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nextjs-app-router
Provides patterns and code examples for building Next.js 16+ applications with App Router architecture. Use when creating projects with App Router, implementing Server Components and Client Components ("use client"), creating Server Actions for forms, building Route Handlers (route.ts), configuring caching with "use cache" directive (cacheLife, cacheTag), setting up parallel routes (@slot) or intercepting routes, migrating to proxy.ts, or working with App Router file conventions (layout.tsx, page.tsx, loading.tsx, error.tsx).
Works with
Install in three steps
- 1
Download the ZIP
One file per agent, plus INSTALL.md with the exact paths below.
- 2
Claude Code: copy SKILL.md into your skills folder
.claude/skills/nextjs-app-router/SKILL.md # this project ~/.claude/skills/nextjs-app-router/SKILL.md # every project
- 3
Other agents: use the matching file
skill.mdc goes in Cursor’s .cursor/rules/. AGENTS.md works as GitHub Copilot instructions, a legacy .cursorrules, or a Codex / Gemini CLI instructions file.

