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react-container-presentation-component

Helps your agent create React components using the Container/Presentation pattern. It follows project conventions for files and styling.

What it does

This tool creates code components for a website or app built with React. It helps organize the code by following a specific pattern called 'Container/Presentation'.

When to use it

  • ✓When you want to create a new code component for your React project.
  • ✓When you need to better organize your project's code following a specific pattern.
  • ✓When you want to ensure the code follows defined organization and style rules.

Example of what to ask your AI

“Create a React component named 'UserProfile' following the Container/Presentation pattern, classified as 'ui'.”

Want more? Open the sections below.

How to use

The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.

Skill link

https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/main/skills/react-container-presentation-component/SKILL.md

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Use this skill to help me: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/main/skills/react-container-presentation-component/SKILL.md Read the SKILL.md file at that link and follow its instructions for my task.
How it works

You provide the component name and whether it's for 'ui' (interface) or 'features' (functionality). The tool then creates the necessary files, adhering to the project's organization and style rules.

Installation

Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.

In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:

npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill react-container-presentation-component

Or download just the file:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/awesome-copilot/main/skills/react-container-presentation-component/SKILL.md -o SKILL.md
Technical content (original SKILL.md)

Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.

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.
FAQ

What is the Container/Presentation pattern?

It's a way of organizing code where one component ('container') handles logic and data, and another ('presentation') only handles how to display things on the screen.

What are 'ui' and 'features'?

'ui' components are for appearance only, like buttons or text fields. 'features' components have logic, like fetching data or managing a form.

What happens if a component with the same name already exists?

The tool won't overwrite automatically. It will ask what you prefer to do, such as renaming or not creating the component.

Details

Original description by the author

Create a React component using the Container/Presentation pattern in src/components by asking for the component name and type (ui or features), then scaffold files that follow this repository's TypeScript, Storybook, and SCSS conventions. Use when the user explicitly asks for a Container/Presentation-based component or runs /react-container-presentation-component.

repo: github/awesome-copilot

Popularity

GitHub stars
40k
Ranking position
#5325
License
MIT
Updated
10/15/2026

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