Reference SDK Check
When implementing SDK features or debugging provider-specific issues, check reference implementations.
When to Use
- •Implementing SDK features
- •Debugging provider-specific issues
- •Understanding how other libraries solve similar problems
- •"How does Vercel AI SDK do X?"
- •"Check Anthropic SDK for Y"
Commands
Use btca ask to check how reference SDKs implement similar features:
bash
# Check Vercel AI SDK for streaming patterns btca ask -r vercel-ai -q "How does streamObject work?" # Check Anthropic SDK for tool calling btca ask -r anthropic-sdk -q "How are tools defined and called?" # Check Zod for validation patterns btca ask -r zod -q "How does safeParse handle errors?"
Configured Resources
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vercel-ai- Streaming, tool calling, structured output - •
anthropic-sdk- Anthropic API patterns - •
zod- Schema validation
Add more: btca config resources add -n <name> -t git -u <url> -b <branch>
When to Check
- •Before implementing - See how others solved similar problems
- •When debugging - Find how reference code handles edge cases
- •Multi-provider support - Compare implementations across SDKs
- •Validation patterns - Check idiomatic approaches
Don't Use For
- •Documentation lookups (use /nia-docs instead)
- •Simple API questions (use WebSearch)
- •Project-specific patterns (use Grep/Glob)