# Vue Pinia Best Practices

Pinia stores, state management patterns, store setup, and reactivity with stores.

- Repository: https://github.com/vuejs-ai/skills (3229 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-23
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## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add vuejs-ai/skills --skill vue-pinia-best-practices -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add vuejs-ai/skills --skill vue-pinia-best-practices -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add vuejs-ai/skills --skill vue-pinia-best-practices -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add vuejs-ai/skills --skill vue-pinia-best-practices -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add vuejs-ai/skills`

## Description

Pinia stores, state management patterns, store setup, and reactivity with stores.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

Pinia best practices, common gotchas, and state management patterns.

### Store Setup
- Getting "getActivePinia was called" error at startup → See [pinia-no-active-pinia-error](reference/pinia-no-active-pinia-error.md)
- Setup stores missing state in DevTools or SSR → See [pinia-setup-store-return-all-state](reference/pinia-setup-store-return-all-state.md)

### Reactivity
- Store destructuring stops updating UI reactively → See [pinia-store-destructuring-breaks-reactivity](reference/pinia-store-destructuring-breaks-reactivity.md)
- Store methods lose context in template calls → See [store-method-binding-parentheses](reference/store-method-binding-parentheses.md)

### State Patterns
- Filters reset on refresh or can't be shared → See [state-url-for-ephemeral-filters](reference/state-url-for-ephemeral-filters.md)
- Building production app without DevTools or conventions → See [state-use-pinia-for-large-apps](reference/state-use-pinia-for-large-apps.md)