# nextjs

This skill guides Next.js 16 App Router work, from caching and Server Components to routing and codebase reviews.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 218
- Author: pproenca
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pproenca/dot-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/nextjs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/pproenca-nextjs

## What it does

The skill organizes 45 rules into 9 categories. It covers build and bundle work, caching, Server Components and data loading, routing, Server Actions, streaming, metadata, and client boundaries.

For reviews, it follows a category-based process with scope declaration, progress lines, and a final coverage table. Its codebase-hygiene pass can surface duplicate server fetchers, dead routes or actions, unnecessary `'use client'` propagation, and drifting prop shapes.

Its Next.js 16 guidance uses explicit `'use cache'`, `revalidateTag(tag, cacheLife)`, and `proxy.ts` rather than older patterns. With the Claude Code install, the skill file is placed at `~/.claude/skills/nextjs/SKILL.md`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill nextjs -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill nextjs -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pproenca/dot-skills nextjs
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill nextjs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pproenca/dot-skills --path skills/.curated/nextjs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill nextjs -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/pproenca/dot-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/nextjs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit caching in a Next.js 16 app
- spot sequential data requests
- reduce unnecessary client boundaries
- review a full Next.js repository
- find duplicate or dead routes

## Example prompts
- Review this Next.js 16 App Router repository by category and return the coverage table.
- Check whether this code uses `'use cache'`, `revalidateTag`, and data fetching correctly.
- Find unnecessary `'use client'` propagation, duplicate server fetchers, and dead routes here.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: nextjs
description: Next.js 16 App Router performance, caching, server components, server actions, routing, and codebase-hygiene best practices — plus a category-major review/refactor algorithm with codebase-level (remove/dedup/reuse) findings. This skill should be used when writing Next.js 16 App Router code, configuring caching with 'use cache', building Server Components, setting up parallel/intercepting routes, configuring next.config.js OR proxy.ts, OR auditing/refactoring a Next.js codebase (single file or whole repo). This skill does NOT cover generic React 19 patterns (use react skill) or non-Next.js server rendering.
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# Next.js 16 App Router Best Practices

Comprehensive Next.js 16 App Router guide for AI agents. Contains **45 rules across 9 categories**, prioritized by impact from critical (build optimization, caching strategy) through to cross-cutting codebase hygiene (dedup, dead routes, boundary coherence). Reflects Next.js 16 changes: `'use cache'` directive replacing implicit caching, `revalidateTag(tag, cacheLife)` requirement, `proxy.ts` replacing `middleware.ts`, Turbopack persistent caching, App Router conventions.

Rule files describe **pattern shapes** (not API names) and open with a **"Shapes to recognize"** section listing 2–4 syntactic disguises the same break can wear. **Selected high-value rules** (those whose disguises are most common in practice — `'use cache'`, parallel-fetching, dynamic-imports, server-action-forms, client-boundary, server-vs-client-fetching) include an extra concrete **"In disguise"** incorrect/correct example pair to teach pattern detection beyond the grep-friendly cases.

## When to Apply

- Writing new Next.js 16 App Router code
- **Auditing or modernizing a Next.js codebase** — single file, PR, or whole repo (see [`references/_review-algorithm.md`](references/_review-algorithm.md))
- Migrating from Next.js 15 to 16 (implicit caching → `'use cache'`, `middleware.ts` → `proxy.ts`, `revalidateTag` single-arg → with `cacheLife`)
- Configuring caching strategies with `'use cache'`, `unstable_cache`, `revalidateTag`, `revalidatePath`
- Implementing Server Components and parallel/colocated data fetching
- Setting up parallel routes, intercepting routes, prefetching, `proxy.ts`
- Creating Server Actions for form handling and mutations
- Tuning `'use client'` boundaries to minimize client bundle
- **Finding codebase-level issues** that single-file rules can't see: duplicated server fetchers, near-duplicate routes/layouts, dead routes, `'use client'` propagation across the route tree, prop-shape drift (see Category 9)

## How to Review or Refactor a Codebase

**When the user asks to review, refactor, modernize, or audit Next.js code — single file or whole repo — follow [`references/_review-algorithm.md`](references/_review-algorithm.md). Do not improvise.**

Four non-negotiables from that doc:

1. **Two modes — never refuse a whole-repo audit.** Pick **Mode A** (scoped, ≤~20 files) or **Mode B** (whole-tree: inventory pass + targeted sweeps + full Category 9).
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