# react-navigation

Reference files for React Navigation 7 UI patterns: stacks, tabs, sheets, drawers, headers, safe areas. Useful when screens and modals have to sit inside a navigator.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4800 installs · ★ 1684
- Author: callstackincubator
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/react-navigation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/react-navigation

## What it does

The skill kicks in while the agent builds navigation for a React Native app: stacks, bottom and top tabs, drawers, bottom sheets, header configuration. Its references sit in `references/` — `stacks.md`, `form-sheet.md`, `bottom-tabs.md`, `native-bottom-tabs.md`, `material-top-tabs.md`, `drawers.md`, `header.md`, `safe-areas.md`. `SKILL.md` maps a problem to the file that answers it, so the agent opens one document instead of the whole set.

There is a fork over API style. In an app that already navigates somewhere, the skill says to read the current setup and stay with that style, either object-based Static API or component-based Dynamic API. A brand-new app gets pointed at Static API.

Scope is narrow on purpose: React Navigation 7 only. Patterns and API from other versions may not line up, so check which version the project actually pins before letting the agent rewrite a navigator.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install callstackincubator/agent-skills react-navigation
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-skills --path skills/react-navigation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill react-navigation -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/callstackincubator/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/react-navigation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lay out screens and modals in a stack
- add bottom tabs that also render in the browser
- open a bottom sheet over the current screen
- keep content clear of the status bar and tab bar insets
- configure headers inside a drawer navigator

## Example prompts
- Set up navigation in a new React Navigation 7 app: bottom tabs, with a stack inside the first tab
- Make the login screen open as a form sheet on top of the stack
- Content slides under the status bar in the drawer — fix the safe area insets

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: react-navigation
description: Provides React Navigation UI patterns for stacks, tabs, drawers etc. Use when building navigation UIs with React Navigation, configuring headers, bottom sheets or handling safe areas and insets.
license: MIT
---

# React Navigation

## Overview

Guide for building navigation UIs with React Navigation.

This skill only applies to React Navigation 7. The API and patterns may not work with different versions.

## API Selection

React Navigation offers two API - object-based `Static API` and component-based `Dynamic API`.

- **Existing Apps**: Check the current navigation setup and follow the same API style when using the references
- **New Apps**: If the app does not have an existing navigation setup yet, prefer `Static API`

## When to Apply

Reference this skill when:

- Building navigation UI patterns such as stacks, tabs, drawers, sheets etc.
- Configuring headers and other built-in navigator UI
- Handling safe areas and insets in navigation UI

## References

| File                                        | Description                    |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| [stacks.md][stacks]                         | Stack based navigation         |
| [form-sheet.md][form-sheet]                 | Bottom sheet and form sheets   |
| [bottom-tabs.md][bottom-tabs]               | Cross-platform bottom tabs     |
| [native-bottom-tabs.md][native-bottom-tabs] | Native bottom tabs             |
| [material-top-tabs.md][material-top-tabs]   | Swipeable Top tabs             |
| [drawers.md][drawers]                       | Drawer navigation and sidebars |
| [header.md][header]                         | Configuring headers            |
| [safe-areas.md][safe-areas]                 | Safe-area handling             |

## Problem -> Skill Mapping

| Problem                                                                   | Start With                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Showing screens and modals in a stack                                     | [stacks.md][stacks]                         |
| Showing bottom sheets or form sheets                                      | [form-sheet.md][form-sheet]                 |
| Showing screens in bottom tabs or responsive sidebars with web support    | [bottom-tabs.md][bottom-tabs]               |
| Showing screens in native tabs on iOS & Android                           | [native-bottom-tabs.md][native-bottom-tabs] |
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