react-component-design

A guide for building React interface components as reusable, TypeScript-defined parts. React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

In plain words
What is it for?
Creating or refactoring React components, defining their inputs before implementation, separating responsibilities, and preparing components for reuse.
Why use it?
It helps prevent large, tangled components and makes interface code easier to reuse, test, and maintain.

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npx agentmods add skills/kraitdev/skill.md/react-component-design
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npx skills add KraitDev/skiLL.Md --skill react-component-design
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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/KraitDev/skiLL.Md

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skills/frontend/react-component-design/SKILL.md · 169 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 169 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

React Component Design

Purpose

React components MUST be pure, composable, and reusable abstractions. This skill enforces TypeScript-first design, separation of concerns, and deterministic rendering to ensure maintainable, testable UI code that works reliably across different contexts.

When to use

  • Building a new UI element from scratch
  • Refactoring a large, monolithic React component
  • Extracting shared UI patterns into a component library
  • Adding new features to an existing component hierarchy
  • Preparing components for cross-team reuse

When NOT to use

  • Styling implementation details (use DOM Security Hardening skill instead)
  • State management architecture decisions (use State Management Patterns skill)
  • Performance optimization via memo/useMemo (handle at call site, not in component)

Inputs required

  • Existing React codebase with TypeScript
  • Clear understanding of component's single responsibility
  • Props interface definition (before implementation)

Workflow

  1. Define the API: Write the TypeScript interface for props BEFORE the component body. This clarifies the contract.
  2. Verify Props: Ensure props contain ONLY what the component needs—no unnecessary inherited types.
  3. Isolate Logic: Extract all complex state and side-effects into custom hooks (NEVER in component body).
  4. Render JSX: Build static JSX structure based solely on props and hook return values.
  5. Apply Styles: Use CSS classes via className prop. NEVER use inline style={{...}}.
  6. Export Type: Export both the component AND its Props interface for consumers.
  7. Verify Size: Confirm file does NOT exceed 150 lines. If it does, extract sub-components.

Rules

  • MUST be a pure function: identical props = identical output
  • MUST export a strictly typed TypeScript interface named [ComponentName]Props
  • MUST NOT exceed 150 lines per file (extract sub-components if larger)
  • MUST NOT use inline styles (style={{...}})
  • MUST NOT drill props more than 2 levels deep
  • MUST NOT fetch data directly (use hooks or parent component)
  • MUST support className prop for customization

Read the full file on GitHub · 169 lines

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react-component-design is a skill published in the GitHub repository KraitDev/skiLL.Md (7 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 1,593 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-31.

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