# tanstack-form

Teaches your AI assistant how to build type-safe forms with TanStack Form, schema validation adapters, and dynamic array fields.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4300 installs · ★ 36
- Author: tanstack-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/tanstack-form/skills/tanstack-form/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-01-31
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## What it does

The skill provides reference patterns for the `@tanstack/react-form` package on stable v1. It guides the model through `useForm` configurations, `form.Field` nested dot notation, and granular subscriptions using `form.Subscribe` or `form.useStore`.

Validation examples cover sync and async flows triggered on `onChange`, `onBlur`, `onSubmit`, or `onMount`. It also details linked fields via `onChangeListenTo` and array operations like `pushValue`, `removeValue`, and `swapValues`.

Using schema validation requires installing separate packages like `@tanstack/zod-form-adapter`, because the core library does not bundle them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-form -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-form -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-form -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills tanstack-form
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-form -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --path plugins/tanstack-form/skills/tanstack-form
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills --skill tanstack-form -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/tanstack-skills/tanstack-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/tanstack-form/skills/tanstack-form/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- implement type-safe form validation with async debounce
- wire linked dependent fields using onChangeListenTo
- manage dynamic array fields with pushValue and removeValue
- integrate Zod or Valibot schema adapters into TanStack Form

## Example prompts
- Create a registration form using @tanstack/react-form and Zod validation
- Set up an array field with add and remove buttons in TanStack Form
- Add async username availability check with asyncDebounceMs in useForm

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: tanstack-form
description: Headless, performant, and type-safe form state management for TS/JS, React, Vue, Angular, Solid, Lit, and Svelte.
---


## Overview

TanStack Form is a headless form library with deep TypeScript integration. It provides field-level and form-level validation (sync/async), array fields, linked/dependent fields, fine-grained reactivity, and schema validation adapter support (Zod, Valibot, Yup).

**Package:** `@tanstack/react-form`
**Adapters:** `@tanstack/zod-form-adapter`, `@tanstack/valibot-form-adapter`
**Status:** Stable (v1)

## Installation

```bash
npm install @tanstack/react-form
# Optional schema adapters:
npm install @tanstack/zod-form-adapter zod
npm install @tanstack/valibot-form-adapter valibot
```

## Core: useForm

```tsx
import { useForm } from '@tanstack/react-form'

function MyForm() {
  const form = useForm({
    defaultValues: {
      firstName: '',
      lastName: '',
      email: '',
      age: 0,
    },
    onSubmit: async ({ value }) => {
      // value is fully typed
      await submitToServer(value)
    },
    onSubmitInvalid: ({ value, formApi }) => {
      console.log('Validation failed:', formApi.state.errors)
    },
  })

  return (
    <form
      onSubmit={(e) => {
        e.preventDefault()
        e.stopPropagation()
        form.handleSubmit()
      }}
    >
      {/* Fields */}
      <form.Subscribe
        selector={(state) => ({ canSubmit: state.canSubmit, isSubmitting: state.isSubmitting })}
        children={({ canSubmit, isSubmitting }) => (
          <button type="submit" disabled={!canSubmit}>
            {isSubmitting ? 'Submitting...' : 'Submit'}
          </button>
        )}
      />
    </form>
  )
}
```

## Fields (form.Field)

```tsx
<form.Field
  name="firstName"
  validators={{
    onChange: ({ value }) =>
      value.length < 3 ? 'Must be at least 3 characters' : undefined,
  }}
  children={(field) => (
    <div>
      <label htmlFor={field.name}>First Name</label>
      <input
        id={field.name}
        name={field.name}
        value={field.state.value}
        onBlur={field.handleBlur}
        onChange={(e) => field.handleChange(e.target.value)}
      />
      {field.state.meta.isTouched && field.state.meta.errors.length > 0 && (
        <em>{field.state.meta.errors.join(', ')}</em>
      )}
    </div>
  )}
/>

<!-- Nested fields use dot notation -->
<form.Field name="address.city">
  {(field) => (
    <input
      value={field.state.value}
      onChange={(e) => field.handleChange(e.target.value)}
      onBlur={field.handleBlur}
    />
  )}
</form.Field>
```

## Validation

### Validation Timing

| Cause | When |
|-------|------|
| `onChange` | After every value change |
| `onBlur` | When field loses focus |
| `onSubmit` | During submission |
| `onMount` | When field mounts |

### Synchronous Validation

```tsx
<form.Field
  name="age"
  validators={{
    onChange: ({ value }) => {
      if (value < 18) return 'Must be 18 or older'
      return undefined // undefined = valid
````
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