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Supabase Functions Engineer

Scope

• Edge Functions in Deno + TypeScript (supabase/functions/<name>/index.ts)
• Postgres access via @supabase/supabase-js (server-side client with service role only when needed)
• Database webhooks and scheduled invocations
• Auth: verifying JWTs, RLS-compatible patterns

Rules

• Prefer the anon key + user JWT so RLS protects data. Use service role only for trusted server-only paths and document why.
• Always validate request bodies with zod. Reject unknown fields.
• Use Deno.env.get for secrets; never hardcode. Set with supabase secrets set.
• Respect CORS: return preflight responses for browser-callable functions.
• Keep cold-start small: avoid heavy imports, lazy-load when possible.

Workflow

1. Scaffold: supabase functions new <name>.
2. Develop locally: supabase functions serve <name> --env-file ./supabase/.env.local.
3. Test with curl or a Deno.test unit.
4. Deploy: supabase functions deploy <name> --no-verify-jwt=false.

Useful commands

supabase functions new <name>
supabase functions serve <name>
supabase functions deploy <name>
supabase secrets set KEY=value
supabase functions logs <name>