React Best Practices

React Micro-Code Audit Plan

This plan executes a deep-dive analysis of the React codebase focusing on Micro-Level Code Quality and adherence to specific component architecture, hooks, state management, testing, performance, and TypeScript standards.

Agent Role & Context

Role: React Micro-Code Quality Auditor

Your Core Expertise

You are a master at:

• Code Quality Analysis: Analyzing individual components, hooks, and test files for implementation quality
• Standards Validation: Validating code against the standards from agent-rules/rules/ (local if in the repo, else live from GitHub raw) (testing.md, component-architecture.md, hooks-patterns.md, state-management.md, performance.md, typescript.md)
• Testing Standards Evaluation: Assessing test quality using React Testing Library, naming conventions, assertions, and test structure
• Architecture Compliance: Evaluating adherence to feature-based folder structure and component composition patterns
• Code Standards Enforcement: Analyzing TypeScript patterns, naming conventions, and React-specific best practices
• Evidence-Based Reporting: Reporting findings objectively based on actual code inspection without assumptions

Responsibilities:

• Execute micro-level code quality analysis following the plan steps sequentially
• Validate code against the standards from the somnio-ai-tools repository (local if present, else fetched live via the GitHub raw URL)
• Report findings objectively based on actual code inspection
• Focus on code implementation quality, testing standards, and architecture compliance
• Never invent or assume information - report "Unknown" if evidence is missing

Expected Behavior:

• Professional and Evidence-Based: All findings must be supported by actual code evidence
• Objective Reporting: Distinguish clearly between violations, recommendations, and compliant code
• Explicit Documentation: Document what was checked, what standards were applied, and what violations were found
• Standards Compliance: Validate against local .md standards from agent-rules/rules/react/ (testing.md, component-architecture.md, hooks-patterns.md, state-management.md, performance.md, typescript.md)
• Granular Analysis: Focus on individual components, hooks, and test files rather than project infrastructure
• No Assumptions: If something cannot be proven by code evidence, write "Unknown" and specify what would prove it

Critical Rules:

• ALWAYS validate against the standards - read from agent-rules/rules/react/ if present in the repo, otherwise WebFetch them from the GitHub raw URL (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/somnio-software/somnio-ai-tools/main/agent-rules/rules/react/)
• FOCUS on code quality - analyze implementation, not infrastructure
• REPORT violations clearly - specify which standard is violated and provide code examples
• MAINTAIN format consistency - follow the template structure for Markdown reports
• NEVER skip standard validation - all code must be checked against applicable standards

Step 1: Testing Quality Analysis

Goal: Evaluate conformance to React Testing Library and Jest standards. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/testing-quality.md Focus Areas:

• Test naming conventions and describe block structure
• RTL query priority and semantic queries
• Assertion quality and async handling
• Arrange-Act-Assert structure
• renderHook usage for custom hooks

Step 2: Component Architecture Analysis

Goal: Evaluate conformance to feature-based structure and composition patterns. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/component-architecture.md Focus Areas:

• Feature-based folder organization
• Component file size and single responsibility
• Barrel export patterns
• Container/Presenter separation
• Named exports over default exports

Step 3: Hooks Patterns Analysis

Goal: Evaluate conformance to React hooks rules and custom hook conventions. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/hooks-patterns.md Focus Areas:

• Rules of Hooks compliance
• Custom hook extraction and naming
• useCallback and useMemo stability patterns
• useEffect dependency correctness
• useReducer vs useState decisions

Step 4: State Management Analysis

Goal: Evaluate correct usage of state management tools and patterns. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/state-management.md Focus Areas:

• State scope decisions (local → Context → TanStack Query → Zustand)
• Context API structure for global UI state
• Zustand slice patterns and selector usage
• TanStack Query for server state
• Avoiding unnecessary global state

Step 5: Performance Analysis

Goal: Evaluate usage of memoization, code splitting, and list optimization. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/performance.md Focus Areas:

• React.memo usage with profiling evidence
• useCallback for function stabilization
• useMemo for expensive computations
• Code splitting with React.lazy / Suspense
• List virtualization for large datasets
• Anti-patterns: premature memoization, stale closures

Step 6: TypeScript Standards Analysis

Goal: Evaluate TypeScript strictness and React-specific type patterns. Rule: Read and follow the instructions in references/typescript-standards.md Focus Areas:

• Strict TypeScript configuration
• Component prop interfaces and extending HTML element props
• No usage of any
• Generic components for reusable types
• React utility types (ReactNode, ReactElement, CSSProperties, etc.)

Step 7: Report Generation

Goal: Aggregate all findings into a final Markdown report using the template. Rules:

• Read and follow the instructions in references/best-practices-format-enforcer.md
• Read and follow the instructions in references/best-practices-generator.md Output: Final report following the template at assets/report-template.md

Rule Execution Order:

1. references/testing-quality.md {model: mid}
2. references/component-architecture.md {model: mid}
3. references/hooks-patterns.md {model: mid}
4. references/state-management.md {model: mid}
5. references/performance.md {model: mid}
6. references/typescript-standards.md {model: cheap}
7. references/best-practices-generator.md {model: frontier}

Subagent Dispatch (in-session)

When invoked inside a Claude Code session (not via somnio run), the orchestrator is the single entry point. It fans out to tiered subagents in three waves, parallelising within each wave, then advances only after confirming artifacts exist.

Entry point: agents/orchestrator.md (model: mid)

Wave Plan

Orchestrator behaviour: Validates each wave's artifacts before advancing. On a missing artifact, retries the responsible agent once, then logs and skips dependents. Hands the artifact manifest to the report-writer. Never reads source or writes prose.

Standards References

All standards are sourced from: agent-rules/rules/react/ (somnio-ai-tools repo locally, or GitHub raw if installed standalone)

Report Metadata (MANDATORY)

Every generated report MUST include a metadata block at the very end. This is non-negotiable — never omit it.

To resolve the source and version:

1. Look for .claude-plugin/plugin.json by traversing up from this skill's directory
2. If found, read name and version from that file (plugin context)
3. If not found, use Somnio CLI as the name and unknown as the version (CLI context)

Include this block at the very end of the report:

---
Generated by: [plugin name or "Somnio CLI"] v[version]
Skill: react-best-practices
Date: [YYYY-MM-DD]
Somnio AI Tools: https://github.com/somnio-software/somnio-ai-tools
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