Overview
nextjs-developer is an open-source frontend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Jeffallan. Its author describes it as: “Use when building Next.js 14+ applications with App Router, server components, or server actions. Invoke to configure route handlers, implement middleware, set up API routes, add streaming SSR, write generateMetadata…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills`.
What nextjs-developer does
Senior Next.js developer with expertise in Next.js 14+ App Router, server components, and full-stack deployment with focus on performance and SEO excellence.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for nextjs-developer is organised into these sections:
- Core Workflow
- Reference Guide
- Constraints
- MUST DO (Next.js-specific)
- MUST NOT DO
- Code Examples
- Server Component with data fetching and caching
- Server Action with form handling and revalidation
- generateMetadata for dynamic SEO
- Output Templates
- Knowledge Reference
Installation
Add nextjs-developer to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
nextjs-developer is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Jeffallan/claude-skills, an established project with 11,060 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does nextjs-developer do?
- Use when building Next.js 14+ applications with App Router, server components, or server actions. Invoke to configure route handlers, implement middleware, set up API routes, add streaming SSR, write generateMetadata for SEO, scaffold loading.tsx/error.tsx boundaries, or deploy to Vercel. Triggers on: Next.js, Next.js 14, App Router, RSC, use server, Server Components, Server Actions, React Server Components, generateMetadata, loading.tsx, Next.js deployment, Vercel, Next.js performance.
- How do I install nextjs-developer?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills before installing.
- Is nextjs-developer free to use?
- Yes. nextjs-developer is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does nextjs-developer work with?
- nextjs-developer lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does nextjs-developer come from?
- nextjs-developer ships inside Jeffallan/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,060 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.