Convex Agent
AI agents on Convex with persistent threads, tool calls, streaming and RAG.
Agent, MCP and tool libraries npm Apache-2.0
How Convex Agent is used
Convex Agent is a dependency in 2 of the 6,230 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 3,043, Ethereum and EVM 1,756, 3D and games 3,105, agent frameworks and SDKs 13,447); counting those, it appears in 127 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is LangChain.js (37 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Convex (100.0%), AI SDK (91.3%), React (90.6%).
Convex Agent popularity over time
Gid Score 43: downloads 52, use in agent projects 54, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 73 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Convex Agent
| Convex | 100.0% of Convex Agent projects · 178.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| AI SDK | 91.3% of Convex Agent projects · 20.8× more than average |
| React | 90.6% of Convex Agent projects · 2.8× more than average |
| Lucide React | 67.7% of Convex Agent projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 59.1% of Convex Agent projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 82.7% of Convex Agent projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 62.2% of Convex Agent projects · 3.3× more than average |
| clsx | 63.0% of Convex Agent projects · 3.2× more than average |
From all 127 projects in our scan that use Convex Agent, including the dependency samples.
Agent Skills for Convex Agent
| agent-mail-automation from ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills | Automate Agent Mail tasks via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.npx skills add ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills --skill agent-mail-automation |
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| agent-browser from shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice | Browser automation CLI for AI agents. Use when the user needs to interact with websites, including navigating pages, filling forms, clicking buttons, taking sc…npx skills add shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice --skill agent-browser |
| agent-creator from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | Create custom AI subagents with proper plugin structure, persona generation, and companion routing skills.npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill agent-creator |
| agent-development from anthropics/claude-plugins-official | This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent e… has scriptsnpx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill agent-development |
| agent-architecture from github/awesome-copilot | Design AI agent architectures through requirements discovery, or audit and diagnose architectural flaws in existing agents. Architecture only; excludes impleme…npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill agent-architecture |
| agent-doc-discipline from Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode | Writing-time discipline for documents agents consume (the five surfaces, specs, tickets, .omc/skills/) — every rule checkable and carrying a why, steps before …npx skills add Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode --skill agent-doc-discipline |
Skills teach your coding agent how to use Convex Agent well. Official means the pack comes from the same GitHub account as Convex Agent. Read a skill before installing it: it can include scripts. All Agent Skills
Install
| Package | npm install @convex-dev/agent |
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| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (63), Next.js (62), React Native / Expo (2) |
| Example projects | schelskedevco/ignidash, LiorVainer/data-israel, convex/convex-evals, wantpinow/convex-sandbox, waynesutton/clawsync |
Alternatives to Convex Agent
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Convex Agent are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LangChain.js npm Build applications with LLMs using composable abstractions for chains, agents and memory. |
74 | 37 (0.8%) | 8.2M | 18.3K | MIT |
| Mastra npm Framework for building AI agents with tools, memory and MCP server support. |
68 | 37 (0.8%) | 3M | 29.3K | Apache-2.0 |
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