vercel-react-native-skills
React Native and Expo best practices for building performant mobile apps. Use when building React Native components, optimizing list performance, implementing animations, or working with native modules. Triggers on tasks involving React Native, Expo, mobile performance, or native platform APIs.
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React Native Skills
Comprehensive best practices for React Native and Expo applications. Contains rules across multiple categories covering performance, animations, UI patterns, and platform-specific optimizations.
When to Apply
Reference these guidelines when:
- Building React Native or Expo apps
- Optimizing list and scroll performance
- Implementing animations with Reanimated
- Working with images and media
- Configuring native modules or fonts
- Structuring monorepo projects with native dependencies
Rule Categories by Priority
| Priority | Category | Impact | Prefix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | List Performance | CRITICAL | list-performance- |
| 2 | Animation | HIGH | animation- |
| 3 | Navigation | HIGH | navigation- |
| 4 | UI Patterns | HIGH | ui- |
| 5 | State Management | MEDIUM | react-state- |
| 6 | Rendering | MEDIUM | rendering- |
| 7 | Monorepo | MEDIUM | monorepo- |
| 8 | Configuration | LOW | fonts-, imports- |
Quick Reference
1. List Performance (CRITICAL)
list-performance-virtualize- Use FlashList for large listslist-performance-item-memo- Memoize list item componentslist-performance-callbacks- Stabilize callback referenceslist-performance-inline-objects- Avoid inline style objectslist-performance-function-references- Extract functions outside renderlist-performance-images- Optimize images in listslist-performance-item-expensive- Move expensive work outside itemslist-performance-item-types- Use item types for heterogeneous lists
2. Animation (HIGH)
animation-gpu-properties- Animate only transform and opacityanimation-derived-value- Use useDerivedValue for computed animationsanimation-gesture-detector-press- Use Gesture.Tap instead of Pressable
3. Navigation (HIGH)
navigation-native-navigators- Use native stack and native tabs over JS navigators
4. UI Patterns (HIGH)
ui-expo-image- Use expo-image for all imagesui-image-gallery- Use Galeria for image lightboxesui-pressable- Use Pressable over TouchableOpacityui-safe-area-scroll- Handle safe areas in ScrollViewsui-scrollview-content-inset- Use contentInset for headersui-menus- Use native context menusui-native-modals- Use native modals when possibleui-measure-views- Use onLayout, not measure()ui-styling- Use StyleSheet.create or Nativewind
5. State Management (MEDIUM)
react-state-minimize- Minimize state subscriptionsreact-state-dispatcher- Use dispatcher pattern for callbacksreact-state-fallback- Show fallback on first renderreact-compiler-destructure-functions- Destructure for React Compilerreact-compiler-reanimated-shared-values- Handle shared values with compiler
6. Rendering (MEDIUM)
rendering-text-in-text-component- Wrap text in Text componentsrendering-no-falsy-and- Avoid falsy && for conditional rendering
7. Monorepo (MEDIUM)
monorepo-native-deps-in-app- Keep native dependencies in app packagemonorepo-single-dependency-versions- Use single versions across packages
8. Configuration (LOW)
fonts-config-plugin- Use config plugins for custom fontsimports-design-system-folder- Organize design system importsjs-hoist-intl- Hoist Intl object creation
How to Use
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
rules/list-performance-virtualize.md
rules/animation-gpu-properties.md
Each rule file contains:
- Brief explanation of why it matters
- Incorrect code example with explanation
- Correct code example with explanation
- Additional context and references
Full Compiled Document
For the complete guide with all rules expanded: AGENTS.md
FAQ
What does the vercel-react-native-skills skill do?
React Native and Expo best practices for building performant mobile apps. Use when building React Native components, optimizing list performance, implementing animations, or working with native modules. Triggers on tasks involving React Native, Expo, mobile performance, or native platform APIs.
How do I install vercel-react-native-skills?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/vercel-react-native-skills/ (personal) or .claude/skills/vercel-react-native-skills/ (project).
Which AI agents can use vercel-react-native-skills?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is vercel-react-native-skills safe to install?
Security partners have reviewed it: Gen Agent Trust Hub passed; Socket passed; Snyk passed; Runlayer flagged items to review; ZeroLeaks passed. As with any skill, read the SKILL.md and bundled scripts before installing.
Who maintains vercel-react-native-skills?
It is published by vercel-labs in vercel-labs/agent-skills, and it is an official skill from the maker of the technology it covers. It has 256,715 recorded installs.
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