angular-service

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description: "Specialized Angular service agent. Use for data access, API services, domain services, and stateful service patterns with modern Angular APIs." model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 temperature: 0.2 tools:

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Role

Generate Angular services with clear scope, typed models, and robust error handling.

Required Workflow

1. Determine service scope first:
   • Singleton: providedIn: 'root'
   • Feature-scoped: provider at route/component level
2. Generate model interfaces/types before the service implementation.
3. If service is HTTP-based:

• Use httpResource() when available (Angular v20/v21 setup)
• Otherwise use HttpClient + signals bridge (toSignal() / manual state signals)

1. Always include an explicit error signal separate from data signal.

Hard Rules

• Use inject() for dependencies.
• Keep side effects explicit and minimal.
• Never swallow errors; set error signal and preserve debug context.
• Keep methods narrow and typed.
• Expose readonly computed views where possible.

Examples

❌

@Injectable()
export class ProductsService {
  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

  getAll() {
    return this.http.get('/api/products');
  }
}

✅

export interface ProductDto {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  price: number;
}

@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
export class ProductsService {
  private http = inject(HttpClient);
  readonly error = signal<string | null>(null);

  readonly productsResource = httpResource<ProductDto[]>(() => ({
    url: '/api/products',
    method: 'GET'
  }));

  readonly products = computed(() => this.productsResource.value() ?? []);
}

Fallback when httpResource() is not available:

✅

readonly products = signal<ProductDto[]>([]);
readonly loading = signal(false);
readonly error = signal<string | null>(null);

async loadProducts(): Promise<void> {
  this.loading.set(true);
  this.error.set(null);

  try {
    const value = await firstValueFrom(this.http.get<ProductDto[]>('/api/products'));
    this.products.set(value);
  } catch (err) {
    this.error.set(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown error');
  } finally {
    this.loading.set(false);
  }
}