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Upgrading React Native skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Upgrades a React Native app by applying template diffs and native iOS and Android changes.

Communityname: upgrading-react-native★ 1.7k (repo)pushed 2026-10-08MITSKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Upgrades React Native apps to newer versions by applying rn-diff-purge template diffs, updating package.json dependencies, migrating native iOS and Android configuration, resolving CocoaPods and Gradle changes, and handling breaking API updates. Use when upgrading React Native, bumping RN version, updating from RN 0.x to 0.y, or migrating Expo SDK alongside a React Native upgrade.

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install Upgrading React Native

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native

This repo is a plugin marketplace. Inside Claude Code, add it and install the plugin that holds the skill (building-react-native-apps, testing-react-native-apps, migrating-to-react-native), or copy only this skill into ~/.claude/skills. docs

/plugin marketplace add callstackincubator/agent-skills
/plugin install <plugin>@callstack-agent-skills

# or only this skill:
npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native -a claude-code

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-skills.git /tmp/upgrading-react-native-src
cp -r /tmp/upgrading-react-native-src/skills/upgrading-react-native ./upgrading-react-native
zip -r upgrading-react-native.zip upgrading-react-native

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install callstackincubator/agent-skills upgrading-react-native

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/callstackincubator/agent-skills.git --path skills/upgrading-react-native

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

What's in the SKILL.md

5 sections

Overview
Typical Upgrade Sequence
When to Apply
Quick Reference
Problem → Skill Mapping

Bundled files

agents/openai.yaml
references/expo-sdk-upgrade.md
references/monorepo-singlerepo-targeting.md
references/react.md
references/upgrade-helper-core.md
references/upgrade-verification.md
references/upgrading-dependencies.md
references/upgrading-react-native.md

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: upgrading-react-native
Publisher: Callstack (community)
Repo: callstackincubator/agent-skills
License: MIT
SKILL.md size: 290 words, 74 lines
Bundled files: 8, 7 docs
Repo stars: 1.7k (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

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FAQ

What does the upgrading-react-native skill do?+

Upgrades a React Native app by applying template diffs and native iOS and Android changes. In its own SKILL.md, Callstack describes it as: "Upgrades React Native apps to newer versions by applying rn-diff-purge template diffs, updating package.json dependencies, migrating native iOS and Android configuration, resolving CocoaPods and Gradle changes, and handling breaking API updates."

How do I install the upgrading-react-native skill?+

Run npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill upgrading-react-native and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/upgrading-react-native/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/upgrading-react-native/.

Does Upgrading React Native work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.

Who maintains Upgrading React Native?+

Callstack (a community project), in the callstackincubator/agent-skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-08. License: MIT.

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