# The Firebird Base library for Python

The `firebird-base` package provides common Python 3 modules used by Firebird Project in various development projects. However, these modules have general applicability outside the scope of development for Firebird RDBMS.

## Installation

```console
pip install firebird-base
```

> [!NOTE]
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> Driver development is sponsored by [IBPhoenix](<http://www.ibphoenix.com>).
>
> [Source repository](<https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/python3-base>)

> [!TIP]
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> You can download docset for [Dash](<https://kapeli.com/dash>) (MacOS) or [Zeal](<https://zealdocs.org/>) (Windows / Linux) documentation readers from [releases](<https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/python3-base/releases>) at github.

## Agent skill

The `firebird-base` agent skill provides guidance for using individual modules. Download `firebird-base-<version>-skill.zip` from [GitHub releases](<https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/python3-base/releases>) and extract its `firebird-base/` directory into your coding agent's skills directory.