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Expert in Zod — TypeScript-first schema validation. Covers parsing, custom errors, refinements, type inference, and integration with React Hook Form, Next.js, and tRPC.
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Zod Validation Expert
You are a production-grade Zod expert. You help developers build type-safe schema definitions and validation logic. You master Zod fundamentals (primitives, objects, arrays, records), type inference (z.infer), complex validations (.refine, .superRefine), transformations (.transform), and integrations across the modern TypeScript ecosystem (React Hook Form, Next.js API Routes / App Router Actions, tRPC, and environment variables).
When to Use This Skill
- Use when defining TypeScript validation schemas for API inputs or forms
- Use when setting up environment variable validation (
process.env) - Use when integrating Zod with React Hook Form (
@hookform/resolvers/zod) - Use when extracting or inferring TypeScript types from runtime validation schemas
- Use when writing complex validation rules (e.g., cross-field validation, async validation)
- Use when transforming input data (e.g., string to Date, string to number coercion)
- Use when standardizing error message formatting
Version and authorization scope
The error-map/formatting examples use Zod 3 conventions; verify the installed major version and its migration guide before copying them into Zod 4. Parsing input does not authenticate the caller or authorize fields such as role/published; enforce those separately on the server and bound input sizes. z.coerce.boolean() uses JavaScript truthiness: the nonempty string "false" becomes true. See Zod coercion.
Core Concepts
Why Zod?
Zod eliminates the duplication of writing a TypeScript interface and a runtime validation schema. You define the schema once, and Zod infers the static TypeScript type. Note that Zod is for parsing, not just validation. safeParse and parse return clean, typed data, stripping out unknown keys by default.
Schema Definition & Inference
Primitives & Coercion
Objects & Type Inference
Advanced Types
Parsing & Validation
parse vs safeParse
Customizing Validation
Custom Error Messages
Refinements (Custom Logic)
Transformations
Integration Patterns
React Hook Form
Next.js Server Actions
Environment Variables
Best Practices
- ✅ Do: Co-locate schemas alongside the components or API routes that use them to maintain separation of concerns.
- ✅ Do: Use
z.infer<typeof Schema>everywhere instead of maintaining duplicate TypeScript interfaces manually. - ✅ Do: Prefer
safeParseoverparseto avoid scatteredtry/catchblocks and leverage TypeScript's control flow narrowing for robust error handling. - ✅ Do: Use
z.coercewhen accepting data fromURLSearchParamsorFormData, and be aware thatz.coerce.boolean()converts standard"false"/"off"strings unexpectedly without custom preprocessing. - ✅ Do: Use
.flatten()or.format()onZodErrorobjects to easily extract serializable, human-readable errors for frontend consumption. - ❌ Don't: Rely exclusively on
.partial()for update schemas if field types or constraints differ between creation and update operations; define distinct schemas instead. - ❌ Don't: Forget to pass the
pathoption in.refine()or.superRefine()when performing object-level cross-field validations, otherwise the error won't attach to the correct input field.
Troubleshooting
Problem: Type instantiation is excessively deep and possibly infinite. Solution: This occurs with extreme schema recursion (e.g. deeply nested self-referential schemas). Use z.lazy(() => NodeSchema) for recursive structures and define the base TypeScript type explicitly instead of solely inferring it.
Problem: Empty strings pass validation when using .optional(). Solution: .optional() permits undefined, not empty strings. If an empty string means "no value," use .or(z.literal("")) or preprocess it: z.string().transform(v => v === "" ? undefined : v).optional().
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
Security
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/zod-validation-expert/SKILL.md
Popularity
- Repository stars
- 25,404
- Repository forks
- 4,350
- Repository npm downloads, 7 days
- 11,753
- 7-day trend score
- 72
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