React Best Practices

A structured repository for creating and maintaining React Best Practices optimized for agents and LLMs.

Structure

• rules/ - Individual rule files (one per rule)
  • _sections.md - Section metadata (titles, impacts, descriptions)
  • _template.md - Template for creating new rules
  • area-description.md - Individual rule files
• src/ - Build scripts and utilities
• metadata.json - Document metadata (version, organization, abstract)
• AGENTS.md - Compiled output (generated)
• test-cases.json - Test cases for LLM evaluation (generated)

Getting Started

1. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install
   

2. Build AGENTS.md from rules:

   pnpm build
   

3. Validate rule files:

   pnpm validate
   

4. Extract test cases:

   pnpm extract-tests
   

Creating a New Rule

1. Copy rules/_template.md to rules/area-description.md
2. Choose the appropriate area prefix:
   • async- for Eliminating Waterfalls (Section 1)
   • bundle- for Bundle Size Optimization (Section 2)
   • server- for Server-Side Performance (Section 3)
   • client- for Client-Side Data Fetching (Section 4)
   • rerender- for Re-render Optimization (Section 5)
   • rendering- for Rendering Performance (Section 6)
   • js- for JavaScript Performance (Section 7)
   • advanced- for Advanced Patterns (Section 8)
3. Fill in the frontmatter and content
4. Ensure you have clear examples with explanations
5. Run pnpm build to regenerate AGENTS.md and test-cases.json

Rule File Structure

Each rule file should follow this structure:

---
title: Rule Title Here
impact: MEDIUM
impactDescription: Optional description
tags: tag1, tag2, tag3
---

## Rule Title Here

Brief explanation of the rule and why it matters.

**Incorrect (description of what's wrong):**

```typescript
// Bad code example

Correct (description of what's right):

// Good code example

Optional explanatory text after examples.

Reference: Link

File Naming Convention

• Files starting with _ are special (excluded from build)
• Rule files: area-description.md (e.g., async-parallel.md)
• Section is automatically inferred from filename prefix
• Rules are sorted alphabetically by title within each section
• IDs (e.g., 1.1, 1.2) are auto-generated during build

Impact Levels

• CRITICAL - Highest priority, major performance gains
• HIGH - Significant performance improvements
• MEDIUM-HIGH - Moderate-high gains
• MEDIUM - Moderate performance improvements
• LOW-MEDIUM - Low-medium gains
• LOW - Incremental improvements

Scripts

• pnpm build - Compile rules into AGENTS.md
• pnpm validate - Validate all rule files
• pnpm extract-tests - Extract test cases for LLM evaluation
• pnpm dev - Build and validate

Contributing

When adding or modifying rules:

1. Use the correct filename prefix for your section
2. Follow the _template.md structure
3. Include clear bad/good examples with explanations
4. Add appropriate tags
5. Run pnpm build to regenerate AGENTS.md and test-cases.json
6. Rules are automatically sorted by title - no need to manage numbers!

Acknowledgments

Originally created by @shuding at Vercel.