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Container/Presentation Component

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Easily scaffold React components using best practices.

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Updated Aug 10, 2026
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What Container/Presentation Component does

The Container/Presentation Component skill is designed to help developers create React components that adhere to the Container/Presentation pattern. This pattern separates the logic of the component (the container) from its presentation (the UI), promoting better organization and reusability of code. By utilizing this skill, users can quickly scaffold components in the src/components directory, ensuring that they follow established conventions for TypeScript, Storybook, and SCSS.

When using this skill, developers are prompted to provide the component name and type, either ui or features. The skill then checks for existing components to prevent overwriting and guides the user through the classification process. If a component is classified as ui, the skill ensures that it does not include state management or business logic, which would necessitate a features classification instead. This clear separation helps maintain a clean architecture in React applications.

The bundled references, such as component-architecture.md and typescript-and-scss-rules.md, provide additional guidelines on the rules and best practices to follow. This ensures that developers not only create components efficiently but also adhere to the standards that enhance maintainability and scalability. This skill is particularly useful for teams looking to enforce consistent patterns across their React projects, making it ideal for both individual developers and larger development teams.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to create a new React component that follows the Container/Presentation pattern, especially when you want to maintain a clean separation of concerns.

When not to use it

Avoid this skill if you are not using the Container/Presentation pattern or if your component does not fit within the `ui` or `features` classifications.

What you can build with it

Creating a New UI Component

When you need to create a new UI component that does not manage state, use this skill to scaffold it quickly.

Refactoring Existing Components

If you want to refactor an existing component to follow the Container/Presentation pattern, this skill can guide you through the process.

Team Standardization

For teams looking to enforce coding standards, this skill helps ensure that all developers create components consistently.

How to install Container/Presentation Component

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1. Install with the skills CLI

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Container/Presentation Component

Use this skill to create a React component under src/components that follows the Container/Presentation pattern.

Refer to this skill's bundled references for detailed rules.

  • references/component-architecture.md
  • references/typescript-and-scss-rules.md

If the /react-container-presentation-component input is incomplete, ask questions first before creating files.

When To Use

  • When the user runs /react-container-presentation-component
  • When the user explicitly asks for a React component that follows the Container/Presentation pattern
  • When the user wants help deciding or implementing ui vs features classification within the Container/Presentation pattern

Required Questions

If any of the following information is missing, ask the user using ask_user.

  1. Component name
  2. Type (ui or features)
  3. Whether to replace existing components (only when creating ui)

Question requirements:

  • Provide the type as options (ui, features)
  • Require the component name to be in PascalCase
  • For ui, ask whether direct usage of Mantine or other UI libraries in existing features should be replaced with the new component

Procedure

  1. Check existing components
  • Check whether src/components/ui/<ComponentName> or src/components/features/<ComponentName> already exists.
  • If it exists, do not overwrite; confirm the preferred approach with the user.
  1. Decide target directory
  • ui: src/components/ui/<ComponentName>
  • features: src/components/features/<ComponentName>
  1. Re-check classification (only when ui is specified)
  • Even when ui is specified, before creating files, review Reclassification Rule in references/component-architecture.md.
  • If the implementation includes state management, side effects, async processing, context/store updates, or business logic, treat it as features.
  • If the result is closer to features, do not proceed as ui; use ask_user and confirm one of the following before continuing.
    • Create as features
    • Keep ui and move state/logic to parent or features
  1. Create required files
  • ui: index.tsx, index.module.scss, index.stories.tsx
  • features: index.tsx, use<ComponentName>.tsx, presentation.tsx, types.ts, presentation.module.scss, presentation.stories.tsx
  1. Replace existing usages (only when creating ui)
  • Only when the user approves, replace equivalent direct implementations using Mantine or other UI libraries in existing features with the new ui component.
  1. Validate
  • Run build and lint commands, and ensure both pass; if issues are introduced by newly added or updated files, fix them.
  • Follow Storybook Minimum in references/component-architecture.md for story state decisions.
  • Ask the user via ask_user whether to run a Storybook check (for example: "Run" / "Skip for now").
  • Run npm run storybook only if the user selects "Run".
  • If the user selects "Skip for now", explicitly mention in the final report that Storybook execution was skipped.

Output Contract

  • Report the list of files created.
  • If replacements were performed, report the list of changed files and replacement details.
  • Provide one usage example of the created component.
  • Report whether Storybook verification was executed (run/skip), and if run, include the command used.
  • Explain why the component was classified as ui or features.
  • Summarize where state, side effects, and rendering responsibilities were placed.
  • Confirm whether there were any dependency direction violations.
  • Clearly state any unresolved items.

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