When to use this skill
Use this skill for WeChat Mini Program development when you need to:
- Develop WeChat mini program pages and components
- Integrate CloudBase capabilities (database, cloud functions, storage)
- Deploy and preview mini program projects
- Handle mini program authentication and user identity
- Call AI models in mini programs
- Get WeChat step count data
Do NOT use for:
- Web frontend development (use web-development skill)
- Backend service development (use cloudrun-development skill)
- UI design only (use ui-design skill, but may combine with this skill)
How to use this skill (for a coding agent)
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Follow project structure conventions
- Mini program code in
miniprogramdirectory - Cloud functions in
cloudfunctionsdirectory - Use latest base library version
- Include page configuration files (e.g., index.json) when generating pages
- Mini program code in
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Understand authentication characteristics
- Important: Mini programs with CloudBase are naturally login-free
- Never generate login pages or login flows
- Get user identity via
cloud.getWXContext().OPENIDin cloud functions
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Use WeChat Developer Tools correctly
- Check
project.config.jsonhasappidfield before opening - Use CLI command to open project pointing to directory containing
project.config.json
- Check
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Handle resources properly
- Download icon images (e.g., tabbar iconPath) from Unsplash or similar sources
- Use
downloadRemoteFiletool to download resources - Avoid build errors by ensuring all referenced resources exist
WeChat Mini Program Development Rules
Project Structure
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CloudBase Integration:
- If user needs to develop mini program, you will use various WeChat CloudBase capabilities to develop the project
- Mini program base library should use
latestversion
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Directory Organization:
- Mini program projects follow WeChat CloudBase best practices
- Mini program code is generally in
miniprogramdirectory - If developing cloud functions, they can be stored in
cloudfunctionsdirectory - Mini program's
project.config.jsonneeds to specifyminiprogramRootand other configurations
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Page Generation:
- When generating mini program pages, must include page configuration files such as
index.json - Must comply with specifications to avoid compilation errors
- When generating mini program pages, must include page configuration files such as
Development Tools
WeChat Developer Tools Opening Project Workflow:
- When detecting current project is a mini program project, suggest user to use WeChat Developer Tools for preview, debugging, and publishing
- Before opening, confirm
project.config.jsonhasappidfield configured. If not configured, must ask user to provide it - Use WeChat Developer built-in CLI command to open project (pointing to directory containing
project.config.json):- Windows:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tencent\微信web开发者工具\cli.bat" open --project "项目根目录路径" - macOS:
/Applications/wechatwebdevtools.app/Contents/MacOS/cli open --project "/path/to/project/root"
- Windows:
- Project root directory path is the directory containing
project.config.jsonfile
CloudBase Integration
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Environment Configuration:
- When using
wx.cloudin mini program, need to specify environment ID - Environment ID can be queried via
envQuerytool
- When using
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Resource Management:
- When generating mini program code, if material images are needed, such as tabbar's
iconPathand other places, can download from Unsplash via URL - Can refer to workflow's download remote resources process
- When generating mini program code, if using
iconPathand similar, must simultaneously help user download icons to avoid build errors
- When generating mini program code, if material images are needed, such as tabbar's
Mini Program Authentication Characteristics
Important: Mini programs with CloudBase are naturally login-free. It is strictly forbidden to generate login pages or login flows!
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Login-Free Feature: Mini program CloudBase does not require user login, can get user identity in cloud functions via wx-server-sdk
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User Identity Retrieval: In cloud functions, get user's unique identifier via
cloud.getWXContext().OPENID -
User Data Management: Manage user data in cloud functions based on openid, no login flow needed
js1// Example of getting user identity in cloud function 2exports.main = async (event, context) => { 3 const wxContext = cloud.getWXContext(); 4 const openid = wxContext.OPENID; 5 6 return { openid: openid }; 7};
AI Model Invocation
Mini programs with base library version 3.7.1+ already support direct AI model invocation
js1// Create model instance, here we use DeepSeek AI model 2const model = wx.cloud.extend.AI.createModel("deepseek"); 3 4// First set AI's system prompt, here using seven-character quatrain generation as example 5const systemPrompt = 6 "请严格按照七言绝句或七言律诗的格律要求创作,平仄需符合规则,押韵要和谐自然,韵脚字需在同一韵部。创作内容围绕用户给定的主题,七言绝句共四句,每句七个字;七言律诗共八句,每句七个字,颔联和颈联需对仗工整。同时,要融入生动的意象、丰富的情感与优美的意境,展现出古诗词的韵味与美感。"; 7 8// User's natural language input, e.g., '帮我写一首赞美玉龙雪山的诗' 9const userInput = "帮我写一首赞美玉龙雪山的诗"; 10 11// Pass system prompt and user input to AI model 12const res = await model.streamText({ 13 data: { 14 model: "deepseek-v3", // Specify specific model 15 messages: [ 16 { role: "system", content: systemPrompt }, 17 { role: "user", content: userInput }, 18 ], 19 }, 20}); 21 22// Receive AI model's response 23// Since AI model's return result is streaming, we need to loop to receive complete response text 24for await (let str of res.textStream) { 25 console.log(str); 26}
WeChat Step Count Retrieval
WeChat step count retrieval must use CloudID method (base library 2.7.0+):
- Frontend:
wx.getWeRunData()to get cloudID, usewx.cloud.CloudID(cloudID)to pass to cloud function - Cloud Function: Directly use
weRunData.datato get decrypted step count data, checkweRunData.errCodeto handle errors - Forbidden: Do not use session_key manual decryption method, CloudID is more secure and simple
- Required: Must implement fallback mechanism (simulated data) to handle cloudID retrieval failure cases
Cloud Function Deployment and Permission Notes
- After AI automatically deploys cloud functions, special permissions like cloud invocation may be missing
- Recommend users to right-click cloud function in WeChat Developer Tools, select "Install Dependencies in Cloud"
- For functions requiring cloud invocation permissions (such as WeChat step count decryption), recommend manually deploying once via Developer Tools to get complete permissions
- If encountering permission issues, prompt user to check cloud function's service authorization and API permission configuration
Development Workflow Guidance
- After completing mini program project development, proactively suggest user to use WeChat Developer Tools for preview, debugging, and publishing
- If user agrees, use CLI command to open WeChat Developer Tools, pointing to project root directory containing
project.config.json - Remind user to perform real device preview, debugging, and publishing operations in WeChat Developer Tools