---
title: Quickstart
description: Install Store and connect your first Tap resource to React.
---

Store (`@assistant-ui/store`) connects Tap resources to React with scoped, type-safe state management.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @assistant-ui/store @assistant-ui/tap
```

## Define your scope types

Register your scopes by augmenting the `ScopeRegistry` interface. This gives you type safety across all Store hooks.

```ts title="lib/store/counter-scope.ts"
import "@assistant-ui/store";

declare module "@assistant-ui/store" {
  interface ScopeRegistry {
    counter: {
      methods: {
        getState: () => { count: number };
        increment: () => void;
      };
    };
  }
}
```

## Create a resource

Define a Tap resource that returns `ClientOutput<"counter">`. This connects the resource's methods to the scope type you just registered.

```ts title="lib/store/counter-store.ts"
import { resource } from "@assistant-ui/tap";
import { useState, useMemo } from "react";
import type { ClientOutput } from "@assistant-ui/store";

const useCounterResource = ({
  initialCount = 0,
}: {
  initialCount?: number;
}): ClientOutput<"counter"> => {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(initialCount);

  const state = useMemo(() => ({ count }), [count]);

  return {
    getState: () => state,
    increment: () => setCount((c) => c + 1),
  };
};

export const CounterResource = resource(useCounterResource);
```

## Use it in React

Use `useAui` to create a store, `AuiProvider` to provide it to the tree, and `useAuiState` to subscribe to state.

```tsx title="app/CounterApp.tsx"
"use client";

import { useAui, AuiProvider } from "@assistant-ui/store";
import { CounterResource } from "@/lib/store/counter-store";
import { CounterDisplay } from "./CounterDisplay";

export const CounterApp = () => {
  const aui = useAui({
    counter: CounterResource({ initialCount: 0 }),
  });

  return (
    <AuiProvider value={aui}>
      <CounterDisplay />
    </AuiProvider>
  );
};
```

```tsx title="app/CounterDisplay.tsx"
"use client";

import { useAui, useAuiState } from "@assistant-ui/store";

export const CounterDisplay = () => {
  const count = useAuiState((s) => s.counter.count);
  const aui = useAui();

  return (
    <div>
      <p>Count: {count}</p>
      <button onClick={() => aui.counter().increment()}>+</button>
    </div>
  );
};
```

`useAuiState((s) => s.counter.count)` subscribes to just the `count` value, so the component only re-renders when it changes.

`aui.counter()` returns the methods object, so `aui.counter().increment()` calls the `increment` method you defined in the resource.

## Next steps

<Cards>
  <Card title="Scopes" href="/tap/docs/store/scopes">
    Nest scopes with Derived and AuiProvider.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Events" href="/tap/docs/store/events">
    Emit and subscribe to typed events.
  </Card>
</Cards>