React Component Design

Overview

Use this skill to build React components that are composable, testable, and stable under evolving UI requirements.

Scope Boundaries

• Use this skill when the task matches the trigger condition described in description.
• Do not use this skill when the primary task falls outside this skill's domain.

Shared References

• Rendering and hooks rules:
  • references/rendering-and-hooks-rules.md

Templates And Assets

• Component boundary template:
  • assets/react-component-boundary-template.md
• State flow checklist:
  • assets/react-state-flow-checklist.md

Inputs To Gather

• UI and interaction requirements.
• Reuse boundaries and design-system constraints.
• State ownership and data-flow expectations.
• Performance and accessibility requirements.
• Prop and state shape contracts (explicit type/interface/schema expectations).

Deliverables

• Component boundary and prop/state contract.
• Effect and async-behavior policy.
• Rendering-risk and accessibility checks.

Workflow

1. Define component boundaries with assets/react-component-boundary-template.md.
2. Apply state/effect rules from references/rendering-and-hooks-rules.md.
3. Define explicit prop/state contracts; avoid any/opaque object bags for component boundaries.
4. Validate state ownership and transitions.
5. Review loading/empty/error/accessibility behavior.
6. Finalize with assets/react-state-flow-checklist.md.

Quality Standard

• Component responsibilities are single-purpose and explicit.
• State ownership is minimal and predictable.
• Effects are scoped and cleanup-safe.
• Performance choices are evidence-driven.
• Data shape mismatches are handled at boundary adapters, not via repeated casts in render/effect logic.

Failure Conditions

• Stop when component boundaries are ambiguous or cyclic.
• Stop when effect logic substitutes for missing state design.
• Escalate when state ownership cannot be resolved cleanly.