# import-on-interaction

A skill that teaches the agent to defer heavy components and widgets until a click, hover or form input actually needs them.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1500 installs · ★ 257
- Author: patterns.dev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PatternsDev/skills/tree/HEAD/javascript/import-on-interaction/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/import-on-interaction

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through moving non-critical resources off the initial load. That covers video and chat widgets, client-side auth SDKs, and any heavy library the user never touches on first paint. Loaded eagerly, such code occupies the main thread and pushes back the moment the page becomes responsive.

The instructions cover dynamic `import()`, facades for third-party embeds, and `React.lazy` with `Suspense`. A facade is a cheap stand-in: a thumbnail with a play button instead of the real player. The click on it triggers the full code. The skill also suggests preconnecting to required origins on hover to cut latency. For first-party code that will be needed soon, the author prefers prefetching over interaction-based loading.

There is a flip side. If a resource is needed right at page load, or the pause after a click is noticeable, the pattern hurts more than it helps. On small modules the overhead of a dynamic import outweighs the savings. The skill targets `**/*.js` and `**/*.ts` files and runs in a forked context with access to Read, Grep and Glob.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PatternsDev/skills --skill import-on-interaction -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PatternsDev/skills --skill import-on-interaction -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/import-on-interaction/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PatternsDev/skills --skill import-on-interaction -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PatternsDev/skills import-on-interaction
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/import-on-interaction/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PatternsDev/skills --skill import-on-interaction -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PatternsDev/skills --path javascript/import-on-interaction
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/import-on-interaction/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PatternsDev/skills --skill import-on-interaction -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/PatternsDev/skills/tree/HEAD/javascript/import-on-interaction/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- defer a chat widget until the user clicks its button
- swap a heavy video embed for a lightweight facade
- cut time to interactive on a page with an auth SDK
- pull in an animation library only when a button is pressed
- preconnect to a widget origin on hover

## Example prompts
- find heavy components that load right away and move them to import-on-interaction
- build a facade for the video embed: a preview with a button, full code on click
- check whether the auth SDK blocks the main thread and defer it until the login button is pressed

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: import-on-interaction
description: Teaches interaction-based lazy loading for non-critical resources. Use when you have heavy components or libraries that are only needed after user interaction like clicks, hovers, or form input.
context: fork
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob
paths:
  - "**/*.js"
  - "**/*.ts"
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: patterns.dev
  version: "1.1"
related_skills:
  - "module-pattern"
  - "singleton-pattern"
---

# Import On Interaction

## Table of Contents

- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [When NOT to Use](#when-not-to-use)
- [Instructions](#instructions)
- [Details](#details)
- [Source](#source)

Your page may contain code or data for a component or resource that isn't immediately necessary. For example, part of the user-interface a user doesn't see unless they click or scroll on parts of the page. This can apply to many kinds of first-party code you author, but this also applies to third-party widgets such as video players or chat widgets where you typically need to click a button to display the main interface.

## When to Use

- Use this when you have third-party widgets (video players, chat widgets) that are costly to load eagerly
- This is helpful for deferring non-critical code until the user actually needs it
- Use this to improve First Input Delay (FID) and Time to Interactive (TTI)

## When NOT to Use

- When the resource is needed immediately on page load and isn't gated behind a user interaction
- When the loading delay after interaction creates a noticeably poor user experience (consider prefetch/preload instead)
- For small modules where the dynamic import overhead exceeds the savings from deferring

## Instructions

- Use dynamic `import()` to load modules on user interaction (click, hover, etc.)
- Implement facades (lightweight placeholders) for heavy third-party embeds
- For first-party code, prefer prefetching over import-on-interaction when possible
- Consider preconnecting to required origins on hover to reduce latency
- Use `React.lazy` with `Suspense` for component-level import-on-interaction in React

## Details
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