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llm-ide-rules react.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from iloveitaly/llm-ide-rules. It costs 1,033 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of coding rules for React, a JavaScript library for building user interfaces, including component structure, mock data, forms, and styling. It targets React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and ShadCN components.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when building or organizing React pages and components, handling forms, choosing file locations, and applying the project’s styling rules.
Why use it?
It gives a project consistent frontend conventions and prevents changes to protected shared UI files or backend code.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is iloveitaly/llm-ide-rules's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on llm-ide-rules itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything llm-ide-rules configures →

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.github/instructions/react.instructions.md · 103 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 103 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

React

  • You are using the latest version of React (v19)
  • Do not write any backend code. Just frontend logic.
  • If a complex skeleton is needed, create a component function LoadingSkeleton in the same file.
  • Store components for each major page or workflow in app/components/$WORKFLOW/$COMPONENT.tsx.
    • If a single page has more than two dedicated components, create a subfolder app/components/$WORKFLOW/$PAGE/$COMPONENT.tsx
  • Use lowercase dash separated words for file names.
  • Use React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and ShadCN components.
  • Prefer function components, hooks over classes.
  • Use ShadCN components in web/app/components/ui as your component library. If you need new components, ask for them.
  • Break up large components into smaller components, but keep them in the same file unless they can be generalized.
  • Put any "magic" strings like API keys, hosts, etc into a "constants.ts" file.
  • For React functional components with three or fewer props, always inline the prop types as an object literal directly in the function signature after the destructured parameters (e.g., function Component({ prop1, prop2 }: { prop1: string; prop2?: number }) { ... }). Include default values in destructuring and mark optional props with ? in the type object. Do not use separate interfaces or type aliases; keep types inline. For complex types, add inline comments if needed.
  • Put the interface definition right above the related function
  • Internally, store all currency values as integers and convert them to floats when rendering visually
  • When building forms use React Hook Form.
  • Include a two line breaks between any useHook() calls and any useState() definitions for a component.
  • When using a function prop inside a useEffect, please use a pattern that avoids including the function in the dependency array, like the useRef trick.
  • When writing React components, always hoist complex conditional expressions into descriptively named constants at the top of the component function for better readability and maintainability.
  • When managing API response data, store the entire response object (or relevant subset) in a single useState rather than creating separate state variables for each field. Derive individual values from the response object when passing to child components using optional chaining (e.g., response?.field || defaultValue).
  • Refactor ternary to &&: {condition ? <A/> : <B/>} → {condition && <A/>}{!condition && <B/>}
  • Use the following pattern to reference query string values (i.e. ?theQueryStringParam=value):
const [searchParams, _setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
// searchParams contains the value of all query string parameters
const queryStringValue = searchParams.get("theQueryStringParam")

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