composition-patterns

A guide to composing React components from smaller parts and shared state, instead of adding many true-or-false settings to one component.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when refactoring components with too many boolean props, building component libraries, designing compound components, or reviewing state and API structure.
Why use it?
It helps keep reusable component interfaces understandable as features and variations grow.

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Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/marchatton/agent-skills/composition-patterns
Any agent
npx skills add marchatton/agent-skills --skill composition-patterns
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/marchatton/agent-skills

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composition-patterns 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 2d ago.

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Origin

This is a copy

77% identical to vercel-composition-patterns — 14 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.agents/skills/04-develop/00-frontend-general/composition-patterns/SKILL.md · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

React Composition Patterns

Composition patterns for building flexible, maintainable React components. Avoid boolean prop proliferation by using compound components, lifting state, and composing internals. These patterns make codebases easier for both humans and AI agents to work with as they scale.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

  • Refactoring components with many boolean props
  • Building reusable component libraries
  • Designing flexible component APIs
  • Reviewing component architecture
  • Working with compound components or context providers

Rule Categories by Priority

Priority Category Impact Prefix
1 Component Architecture HIGH architecture-
2 State Management MEDIUM state-
3 Implementation Patterns MEDIUM patterns-
4 React 19 APIs MEDIUM react19-

Quick Reference

1. Component Architecture (HIGH)

  • architecture-avoid-boolean-props - Don't add boolean props to customize behavior; use composition
  • architecture-compound-components - Structure complex components with shared context

2. State Management (MEDIUM)

  • state-decouple-implementation - Provider is the only place that knows how state is managed
  • state-context-interface - Define generic interface with state, actions, meta for dependency injection
  • state-lift-state - Move state into provider components for sibling access

3. Implementation Patterns (MEDIUM)

  • patterns-explicit-variants - Create explicit variant components instead of boolean modes
  • patterns-children-over-render-props - Use children for composition instead of renderX props

4. React 19 APIs (MEDIUM)

⚠️ React 19+ only. Skip this section if using React 18 or earlier.

  • react19-no-forwardref - Don't use forwardRef; use use() instead of useContext()

Read the full file on GitHub · 81 lines

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composition-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository marchatton/agent-skills (5 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 568 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 77% identical to vercel-composition-patterns, differing in 14 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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