React

Entry point for any React-shaped question in dean-stack. React 19 with the React Compiler enabled is the only allowed React mode for this repo; the framework half (TanStack Start) is owned by the tanstack router. This skill exists to dispatch — it never answers patterns directly; the sub-skill carries the rules.

When to invoke

• The user types react with no further specifier and you need to route them.
• The user asks "which React skill," "React overview," or how React is set up for this repo.
• A question mixes Compiler purity + a 19 primitive (e.g. "should I useMemo around a use(promise) read?") — pick the sub-skill whose rule decides the answer.
• A question about a React idiom that is owned by another tech (atoms → jotai; routes → tanstack-router-routing; animations → animejs) — defer to the producer.

Owns

Entry point that routes React questions to the Compiler-rules sub-skill or the React-19-primitives sub-skill, and pins React 19.

Defers to

• react-compiler-rules — anything about purity, memoization (or the absence of it), useMemo/useCallback/React.memo, render-time side channels, the Compiler audit.
• react-19-primitives — anything about use(promise), useTransition, useDeferredValue, useOptimistic, useActionState, useFormStatus, or <Suspense> API surface.
• jotai — atoms, useAtomValue, useSetAtom, and the atomWithIDB factory contract that consumes hydrated state. The root <Suspense> + use(idbHydrationPromise) integration itself is owned by idb (which produces the promise and the Suspense pattern); react-19-primitives describes the API.
• idb — for the dean-stack root hydration contract (idbHydrationPromise, root Suspense, debounced write-through, BroadcastChannel).
• tanstack-router-routing — file-based routes, createFileRoute, route params, Link/navigate/useRouter.
• animejs — animations and the never-in-render side-channel rule (animejs defers back here for the purity statement).
• react-doctor — the upstream npx react-doctor CLI scanner (millionco/react-doctor). Owns enforcement of 60+ runtime-checked rules across state-and-effects, performance, architecture, bundle size, security, correctness, and accessibility — covering categories this skill, react-compiler-rules, and react-19-primitives never enumerate as prose. Triggered when finishing a feature or before commit; complementary to (not a substitute for) the in-skill rules.

Dean-stack rules

• Pillar 1 (Storybook-first) means: every React component file ships with a sibling story file. The router doesn't enforce this; the sub-skills assume it.
• Pillar 2 (Zod-first types) means: every component declares its props as a z.object schema and infers the type via z.infer; runtime parsing is dev-only via defineComponent(schema, fn) (see zod).
• Pillar 3 (IDB-first state) means: persistent state is atomWithIDB, never useState (see jotai). Plain useState is for ephemeral UI only.
• Pillar 4 (CLI-gate-first) means: a render-purity violation surfaces as a Compiler audit failure or a TS error and blocks bun run check. Fix at the source.
• React 19 + Compiler are non-optional. Server components are not used (SPA-only); RSC syntax is wrong by definition for this repo.

Routing

• use react-compiler-rules when the question is about purity, manual useMemo/useCallback/React.memo, why a memo is unnecessary, side-channel APIs (anime.js, refs, mutations), Compiler audit findings, or "is this safe to put in render?"
• use react-19-primitives when the question is about use(promise), useTransition, useDeferredValue, useOptimistic, useActionState, useFormStatus, <Suspense> boundaries, or any other React-19-only hook/API surface.

Routing table

Anti-patterns

• Don't suggest React 18 patterns — useMemo/useCallback for "perf," manual React.memo wrappers, or class components. The Compiler removes the need for the first two; class components were never in scope.
• Don't use server components or RSC syntax — this is an SPA (Pillar 1 + the SPA + prerender architecture decision). RSC imports/"use server" directives are wrong here.
• Don't answer purity / 19-primitive questions inside this router — route to the sub-skill so the answer carries the right rule.
• Don't introduce a state library other than Jotai — see jotai. No Zustand, no Redux, no Recoil, no Context-as-state.

Triggers on

react, react 19, react overview, which react skill