init.

TypeScript Default Lib

Install (latest) versions of a standard dependency set for TypeScript + Node.js backends.

Quick start

• Run the installer from your project root (must contain package.json):
  • bash /home/harry/.codex/skills/typescript-default-lib/scripts/install_default_libs.sh
  • Add Prisma scaffolding too: bash /home/harry/.codex/skills/typescript-default-lib/scripts/install_default_libs.sh --init-prisma

What gets installed

Dependencies

• p-map
• p-retry
• luxon
• lodash-es
• winston
• ioredis
• express
• dotenv
• @prisma/client

Dev dependencies

• prisma
• rimraf
• tsc-alias
• @types/express (unless --no-types)
• @types/lodash-es (unless --no-types)

Manual install commands (no script)

Use these if you don’t want to run the script:

• npm

  • npm i p-map p-retry luxon lodash-es winston ioredis express dotenv @prisma/client
  • npm i -D prisma rimraf tsc-alias @types/express @types/lodash-es
  • npx prisma init (optional)

• pnpm

  • pnpm add p-map p-retry luxon lodash-es winston ioredis express dotenv @prisma/client
  • pnpm add -D prisma rimraf tsc-alias @types/express @types/lodash-es
  • pnpm prisma init (optional)

• yarn

  • yarn add p-map p-retry luxon lodash-es winston ioredis express dotenv @prisma/client
  • yarn add -D prisma rimraf tsc-alias @types/express @types/lodash-es
  • yarn prisma init (optional)

Notes / gotchas

• p-map, p-retry, and lodash-es are ESM-first; avoid compiling your app to CommonJS unless you plan to use dynamic import() or switch to TS module settings compatible with ESM (e.g. NodeNext/Bundler).
• Prisma best practice: keep prisma as a dev dependency; ship @prisma/client as a runtime dependency.
• tsc-alias is useful when you compile with tsc and rely on paths aliases; run it after tsc to rewrite emitted import paths.

scripts/

Contains scripts/install_default_libs.sh.