Function Dev

by butterbase-ai

Function Dev is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by butterbase-ai in butterbase-skills.

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Install Function Dev

Copy Function Dev into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills/tree/main/skills/function-dev ~/.claude/skills/function-dev

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/function-dev/SKILL.md in butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/function-dev
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Function Dev does

Function Dev covers developing, deploying, and debugging Butterbase serverless functions. Use it for HTTP endpoints, webhooks, cron jobs, WebSocket triggers, database access, and environment variables.

Function Dev is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Function Dev comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai-agents, backend-as-a-service, butterbase and claude.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Serverless Function Development on Butterbase

Guide for developing and deploying serverless functions on Butterbase's Deno runtime. Covers handler signatures, trigger types, database access, environment variables, and testing.

1. Handler Signature

Every function exports a single handler function with this signature:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Function Dev

What else does butterbase-ai publish alongside Function Dev?
Function Dev is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Auth Setup, Build App and Butterbase AI Gateway. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Function Dev does, and is maintained by butterbase-ai in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the butterbase-ai/butterbase-skills page.
How does Function Dev compare to other DevOps skills?
Function Dev ranks #686 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Function Dev against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.