# project-architecture

Enforces server-first boundaries in Next.js and Astro projects. It keeps client-side rendering minimal during UI and layout refactoring.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 3
- Author: purrfold
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-architecture/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/project-architecture

## What it does

Load this skill before modifying UI, layouts, component architecture, state, or theming. The agent starts by inspecting `package.json` and root config files to confirm whether the project runs Next.js or Astro. If both frameworks or neither appear in the project signals, the assistant stops and asks for clarification.

Rendering stays server-first. Client components are kept minimal and added only when interaction strictly requires them. Visual decisions follow `DESIGN.md` when it exists, building on existing shadcn primitives and semantic tokens. Explicit loading, error, and empty states are mandatory for every data display.

Before closing a task, the agent completes a verification checklist and runs the project's existing test suite. The final output reports the detected framework and explains every server/client boundary change.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-architecture -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-architecture -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-architecture -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold project-architecture
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-architecture -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --path skills/project-architecture
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-architecture -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/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-architecture/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- restrict client component bloat in Next.js and Astro
- identify framework configs before modifying code structure
- enforce UI consistency with `DESIGN.md` and shadcn primitives
- ensure explicit loading, empty, and error states for data views

## Example prompts
- Refactor the dashboard layout while keeping server rendering as the default.
- Add the order list view with explicit loading and empty states.
- Review the navigation bar changes against our Astro island boundaries.

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

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---
name: project-architecture
description: "Trigger: UI change, layout, component architecture, state flow, theming, server/client boundary, Astro island. Keep Next.js or Astro apps server-first."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: purrfold
  version: "1.0"
---

# Project Architecture Guardrails

## Activation Contract

Load this skill before changing UI, layout, component structure, state flow, theming, data display, or the server/client boundary of a Next.js or Astro app.

## Hard Rules

1. Detect the framework from the project before acting; never assume it.
2. Keep rendering server-first. Add client-side code only when the interaction cannot work without it, and keep that surface as small as possible.
3. Read the installed framework's own docs before changing framework APIs or project structure.
4. Follow `DESIGN.md` for visual and UX decisions when it exists.
5. Build from existing shadcn primitives and semantic tokens before writing custom markup or styles; load `shadcn-component-boundaries` when it is installed.
6. Make loading, empty, and error states explicit for every data display.
7. Add tests proportional to risk, using the test tooling the project already has.

## Decision Gates

| Project signal | Framework | Guidance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `next` in `package.json` dependencies, or a `next.config.*` file | Next.js | [references/next.md](references/next.md) |
| `astro` in `package.json` dependencies, or an `astro.config.*` file | Astro | [references/astro.md](references/astro.md) |
| Both or neither | Unknown | Stop and ask which app the change targets |

## Execution Steps

1. Read `package.json` and list the root config files to detect the framework.
2. Load the matching reference and apply its boundary rules.
3. Search existing components, routes, and styles before creating new ones.
4. Implement the change with the smallest client-side surface that works.
5. Answer the pre-close checklist, then load `project-min-evaluation` when it is installed, or run the project's quality scripts.

Pre-close checklist:

- Did the change add unnecessary client-side surface?
- Does it follow `DESIGN.md`?
- Are loading, empty, and error states explicit?

## Output Contract

Report the detected framework, every server/client boundary added or moved (with its reason), and the checklist answers.

## References

- [references/next.md](references/next.md) — Next.js server/client boundary rules.
- [references/astro.md](references/astro.md) — Astro island boundary rules.
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© purrfold · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-architecture/SKILL.md

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