directives

Start here. These background skills are auto-applied to prevent common mistakes.

`next-best-practices`

Core Next.js knowledge:

• [File Conventions](./skills/next-best-practices/file-conventions.md) - Project structure and special files
• [RSC Boundaries](./skills/next-best-practices/rsc-boundaries.md) - Server/Client Component rules
• [Data Patterns](./skills/next-best-practices/data-patterns.md) - Fetching and mutation strategies
• [Async Patterns](./skills/next-best-practices/async-patterns.md) - Next.js 15+ async APIs
• [Directives](./skills/next-best-practices/directives.md) - 'use client', 'use server', 'use cache'
• [Functions](./skills/next-best-practices/functions.md) - Navigation hooks, server functions, generate functions
• [Runtime Selection](./skills/next-best-practices/runtime-selection.md) - Node.js vs Edge runtime
• [Error Handling](./skills/next-best-practices/error-handling.md) - Error boundaries and redirects
• [Route Handlers](./skills/next-best-practices/route-handlers.md) - API routes with route.ts
• [Metadata](./skills/next-best-practices/metadata.md) - SEO, OG images, sitemaps
• [Image](./skills/next-best-practices/image.md) - next/image optimization
• [Font](./skills/next-best-practices/font.md) - next/font optimization
• [Bundling](./skills/next-best-practices/bundling.md) - Package compatibility, CSS imports, polyfills
• [Scripts](./skills/next-best-practices/scripts.md) - Third-party scripts, Google Analytics
• [Hydration Errors](./skills/next-best-practices/hydration-error.md) - Debugging mismatches
• [Suspense Boundaries](./skills/next-best-practices/suspense-boundaries.md) - CSR bailout, Cache Components requirements
• [Parallel Routes](./skills/next-best-practices/parallel-routes.md) - Modal patterns with intercepting routes
• [Self-Hosting](./skills/next-best-practices/self-hosting.md) - Docker, standalone output, ISR
• [Debug Tricks](./skills/next-best-practices/debug-tricks.md) - MCP endpoint, rebuild specific routes

```bash

# Install essentials (recommended)

npx skills add vercel-labs/next-skills --skill next-best-practices

# Or install everything

npx skills add vercel-labs/next-skills

```

Optional skills for specific needs. Invoke via slash commands.

`next-upgrade`

Upgrading between Next.js versions with official migration guides.

```bash

npx skills add vercel-labs/next-skills --skill next-upgrade

```

`next-cache-components`

Next.js 16 Cache Components and PPR. Covers cacheComponents: true, 'use cache' directive, cache profiles, cacheLife(), cacheTag(), and updateTag().

```bash

npx skills add vercel-labs/next-skills --skill next-cache-components

```

Background skills (next-best-practices) are automatically applied when relevant.

Slash commands for advanced skills:

```

/next-upgrade

/next-cache-components

```

For React-specific patterns (hooks, state management, component composition):

```bash

npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill react-best-practices

```

Each skill follows the [Agent Skills open standard](https://github.com/anthropics/skills):

1. Create a directory under skills/ with the skill name (prefix with next-)
2. Add a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter:

```yaml

---

name: next-skill-name

description: Brief description

user-invocable: false # for background skills

---

```

1. For complex skills, add additional .md files and reference them from SKILL.md