Type-safe routing patterns, data loading strategies, and navigation best practices for TanStack Router in React.
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Covers 33 rules across 10 categories: type safety, route organization, data loading, search params, error handling, navigation, code splitting, preloading, and route context
Emphasizes type inference through router registration, from parameters, and queryOptions integration to prevent runtime errors
Includes data loading patterns with TanStack Query integration, deferred d
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Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
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Comprehensive guidelines for implementing TanStack Router patterns in React applications. These rules optimize type safety, data loading, navigation, and code organization.
| Priority | Category | Rules | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | Type Safety | 4 rules | Prevents runtime errors and enables refactoring |
| CRITICAL | Route Organization | 5 rules | Ensures maintainable route structure |
| HIGH | Router Config | 1 rule | Global router defaults |
| HIGH | Data Loading | 6 rules | Optimizes data fetching and caching |
| HIGH | Search Params | 5 rules | Enables type-safe URL state |
| HIGH | Error Handling | 1 rule | Handles 404 and errors gracefully |
| MEDIUM | Navigation | 5 rules | Improves UX and accessibility |
| MEDIUM | Code Splitting | 3 rules | Reduces bundle size |
| MEDIUM | Preloading | 3 rules | Improves perceived performance |
| LOW | Route Context | 3 rules | Enables dependency injection |
ts-)ts-register-router — Register router type for global inferencets-use-from-param — Use from parameter for type narrowingts-route-context-typing — Type route context with createRootRouteWithContextts-query-options-loader — Use queryOptions in loaders for type inferencerouter-)router-default-options — Configure router defaults (scrollRestoration, defaultErrorComponent, etc.)org-)org-file-based-routing — Prefer file-based routing for conventionsorg-route-tree-structure — Follow hierarchical route tree patternsorg-pathless-layouts — Use pathless routes for shared layoutsorg-index-routes — Understand index vs layout routesorg-virtual-routes — Understand virtual file routesload-)load-use-loaders — Use route loaders for data fetchingload-loader-deps — Define loaderDeps for cache controlload-ensure-query-data — Use ensureQueryData with TanStack Queryload-deferred-data — Split critical and non-critical dataload-error-handling — Handle loader errors appropriatelyload-parallel — Leverage parallel route loadingsearch-)search-validation — Always validate search paramssearch-type-inheritance — Leverage parent search param typessearch-middleware — Use search param middlewaresearch-defaults — Provide sensible defaultssearch-custom-serializer — Configure custom search param serializerserr-)err-not-found — Handle not-found routes properlynav-)nav-link-component — Prefer Link component for navigationnav-active-states — Configure active link statesnav-use-navigate — Use useNavigate for programmatic navigationnav-relative-paths — Understand relative path navigationnav-route-masks — Use route masks for modal URLssplit-)split-lazy-routes — Use .lazy.tsx for code splittingsplit-critical-path — Keep critical config in main route filesplit-auto-splitting — Enable autoCodeSplitting when possiblepreload-)preload-intent — Enable intent-based preloadingpreload-stale-time — Configure preload stale timepreload-manual — Use manual preloading strategicallyctx-)ctx-root-context — Define context at root routectx-before-load — Extend context in beforeLoadctx-dependency-injection — Use context for dependency injectionEach rule file in the rules/ directory contains:
See individual rule files in rules/ directory for detailed guidance and code examples.
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tanstack-router-best-practices is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
tanstack-router-best-practices fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
Keeps context tight: tanstack-router-best-practices is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
Useful defaults in tanstack-router-best-practices — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
tanstack-router-best-practices is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
tanstack-router-best-practices reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
tanstack-router-best-practices fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
We added tanstack-router-best-practices from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
tanstack-router-best-practices reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
Registry listing for tanstack-router-best-practices matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
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