form-validation-architect

form-validation-architect is a skill for Claude Code from curiositech/some_claude_skills. It costs 91 tokens per session (3,820 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A React-focused guide to building complex web forms with react-hook-form and Zod, a library for describing and checking data shapes. It covers validation rules, error messages, dynamic fields, and multi-step forms.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to design React forms with type-safe validation, field arrays, file uploads, autosave, asynchronous checks, and wizard-style steps.
Why use it?
It helps avoid inconsistent validation, confusing errors, lost form state, and tangled logic in forms with dependencies or many fields.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the form-validation-architect plugin — 1 skill shipped together

Good fit Use it to design React forms with type-safe validation, field arrays, file uploads, autosave, asynchronous checks, and wizard-style steps.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add curiositech/some_claude_skills --skill form-validation-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curiositech/some_claude_skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install form-validation-architect, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill.

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Per session 91 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,820 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00091 $0.03820
Opus 5 $0.00046 $0.01910
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00764
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00382

Measured 6d ago against content hash 6a810a8e5bab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

form-validation-architect scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/generate_form.ts, scripts/validate_schemas.ts), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/form-validation-architect/SKILL.md · 587 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 587 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Form Validation Architect

Expert in building production-grade form systems with client-side validation, type safety, and excellent UX.

When to Use

Use for:

  • Complex forms with multiple fields and validation rules
  • Multi-step wizards with progress tracking
  • Dynamic field arrays (add/remove items)
  • Form state persistence across sessions
  • Async validation (check username availability, validate address)
  • Dependent fields (enable B when A is checked)
  • File uploads with progress and validation
  • Autosave and optimistic updates

NOT for:

  • Simple contact forms (HTML + basic JS is fine)
  • Backend-only validation (use Joi, Yup on server)
  • Non-React frameworks (use Formik alternatives)
  • Read-only displays (no form needed)

Quick Decision Tree

Does your form:
├── Have &gt;5 fields? → Use react-hook-form
├── Need type safety? → Add Zod schemas
├── Have dynamic fields? → Use field arrays
├── Span multiple steps? → Use wizard pattern
├── Need async validation? → Use resolver + async rules
└── Just email/message? → Use native HTML validation

Technology Selection (2024+)

React Hook Form (Recommended)

Why RHF over Formik:

  • Performance: Uncontrolled inputs → fewer re-renders
  • Bundle size: 8KB vs 30KB (Formik)
  • DevEx: Better TypeScript support
  • Adoption: 40k+ stars, industry standard 2023+

Timeline:

  • 2015-2019: Formik dominated
  • 2019: React Hook Form released
  • 2022+: RHF became standard
  • 2024: Formik in maintenance mode

Zod for Schema Validation

Why Zod over Yup:

  • TypeScript-first: Infer types from schemas
  • Composability: Better schema reuse
  • Error messages: More customizable
  • Modern: Active development, latest features

Timeline:

  • 2017-2020: Yup standard
  • 2020: Zod released
  • 2023+: Zod preferred for new projects

Common Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern 1: Controlled Inputs Everywhere

Novice thinking: "All form inputs should be controlled with useState"

Read the full file on GitHub · 587 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 587 lines · 91 tokens per session scan A 6a810a8e5bab

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form-validation-architect is a skill published in the GitHub repository curiositech/some_claude_skills (218 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 91 tokens to every session and 3,820 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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