# nextjs-core

Guides AI coding agents through Next.js App Router conventions: server-first components, safe Server Actions, and explicit cache revalidation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 348 installs · ★ 78
- Author: bobmatnyc
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/nextjs/nextjs-core/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nextjs-core

## What it does

This skill enforces core App Router patterns for Next.js projects. It keeps components on the server by default and restricts `"use client"` directives to cases where interactivity is genuinely required. Route handlers manage incoming API requests and webhooks, paired with loading and error boundaries.

Mutations stay inside Server Actions alongside server-side validation and authorization. The rules explicitly flag client-only authorization checks as an anti-pattern. Initial data fetching inside `useEffect` and overly broad cache invalidation are also blocked.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill nextjs-core -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill nextjs-core -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill nextjs-core -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills nextjs-core
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nextjs-core/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill nextjs-core -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --path toolchains/nextjs/nextjs-core
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill nextjs-core -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/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/nextjs/nextjs-core/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- shift mutations to Server Actions with server validation
- eliminate initial data fetching inside useEffect
- set up targeted cache revalidation by tags and paths
- structure route handlers with loading and error boundaries

## Example prompts
- Create a Server Action for user profile updates with authorization checks
- Refactor this page to Server Components and remove unnecessary use client directives
- Build a webhook route handler with error boundaries and tag revalidation

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nextjs-core
description: Core Next.js patterns for App Router development including Server Components, Server Actions, route handlers, data fetching, and caching strategies
user-invocable: false
disable-model-invocation: true
version: 1.1.0
category: toolchain
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "Server-first patterns with safe mutations (Server Actions) and explicit caching/revalidation"
tags: [nextjs, app-router]
---

# Next.js Core (App Router)

- Server Components by default; minimal `"use client"`.
- Mutations in Server Actions (validate/authz; revalidate tags/paths).
- Route handlers for APIs/webhooks; add loading/error boundaries.

Anti-patterns:
- ❌ Fetch initial data in `useEffect`.
- ❌ Cache or revalidate too broadly.
- ❌ Client-only authz.

References: see `references/` (server actions, fetching, caching, routing, auth, testing).
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© bobmatnyc · MIT · https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/HEAD/toolchains/nextjs/nextjs-core/SKILL.md

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