# compose-state-and-effects

This skill guides state ownership and side-effect choices in Jetpack Compose. It keeps UI state at the lowest responsible layer and matches effect lifecycles to their owners.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 1120
- Author: chrisbanes
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/compose-state-and-effects

## What it does

The skill enforces a clear review flow for Jetpack Compose architecture. Every state value goes to its lowest responsible owner, from local `remember` calls to plain state holders or screen state holders. Screen composables separate rendering from app wiring. This keeps previewable components reliant only on immutable state and event callbacks.

Effects run through APIs like `LaunchedEffect` or `DisposableEffect`. Each effect requires semantic keys so cleanup and restarts trigger at the right time. Frame-rate reads and `@ReadOnlyComposable` rules route to performance guidance instead.

The skill respects task boundaries. It forbids modifying build files or adding dependencies on its own. When a module lacks preview tooling, the agent flags the gap instead of generating `@Preview` wrappers.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill compose-state-and-effects -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/compose-state-and-effects/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill compose-state-and-effects -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill compose-state-and-effects -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install chrisbanes/skills compose-state-and-effects
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill compose-state-and-effects -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills --path skills/compose-state-and-effects
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill compose-state-and-effects -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/compose-state-and-effects/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- assign UI state to the lowest responsible owner
- pick the correct effect API for imperative operations
- separate screen wiring from previewable content composables
- key LaunchedEffect and DisposableEffect by semantic inputs

## Example prompts
- Review state ownership and side effects in HomeScreen.kt
- Hoist state from this composable and select semantic keys for LaunchedEffect
- Separate UI wiring from the previewable content composable in ProfileScreen.kt

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: compose-state-and-effects
description: Use when writing or reviewing Jetpack Compose state ownership, remember state, state hoisting, screen state holders, LaunchedEffect, DisposableEffect, SideEffect, Flow collection, navigation, snackbar, analytics, or focus requests.
---

# Compose state and effects

## Core principle

Give every piece of UI state one lowest responsible owner, then run imperative
work through the effect whose lifecycle follows that owner. Composition renders;
state and effects make rendering change safely.

A screen-ownership review is incomplete until it names the plain, previewable
content composable that receives immutable state and event callbacks separately
from app wiring and composition-owned runtime objects.

## Procedure

1. Establish the requested scope and visible behavioral requirements. Treat an
   ownership change as a finding only when code or task evidence shows a
   lifecycle, testability, business, or coordination need. In a focused
   contract or correctness review, a missing provider, owner, or writer that
   the code never needs is at most a noted risk; do not recommend ownership,
   default-value, or API-surface changes for it, even as optional.
2. Inventory mutable UI state, app state, event streams, app dependencies, and
   imperative work in the affected screen or component.
3. Place each state value at its lowest necessary owner: local UI state,
   hoisted state, a plain UI state holder, or a screen state holder.
4. For a screen boundary, keep durable data and intents in the wiring owner,
   Compose runtime objects in composition or a plain UI state holder, and
   rendering in a previewable content composable that takes immutable state
   and callbacks. Read [State hoisting](references/state-hoisting.md) for the
   implementation shape; naming only state and intents is not that boundary.
   Keep this content callable with sample state and callbacks; an `@Preview`
   wrapper is optional and is not required for the state-driven boundary.
   Before adding it, confirm the module declares its tooling; do not assume
   Compose runtime or UI dependencies provide it. Respect the task's file
   scope: do not add tooling or change build files unless authorized. If
   Preview tooling is needed but unavailable within scope, omit the wrapper
   and report the setup gap.
5. Choose an effect API whose lifecycle matches the work, and key it by the
   semantic input that should restart or dispose it.
6. Load the focused reference for every material concern below. Do not use a
   reference merely because its topic is adjacent.
7. Route frame-rate reads, cross-phase back-writing, and
   `@ReadOnlyComposable` contracts to [Compose performance](../compose-performance/SKILL.md).
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