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name: effect
description: Effect TypeScript best practices. Use when implementing Effect features like services, layers, error handling, or patterns. Triggers on: Effect, service, layer, schema, error handling.
---

# Effect Best Practices

**Before implementing Effect features**, run `effect-solutions list` and read the relevant guide.

Available topics:
- Services and layers
- Data modeling with Schema
- Error handling patterns
- Configuration management
- Testing with Effect
- HTTP clients
- CLI applications
- Observability and tracing
- Project structure

## Effect Source Reference

The Effect repository is cloned at `~/.local/share/effect-solutions/effect`.
Search here for real implementations when docs aren't enough.

## Quick Commands

- `effect-solutions list` - List all available guides
- `effect-solutions show <topic>` - Read a specific guide