# react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file

Cursor guidance for React and TypeScript projects using Zustand. It standardizes store design, stops unnecessary re-renders, and keeps server state separate from client stores.

- rule · `type=rule` · Cursor · ★ 41024
- Author: PatrickJS
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc
- Updated: 2026-05-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file

## What it does

This rule guides Cursor when editing `**/*.ts` and `**/*.tsx` files with Zustand. It establishes clear boundaries for state management. Server responses stay inside data-fetching tools like TanStack Query or SWR, while transient form inputs remain in local component state. Only shared client data belongs in a Zustand store.

Store architecture focuses on state paired with explicit actions. Components must subscribe to fine-grained values or rely on `useShallow` rather than consuming entire store instances. Every action and slice requires explicit TypeScript types without `any`. Complex status workflows must use discriminated unions instead of loose booleans.

Because storing tokens or sensitive personal details in `persist` is forbidden, authorization state stays outside unencrypted browser storage. The rule also blocks React Server Components from touching browser stores, which prevents hydration mismatches.

## Install

### Cursor (native platform)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc` — Frontmatter: description, globs, alwaysApply

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.md` — The paths frontmatter field limits the files: move globs from the source into paths

### Codex

**AGENTS.md**
- Codex reads AGENTS.md: paste the rule text there

### GitHub Copilot

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/instructions/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.instructions.md` — The applyTo field sets which files it applies to: move globs from the source into applyTo

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.md`

### Cline

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.clinerules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.md`

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/tree/HEAD/rules/react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc

## When to use it
- separate server cache from shared client state without duplication
- prevent redundant component re-renders using `useShallow` selectors
- enforce strict TypeScript types for store actions without `any`
- block sensitive tokens and credentials from browser persistence

## Example prompts
- Create a sidebar store with explicit toggle and panel selection actions
- Add persist middleware for user interface preferences with a version migration
- Write unit tests for the cart store actions directly without React components

## Source text · react-zustand-cursorrules-prompt-file.mdc · CC0-1.0

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````text
---
description: "React and TypeScript state management guidance for Zustand stores, selectors, middleware, persistence, and testing."
globs: **/*.ts, **/*.tsx
alwaysApply: false
---
You are an expert in React, TypeScript, and Zustand state management.

# React + Zustand Guidelines

## State Ownership
- Keep ephemeral UI state in the nearest component with `useState` or `useReducer`.
- Use URL state for shareable filters, pagination, tabs, and search params.
- Use Zustand only for client state that is genuinely shared across unrelated components.
- Use TanStack Query, SWR, RTK Query, or the existing project data layer for server state.
- Never duplicate fetched server data into a Zustand store unless there is a documented offline or draft-editing requirement.

## Store Design
- Model each store as state plus named actions; avoid exposing anonymous setters for component code to misuse.
- Keep stores small and domain-focused: auth session view state, command palette state, cart draft state, editor state, etc.
- Split large stores into typed slices, then apply middleware only at the composed store boundary.
- Keep derived values as selectors or small pure helpers unless they must be cached in state.
- Store serializable data by default; keep DOM nodes, promises, sockets, and timers outside store state.

```ts
import { create } from 'zustand'

interface SidebarState {
  isOpen: boolean
  activePanelId: string | null
}

interface SidebarActions {
  openPanel: (panelId: string) => void
  close: () => void
  toggle: () => void
}

type SidebarStore = SidebarState & SidebarActions

export const useSidebarStore = create<SidebarStore>()((set) => ({
  isOpen: false,
  activePanelId: null,
  openPanel: (panelId) => set({ isOpen: true, activePanelId: panelId }),
  close: () => set({ isOpen: false, activePanelId: null }),
  toggle: () => set((state) => ({ isOpen: !state.isOpen })),
}))
```

## Component Usage
- Subscribe to the smallest possible slice: `useStore((state) => state.value)`.
- Do not call a store hook without a selector in components unless the component truly needs every field.
- Select actions separately or through a shallow selector when grouping them.
- Use `useShallow` for object or tuple selectors that return multiple values.
- Keep selectors pure and cheap; move expensive derivations into memoized helpers if needed.

```tsx
import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow'
import { useSidebarStore } from '@/stores/sidebar-store'

export function SidebarToggle() {
  const { isOpen, toggle } = useSidebarStore(
    useShallow((state) => ({
      isOpen: state.isOpen,
      toggle: state.toggle,
    })),
  )

  return (
    <button type="button" aria-expanded={isOpen} onClick={toggle}>
      Toggle sidebar
    </button>
  )
}
```

## TypeScript
- Define explicit state and action interfaces for shared stores.
- Avoid `any`; use `unknown` plus narrowing for external data.
- Type action payloads and return values, including async actions.
- Prefer discriminated unions for complex local status instead of several loosely related booleans.
- Export store state types when tests, utilities, or vanilla store factories need them.

## Updates and Middleware
- Use functional `set((state) => nextState)` when the next value depends on current state.
- Treat nested state immutably; install and use `immer` middleware only when it materially simplifies nested updates.
- Use `persist` only for state that must survive reloads.
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