Agent skill · software engineering · jeremylongshore
cohere-sdk-patterns
Implement a typed Cohere v2 provider boundary with timeouts, bounded retries, streaming, and response validation. Use when standardizing production SDK usage. Trigger with "Cohere SDK patterns", "Cohere client wrapper", or "refactor Cohere client".
Why this skill is useful
Adds production-ready TypeScript and Python SDK patterns for Cohere API v2, including error handling and type-safe wrappers that enhance integration capabilities.
What it needs
Requires cohere, cohere-ai installed locally. Requires cohere account access. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Cohere SDK Integration Patterns Overview Wrap generated SDK clients behind a small application contract so model changes, provider errors, and migrations stay localized. Prerequisites The target repository, runtime, environment, and accountable owner An approved Cohere team and key for any live verification Current quality, security, privacy, capacity, and change-control requirements Tool Discipline Use Read, Glob, and Grep to inspect code, configuration, and evidence. Use WebFetch only for current Cohere primary documentation. Use Write or Edit only when the user requested implementation and the exact target files are known; never write credentials or customer content. Current Contract Instantiate one configured v2 client per runtime process unless tenancy requires a separate credential boundary. Require callers to supply an operation purpose, bounded timeout, and resolved model ID. Retry only transient transport, 429, and eligible 5xx failures with jitter and a total-attempt ceiling. Normalize Chat content, citations, tool calls, Embed vectors, Rerank scores, usage, and provider request metadata at the boundary. Authentication Use an environment-specific key injected from an approved secret manager. Never print, persist, commit, or place COAPIKEY in an example. Confirm access with the least costly bounded operation appropriate to the task, and treat key creation, rotation, revocation, role changes, and production-capacity requests as owner-approved actions. Instructions 1. Inventory current direct SDK calls and group them by Chat, Embed, Rerank, and model discovery. 2. Define typed request and result contracts that expose only application-required fields. 3. Centralize timeout, redaction, retry eligibility, and model resolution. 4. Implement streaming as an async iterator with cancellation and terminal-event validation. 5. Add contract fixtures for success, partial stream, timeout, limit, and schema drift. 6. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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