What problem does it solve?
Provides a concise, actionable reference for developers who need to design, validate, transform, and handle errors for Zod v4 schemas, reducing time spent searching docs and preventing common validation mistakes.
Core Features & Use Cases
- API Reference: Summarizes core types, parsing methods, coercion helpers, collection and object utilities, and discriminated unions.
- Patterns & Best Practices: Shows schema-first workflows, adapter functions for untrusted input, form validation patterns, and performance recommendations.
- Migration & Gotchas: Documents breaking changes from v3 to v4, optional vs nullable differences, error customization, and common anti-patterns.
- Use Cases: Validating API responses, parsing environment variables, form input validation, and deriving TypeScript types from schemas.
Quick Start
Ask the skill to produce a Zod v4 schema to validate an API response and return either parsed data or a formatted list of validation issues.