# Add BuildBase to v0's instructions

Give v0 the BuildBase rules once, as a saved instruction you tick in the prompt bar, or with npx buildbase init on the repository v0 keeps in GitHub.

v0 can also connect to BuildBase itself while it builds: [Use BuildBase in v0](/console/ai-agents/v0).

A prompt tells v0 what to build once. An instruction tells it every time you tick it, so a later request does not add a second sign-in or a plan table next to BuildBase. What v0 takes is from v0's own docs, read on 5 November 2026.

## A saved instruction: the docs skill

v0's instructions are reusable rules saved to your account and applied in any chat or project:

1. Click **+** in the prompt bar, then under **Instructions** choose **New Instruction**.
2. Give it a **Title**, such as "BuildBase".
3. In **Rule**, paste the text of [docs.buildbase.app/SKILL.md](https://docs.buildbase.app/SKILL.md). It is the short integration skill this site serves: the rules for when to use @buildbase/sdk, the five-line position rule and where to read next.
4. Click **Add**.

An instruction applies only while it is ticked: click **+** and check it before you send a prompt, and it stays on for later messages until you uncheck it.

## The repository v0 keeps in GitHub

v0 works on a branch of a GitHub repository. On a clone of it, the SDK's own command writes the provider, the three sign-in route handlers, `lib/buildbase.ts` and the webhook route into a Next.js App Router app, with every secret left empty:

```bash
npm i @buildbase/sdk
npx buildbase init --org-id <your 24-character org id>
```

Push the branch and v0 picks the files up. `init` is a terminal command, and v0's chat is not a terminal, so this runs on your machine, not inside v0.

## Skills in v0

v0's docs describe skills for design systems, imported from a design system's sources on the Design Systems page. They do not describe importing a general skill such as the BuildBase integration skill, so use an instruction for now. The full skill lives in the public `buildbase-app/claude-skill` repository, for agents that take one.

> **Note:**
  A shorter builder edition of the skill, under 10,000 characters and usable as
  an instruction, an `AGENTS.md` block or a skill, is planned and not published
  yet.

## Then the jobs

- [Add usage credits](/ai-builders/v0-credits)
- [Add paid plans](/ai-builders/v0-paid-plans)
- [Add teams](/ai-builders/v0-teams)
- [Send the payment-failed email](/ai-builders/v0-payment-failed-email)
- [Add sign-in, teams and paid plans to a v0 app](https://www.buildbase.app/guides/add-sign-in-teams-and-paid-plans-to-a-v0-app), the full guide