Create Service

Services contain business logic and orchestrate operations between repositories, external APIs, and other services.

Service Types

There are two types of services in this architecture:

Which Skill to Use?

Use create-resource-service when:

• Creating a service for a domain entity (Note, User, Course, etc.)
• The service will perform CRUD operations via a repository
• The service needs authorization checks per operation
• The service should emit events for real-time updates
• You've already created the schema and repository for this entity

Example: NoteService, UserService, CourseService

Use create-utility-service when:

• Creating a service for cross-cutting concerns
• The service calls external APIs (auth service, payment gateway, etc.)
• The service provides shared functionality used by other services
• The service doesn't directly map to a domain entity

Example: AuthenticationService, AuthorizationService, EmailService, NotificationService

Service Layer Principles

Regardless of type, all services follow these principles:

1. Business logic lives here - Not in controllers or repositories
2. Dependency injection - Inject dependencies via constructor
3. Throw domain errors - Use errors from @/errors (not HTTP errors)
4. User context - Accept AuthenticatedUserContextType where needed
5. Return domain types - Return schema types, not HTTP responses

File Naming

Location: src/services/{service-name}.service.ts

See Also

• create-resource-service - CRUD services for entities
• create-utility-service - Cross-cutting/specialized services
• add-resource-events - Add real-time events to a resource service