aurorascharff/nextjs-app-architecture-skill

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    What it is
      AI agent skill package
      Architectural rules
      Reference documents
    Core principles
      Pages arrange not fetch
      Components fetch own data
      Loading states co-located
      Pages control load sequence
      Push interactivity down tree
    Reference docs
      Folder organization
      Data fetching patterns
      Component design
      Page loading behavior
    Optional patterns
      Cache Components
      UX performance patterns

mindmap root((nextjs-app-architecture-skill)) What it is AI agent skill package Architectural rules Reference documents Core principles Pages arrange not fetch Components fetch own data Loading states co-located Pages control load sequence Push interactivity down tree Reference docs Folder organization Data fetching patterns Component design Page loading behavior Optional patterns Cache Components UX performance patterns

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Load this skill into your AI coding agent so it follows consistent Next.js 16 folder structure and data-fetching patterns every time it generates code.

USE CASE 2

Use the included reference docs to teach an AI assistant to co-locate loading placeholder screens with the components they cover, following the author's design principles.

USE CASE 3

Apply the optional Cache Components and UX patterns to make your Next.js app feel faster without manually explaining the architecture to your AI tool each time.

Tech stack

Next.js

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Install with a single npx command, no app to run, the skill is reference docs loaded by an AI coding agent.

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In plain English

This repository is a packaged skill for AI coding agents, specifically designed for building web apps with Next.js 16 or later. Rather than being an app you run or a library you install in the usual sense, it is a set of rules and reference documents that an AI assistant can load to follow consistent architectural patterns when generating code. The skill is built around five design principles drawn from a blog post by the author. The core ideas are: pages should arrange components rather than fetch data themselves, each component that needs data should fetch it directly, loading placeholder screens should live in the same file as the component they cover, the page controls how loading states sequence and appear, and interactive client-side code should be pushed as far down the component tree as possible rather than wrapping large sections. Beyond those five principles, the skill includes reference documents organized into two groups. The core group covers folder organization, data-fetching patterns, component design, and page-level loading behavior. An optional group adds patterns for making the app feel faster, covering a caching approach called Cache Components and a set of user experience patterns. Installing the skill takes a single command using npx, and from that point an AI coding agent can reference the included documents when generating or reviewing code. The README links to a companion skill for view transitions and several blog posts for developers who want to read the reasoning behind each pattern in more depth.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I installed the nextjs-app-architecture-skill. Now generate a Next.js 16 page that arranges components without fetching data itself, where each child component fetches its own data.

Prompt 2

Using the nextjs-app-architecture-skill patterns, show me how to co-locate a loading placeholder with the component it covers rather than putting it in a separate file.

Prompt 3

Apply the Cache Components pattern from nextjs-app-architecture-skill to my Next.js app to make the user experience feel faster. Show me an example.

Prompt 4

I want my AI coding agent to push interactive client-side code as far down the component tree as possible per the nextjs-app-architecture-skill rules. Generate a component that follows this pattern.

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