Architect, build, and debug Kafka Streams apps (JVM-embedded stream processing). Use when user mentions KStream, KTable, topology, TopologyTestDriver, StreamsBuilder, interactive queries, GlobalKTable, joins/windows/aggregations, or debugging issues (rebalancing, state stores, lag, deserialization errors).
Install
npx skills add confluentinc/agent-skills --skill kafka-streams-programmingnpx skills add confluentinc/agent-skills --skill kafka-streams-programming -a claude-code -gnpx skills add confluentinc/agent-skills --skill kafka-streams-programming -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/confluentinc/agent-skills.git --path skills/kafka-streams-programminggh skill install confluentinc/agent-skills kafka-streams-programminggit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/confluentinc/agent-skills /tmp/confluentinc__agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/confluentinc__agent-skills/skills/kafka-streams-programming ~/.claude/skills/kafka-streams-programming # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/confluentinc__agent-skills/skills/kafka-streams-programming ~/.agents/skills/kafka-streams-programming # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode