Agent skill · Vercel

React Native Best Practices (Vercel) skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Performance and structure advice for React Native and Expo apps: lists, animations, native modules.

Officialname: vercel-react-native-skills★ 33k (repo)pushed 2026-10-14MITSKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

React Native and Expo best practices for building performant mobile apps. Use when building React Native components, optimizing list performance, implementing animations, or working with native modules. Triggers on tasks involving React Native, Expo, mobile performance, or native platform APIs.

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 React Native Best Practices (Vercel)

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 vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills

Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (all projects) or .claude/skills (this repo). Claude Code picks it up without a restart. docs

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills -a claude-code

# or by hand:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills.git /tmp/react-native-skills-src
cp -r /tmp/react-native-skills-src/skills/react-native-skills ~/.claude/skills/vercel-react-native-skills

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/vercel-labs/agent-skills.git /tmp/react-native-skills-src
cp -r /tmp/react-native-skills-src/skills/react-native-skills ./vercel-react-native-skills
zip -r vercel-react-native-skills.zip vercel-react-native-skills

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

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills -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 vercel-labs/agent-skills vercel-react-native-skills

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 vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills -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/vercel-labs/agent-skills.git --path skills/react-native-skills

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

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills -a opencode

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

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill vercel-react-native-skills -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

13 sections

When to Apply
Rule Categories by Priority
Quick Reference
1. List Performance (CRITICAL)
2. Animation (HIGH)
3. Navigation (HIGH)
4. UI Patterns (HIGH)
5. State Management (MEDIUM)
6. Rendering (MEDIUM)
7. Monorepo (MEDIUM)
8. Configuration (LOW)
How to Use
Full Compiled Document

Bundled files

AGENTS.md
README.md
metadata.json
rules/_sections.md
rules/_template.md
rules/animation-derived-value.md
rules/animation-gesture-detector-press.md
rules/animation-gpu-properties.md
rules/design-system-compound-components.md
rules/fonts-config-plugin.md
rules/imports-design-system-folder.md
rules/js-hoist-intl.md
rules/list-performance-callbacks.md
rules/list-performance-function-references.md
rules/list-performance-images.md
rules/list-performance-inline-objects.md
rules/list-performance-item-expensive.md
rules/list-performance-item-memo.md
rules/list-performance-item-types.md
rules/list-performance-virtualize.md
+ 21 more

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: vercel-react-native-skills
Publisher: Vercel (official)
Repo: vercel-labs/agent-skills
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
SKILL.md size: 519 words, 109 lines
Bundled files: 41, 40 docs
Repo stars: 33k (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

More skills from vercel-labs/agent-skills

Deploy to Vercel: Deploys the current project to Vercel and returns preview or production URLs.
React Composition Patterns: Refactors prop-heavy React components into compound components and other reusable patterns.
React Best Practices: Vercel's performance rules for React and Next.js code: rendering, data fetching, bundle size.
React View Transitions: Adds page and element animations using React's View Transition API and CSS pseudo-elements.
Web Design Guidelines: Audits UI code against a checklist of interface, accessibility and UX guidelines.

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FAQ

What does the vercel-react-native-skills skill do?+

Performance and structure advice for React Native and Expo apps: lists, animations, native modules. In its own SKILL.md, Vercel describes it as: "React Native and Expo best practices for building performant mobile apps. Use when building React Native components, optimizing list performance, implementing animations, or working with native modules. Triggers on tasks involving React Native, Expo, mobile performance, or native platform APIs."

How do I install the vercel-react-native-skills skill?+

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

Does React Native Best Practices (Vercel) 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 React Native Best Practices (Vercel)?+

Vercel, the company or project behind it, in the vercel-labs/agent-skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-14. License: MIT.

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