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A community-driven knowledge base of practical, goal-oriented patterns for building robust applications with Effect-TS.

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resource-management

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Creating from Collections	🟢Beginner	Use fromIterable and fromArray to create Streams or Effects from arrays, iterables, or other collections, enabling batch and streaming operations.
Safely Bracket Resource Usage with`acquireRelease`	🟢Beginner	Use`Effect.acquireRelease` to guarantee a resource's cleanup logic runs, even if errors or interruptions occur.
Compose Resource Lifecycles with`Layer.merge`	🟡Intermediate	Combine multiple resource-managing layers, letting Effect automatically handle the acquisition and release order.
Create a Service Layer from a Managed Resource	🟡Intermediate	Use`Layer.scoped` with`Effect.Service` to transform a managed resource into a shareable, application-wide service.
Manually Manage Lifecycles with`Scope`	🟠Advanced	Use`Scope` directly to manage complex resource lifecycles or when building custom layers.
Create a Managed Runtime for Scoped Resources	🟠Advanced	Use Layer.launch to safely manage the lifecycle of layers containing scoped resources, ensuring finalizers are always run.

concurrency

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Creating from Synchronous and Callback Code	🟢Beginner	Use sync and async to lift synchronous or callback-based computations into Effect, enabling safe and composable interop with legacy code.
Race Concurrent Effects for the Fastest Result	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.race to run multiple effects concurrently and proceed with the result of the one that succeeds first, automatically interrupting the others.
Sequencing with andThen, tap, and flatten	🟡Intermediate	Use andThen, tap, and flatten to sequence computations, run side effects, and flatten nested structures in Effect, Stream, Option, and Either.
Mapping and Chaining over Collections with forEach and all	🟡Intermediate	Use forEach and all to apply effectful functions to collections and combine the results, enabling batch and parallel processing.
Run Independent Effects in Parallel with Effect.all	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.all to run multiple independent effects concurrently and collect all their results into a single tuple.
Process a Collection in Parallel with Effect.forEach	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.forEach with the`concurrency` option to process a collection of items in parallel with a fixed limit, preventing resource exhaustion.
Manage Shared State Safely with Ref	🟡Intermediate	Use Ref to model shared, mutable state in a concurrent environment, ensuring all updates are atomic and free of race conditions.
Manage Shared State Safely with Ref	🟡Intermediate	Use Ref to model shared, mutable state in a concurrent environment, ensuring all updates are atomic and free of race conditions.
Poll for Status Until a Task Completes	🟠Advanced	Use Effect.race to run a repeating polling effect alongside a main task, automatically stopping the polling when the main task finishes.
Manage Resource Lifecycles with Scope	🟠Advanced	Use Scope for fine-grained, manual control over resource lifecycles, ensuring cleanup logic (finalizers) is always executed.
Run Background Tasks with Effect.fork	🟠Advanced	Use Effect.fork to start a computation in a background fiber, allowing the parent fiber to continue its work without waiting.
Execute Long-Running Apps with Effect.runFork	🟠Advanced	Use Effect.runFork at the application's entry point to launch a long-running process as a detached fiber, allowing for graceful shutdown.
Add Caching by Wrapping a Layer	🟠Advanced	Implement caching by creating a new layer that wraps a live service, intercepting method calls to add caching logic without modifying the original service.
Implement Graceful Shutdown for Your Application	🟠Advanced	Use Effect.runFork and listen for OS signals (SIGINT, SIGTERM) to trigger a Fiber.interrupt, ensuring all resources are safely released.
Decouple Fibers with Queues and PubSub	🟠Advanced	Use Queue for point-to-point work distribution and PubSub for broadcast messaging to enable safe, decoupled communication between concurrent fibers.
Understand Fibers as Lightweight Threads	🟠Advanced	A Fiber is a lightweight, virtual thread managed by the Effect runtime, enabling massive concurrency on a single OS thread without the overhead of traditional threading.

core-concepts

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Understand that Effects are Lazy Blueprints	🟢Beginner	An Effect is a lazy, immutable blueprint describing a computation, which does nothing until it is explicitly executed by a runtime.
Conditional Branching with if, when, and cond	🟢Beginner	Use combinators like if, when, and cond to express conditional logic declaratively across Effect, Stream, Option, and Either.
Filtering Results with filter	🟢Beginner	Use filter to keep or discard results based on a predicate, across Effect, Stream, Option, and Either.
Transforming Values with map	🟢Beginner	Use map to transform the result of an Effect, Stream, Option, or Either in a declarative, type-safe way.
Lifting Values with succeed, some, and right	🟢Beginner	Use succeed, some, and right to lift plain values into Effect, Option, or Either, making them composable and type-safe.
Converting from Nullable, Option, or Either	🟢Beginner	Use fromNullable, fromOption, and fromEither to convert nullable values, Option, or Either into Effects or Streams, enabling safe and composable interop.
Write Sequential Code with Effect.gen	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.gen with yield* to write sequential, asynchronous code in a style that looks and feels like familiar async/await.
Use .pipe for Composition	🟢Beginner	Use the .pipe() method to chain multiple operations onto an Effect in a readable, top-to-bottom sequence.
Transform Effect Values with map and flatMap	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.map for synchronous transformations and Effect.flatMap to chain operations that return another Effect.
Wrap Synchronous Computations with sync and try	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.sync for non-throwing synchronous code and Effect.try for synchronous code that might throw an exception.
Wrap Asynchronous Computations with tryPromise	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.tryPromise to safely convert a function that returns a Promise into an Effect, capturing rejections in the error channel.
Combining Values with zip	🟢Beginner	Use zip to combine two computations, pairing their results together in Effect, Stream, Option, or Either.
Solve Promise Problems with Effect	🟢Beginner	Understand how Effect solves the fundamental problems of native Promises, such as untyped errors, lack of dependency injection, and no built-in cancellation.
Chaining Computations with flatMap	🟢Beginner	Use flatMap to chain together computations where each step may itself be effectful, optional, or error-prone.
Understand the Three Effect Channels (A, E, R)	🟢Beginner	Learn about the three generic parameters of an Effect: the success value (A), the failure error (E), and the context requirements (R).
Create Pre-resolved Effects with succeed and fail	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.succeed(value) to create an Effect that immediately succeeds with a value, and Effect.fail(error) for an Effect that immediately fails.
Comparing Data by Value with Structural Equality	🟢Beginner	Use Data.struct and Equal.equals to safely compare objects by their value instead of their reference, avoiding common JavaScript pitfalls.
Beyond the Date Type - Real World Dates, Times, and Timezones	🟡Intermediate	Use the Clock service for testable access to the current time and prefer immutable primitives for storing and passing timestamps.
Access Configuration from the Context	🟡Intermediate	Access your type-safe configuration within an Effect.gen block by yielding the Config object you defined.
Representing Time Spans with Duration	🟡Intermediate	Use the Duration data type to represent time intervals in a type-safe, human-readable, and composable way.
Define a Type-Safe Configuration Schema	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.Config primitives to define a schema for your application's configuration, ensuring type-safety and separation from code.
Provide Configuration to Your App via a Layer	🟡Intermediate	Use Config.layer(schema) to create a Layer that provides your configuration schema to the application's context.
Understand Layers for Dependency Injection	🟡Intermediate	A Layer is a blueprint that describes how to build a service, detailing its own requirements and any potential errors during its construction.
Use Chunk for High-Performance Collections	🟡Intermediate	Use Chunk as a high-performance, immutable alternative to JavaScript's Array, especially for data processing pipelines.
Control Flow with Conditional Combinators	🟡Intermediate	Use combinators like Effect.if, Effect.when, and Effect.cond to handle conditional logic in a declarative, composable way.
Process Streaming Data with Stream	🟡Intermediate	Use Stream<A, E, R> to represent and process data that arrives over time, such as file reads, WebSocket messages, or paginated API results.

testing

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Mocking Dependencies in Tests	🟡Intermediate	Use a test-specific Layer to provide mock implementations of services your code depends on, enabling isolated and deterministic unit tests.
Write Tests That Adapt to Application Code	🟡Intermediate	A cardinal rule of testing: Tests must adapt to the application's interface, not the other way around. Never modify application code solely to make a test pass.
Accessing the Current Time with Clock	🟡Intermediate	Use the Clock service to access the current time in a testable, deterministic way, avoiding direct calls to Date.now().
Use the Auto-Generated .Default Layer in Tests	🟡Intermediate	When testing, always use the MyService.Default layer that is automatically generated by the Effect.Service class for dependency injection.
Organize Layers into Composable Modules	🟠Advanced	Structure a large application by grouping related services into 'module' layers, which are then composed together with a shared base layer.

domain-modeling

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Comparing Data by Value with Data.struct	🟢Beginner	Use Data.struct to create immutable, structurally-typed objects that can be compared by value, not by reference.
Working with Tuples using Data.tuple	🟢Beginner	Use Data.tuple to create immutable, type-safe tuples that support value-based equality and pattern matching.
Model Optional Values Safely with Option	🟢Beginner	Use Option to explicitly represent a value that may or may not exist, eliminating null and undefined errors.
Accumulate Multiple Errors with Either	🟢Beginner	Use Either<E, A> to represent computations that can fail, allowing you to accumulate multiple errors instead of short-circuiting on the first one.
Handling Specific Errors with catchTag and catchTags	🟡Intermediate	Use catchTag and catchTags to recover from or handle specific error types in the Effect failure channel, enabling precise and type-safe error recovery.
Matching Tagged Unions with matchTag and matchTags	🟡Intermediate	Use matchTag and matchTags to pattern match on specific tagged union cases, enabling precise and type-safe branching.
Define Contracts Upfront with Schema	🟡Intermediate	Use Schema to define the types for your data models and function signatures before writing the implementation, creating clear, type-safe contracts.
Representing Time Spans with Duration	🟡Intermediate	Use Duration to represent time intervals in a type-safe, human-readable, and composable way.
Transform Data During Validation with Schema	🟡Intermediate	Use Schema.transform to safely convert data from one type to another during the parsing phase, such as from a string to a Date.
Type Classes for Equality, Ordering, and Hashing with Data.Class	🟡Intermediate	Use Data.Class to derive and implement type classes for equality, ordering, and hashing, enabling composable and type-safe abstractions.
Parse and Validate Data with Schema.decode	🟡Intermediate	Use Schema.decode(schema) to create an Effect that parses and validates unknown data, which integrates seamlessly with Effect's error handling.
Define Type-Safe Errors with Data.TaggedError	🟡Intermediate	Create custom, type-safe error classes by extending Data.TaggedError to make error handling robust, predictable, and self-documenting.
Work with Dates and Times using DateTime	🟡Intermediate	Use DateTime for immutable, time-zone-aware date and time values, enabling safe and precise time calculations.
Model Optional Values Safely with Option	🟡Intermediate	Use Option to explicitly represent a value that may or may not exist, eliminating null and undefined errors.
Modeling Validated Domain Types with Brand	🟡Intermediate	Use Brand to create domain-specific types from primitives, making illegal states unrepresentable and preventing accidental misuse.
Modeling Tagged Unions with Data.case	🟡Intermediate	Use Data.case to create tagged unions (algebraic data types) for robust, type-safe domain modeling and pattern matching.
Model Validated Domain Types with Brand	🟡Intermediate	Use Brand to turn primitive types like string or number into specific, validated domain types like Email or PositiveInt, making illegal states unrepresentable.
Use Effect.gen for Business Logic	🟡Intermediate	Encapsulate sequential business logic, control flow, and dependency access within Effect.gen for improved readability and maintainability.
Validating and Parsing Branded Types	🟡Intermediate	Use Schema and Brand together to validate and parse branded types at runtime, ensuring only valid values are constructed.
Distinguish 'Not Found' from Errors	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect<Option> to clearly distinguish between a recoverable 'not found' case (None) and a true failure (Fail).
Accumulate Multiple Errors with Either	🟡Intermediate	Use Either<E, A> to represent computations that can fail, allowing you to accumulate multiple errors instead of short-circuiting on the first one.
Avoid Long Chains of .andThen; Use Generators Instead	🟡Intermediate	Prefer Effect.gen over long chains of .andThen for sequential logic to improve readability and maintainability.

modeling-data

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Working with Immutable Arrays using Data.array	🟢Beginner	Use Data.array to create immutable, type-safe arrays that support value-based equality and safe functional operations.
Work with Immutable Sets using HashSet	🟡Intermediate	Use HashSet to model immutable, high-performance sets for efficient membership checks and set operations.
Work with Arbitrary-Precision Numbers using BigDecimal	🟡Intermediate	Use BigDecimal for arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic, avoiding rounding errors and loss of precision in financial or scientific calculations.

building-apis

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Send a JSON Response	🟢Beginner	Create and send a structured JSON response with the correct headers and status code.
Create a Basic HTTP Server	🟢Beginner	Launch a simple, effect-native HTTP server to respond to incoming requests.
Extract Path Parameters	🟢Beginner	Capture and use dynamic segments from a request URL, such as a resource ID.
Handle a GET Request	🟢Beginner	Define a route that responds to a specific HTTP GET request path.
Make an Outgoing HTTP Client Request	🟡Intermediate	Use the built-in Effect HTTP client to make safe and composable requests to external services from within your API.
Handle API Errors	🟡Intermediate	Translate application-specific errors from the Effect failure channel into meaningful HTTP error responses.
Validate Request Body	🟡Intermediate	Safely parse and validate an incoming JSON request body against a predefined Schema.
Provide Dependencies to Routes	🟡Intermediate	Inject services like database connections into HTTP route handlers using Layer and Effect.Service.

error-management

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Checking Option and Either Cases	🟢Beginner	Use isSome, isNone, isLeft, and isRight to check Option and Either cases for simple, type-safe branching.
Wrapping Synchronous and Asynchronous Computations	🟢Beginner	Use try and tryPromise to safely wrap synchronous or asynchronous computations that may throw or reject, capturing errors in the Effect world.
Lifting Errors and Absence with fail, none, and left	🟢Beginner	Use fail, none, and left to represent errors or absence in Effect, Option, or Either, making failures explicit and type-safe.
Matching on Success and Failure with match	🟢Beginner	Use match to handle both success and failure cases in a single, declarative place for Effect, Option, and Either.
Retry Operations Based on Specific Errors	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.retry and predicate functions to selectively retry an operation only when specific, recoverable errors occur.
Leverage Effect's Built-in Structured Logging	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect's built-in logging functions (Effect.log, Effect.logInfo, etc.) for structured, configurable, and context-aware logging.
Handling Errors with catchAll, orElse, and match	🟡Intermediate	Use catchAll, orElse, and match to recover from errors, provide fallbacks, or transform errors in Effect, Either, and Option.
Handle Flaky Operations with Retries and Timeouts	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.retry and Effect.timeout to build resilience against slow or intermittently failing operations, such as network requests.
Handle Errors with catchTag, catchTags, and catchAll	🟡Intermediate	Use catchTag for type-safe recovery from specific tagged errors, and catchAll to recover from any possible failure.
Modeling Effect Results with Exit	🟡Intermediate	Use Exit<E, A> to represent the result of running an Effect, capturing both success and failure (including defects) in a type-safe way.
Mapping Errors to Fit Your Domain	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.mapError to transform specific, low-level errors into more general domain errors, creating clean architectural boundaries.
Effectful Pattern Matching with matchEffect	🟡Intermediate	Use matchEffect to perform effectful branching based on success or failure, enabling rich workflows in the Effect world.
Conditionally Branching Workflows	🟡Intermediate	Use predicate-based operators like Effect.filter and Effect.if to make decisions and control the flow of your application based on runtime values.
Control Repetition with Schedule	🟡Intermediate	Use Schedule to create composable, stateful policies that define precisely how an effect should be repeated or retried.
Handle Unexpected Errors by Inspecting the Cause	🟠Advanced	Use Cause to get rich, structured information about errors and failures, including defects, interruptions, and error traces.
Handle Unexpected Errors by Inspecting the Cause	🟠Advanced	Use Effect.catchAllCause or Effect.runFork to inspect the Cause of a failure, distinguishing between expected errors (Fail) and unexpected defects (Die).

building-data-pipelines

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Run a Pipeline for its Side Effects	🟢Beginner	Execute a pipeline for its effects without collecting the results, saving memory.
Collect All Results into a List	🟢Beginner	Run a pipeline and gather all of its results into an in-memory array.
Create a Stream from a List	🟢Beginner	Turn a simple in-memory array or list into a foundational data pipeline using Stream.
Turn a Paginated API into a Single Stream	🟡Intermediate	Convert a paginated API into a continuous, easy-to-use stream, abstracting away the complexity of fetching page by page.
Process Items in Batches	🟡Intermediate	Group items into chunks for efficient bulk operations, like database inserts or batch API calls.
Process a Large File with Constant Memory	🟡Intermediate	Create a data pipeline from a file on disk, processing it line-by-line without loading the entire file into memory.
Automatically Retry Failed Operations	🟡Intermediate	Build a self-healing pipeline that can automatically retry failed processing steps using a configurable backoff strategy.
Process collections of data asynchronously	🟡Intermediate	Process collections of data asynchronously in a lazy, composable, and resource-safe manner using Effect's Stream.
Process Items Concurrently	🟡Intermediate	Perform an asynchronous action for each item in a stream with controlled parallelism to dramatically improve performance.
Manage Resources Safely in a Pipeline	🟠Advanced	Ensure resources like file handles or connections are safely acquired at the start of a pipeline and always released at the end, even on failure.

making-http-requests

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Create a Testable HTTP Client Service	🟡Intermediate	Define an HttpClient service with separate 'Live' and 'Test' layers to enable robust, testable interactions with external APIs.
Model Dependencies as Services	🟡Intermediate	Abstract external dependencies and capabilities into swappable, testable services using Effect's dependency injection system.
Build a Basic HTTP Server	🟠Advanced	Combine Layer, Runtime, and Effect to create a simple, robust HTTP server using Node.js's built-in http module.

tooling-and-debugging

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Supercharge Your Editor with the Effect LSP	🟡Intermediate	Install the Effect Language Server (LSP) extension for your editor to get rich, inline type information and enhanced error checking for your Effect code.
Teach your AI Agents Effect with the MCP Server	🟠Advanced	Use the Effect MCP server to provide live, contextual information about your application's structure directly to AI coding agents.

observability

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Add Custom Metrics to Your Application	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect's Metric module to instrument your code with counters, gauges, and histograms to track key business and performance indicators.
Trace Operations Across Services with Spans	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.withSpan to create custom tracing spans, providing detailed visibility into the performance and flow of your application's operations.
Instrument and Observe Function Calls with Effect.fn	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.fn to wrap, instrument, and observe function calls, enabling composable logging, metrics, and tracing at function boundaries.
Leverage Effect's Built-in Structured Logging	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect's built-in logging functions for structured, configurable, and context-aware logging.
Redact and Handle Sensitive Data	🟡Intermediate	Use Redacted to securely handle sensitive data, ensuring secrets are not accidentally logged or exposed.
Add Custom Metrics to Your Application	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect's Metric module to instrument your code with counters, gauges, and histograms to track key business and performance indicators.
Use Chunk for High-Performance Collections	🟡Intermediate	Use Chunk as a high-performance, immutable alternative to JavaScript's Array, especially for data processing pipelines.
Trace Operations Across Services with Spans	🟡Intermediate	Use Effect.withSpan to create custom tracing spans, providing detailed visibility into the performance and flow of your application's operations.
Integrate Effect Tracing with OpenTelemetry	🟠Advanced	Connect Effect's tracing spans to OpenTelemetry for end-to-end distributed tracing and visualization.

project-setup--execution

Pattern	Skill Level	Summary
Execute Asynchronous Effects with Effect.runPromise	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.runPromise at the 'end of the world' to execute an asynchronous Effect and get its result as a JavaScript Promise.
Execute Synchronous Effects with Effect.runSync	🟢Beginner	Use Effect.runSync at the 'end of the world' to execute a purely synchronous Effect and get its value directly.
Set Up a New Effect Project	🟢Beginner	Initialize a new Node.js project with the necessary TypeScript configuration and Effect dependencies to start building.
Create a Reusable Runtime from Layers	🟠Advanced	Compile your application's layers into a reusable Runtime object to efficiently execute multiple effects that share the same context.