Hooks Pattern

This teaches you how to refactor class components into functional components using React Hooks, specifically useState and useEffect. It's built around the common problem of wrapper hell and tangled lifecycle logic that comes from older patterns like HOCs and render props. The skill works on TSX and JSX files and includes guidance on creating custom hooks for extracting shared behavior like form handling or subscriptions. One thing to note is that it was written for React 16.8 era conventions, so some advice about manual memoization is a bit dated now that the React compiler handles optimization. Still solid for understanding why hooks replaced classes and how to structure reusable stateful logic.

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$ npx -y skills add patternsdev/skills --skill hooks-pattern --agent claude-code

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React 16.8 introduced a new feature called Hooks. Hooks make it possible to use React state and lifecycle methods, without having to use an ES2015 class component.

Although Hooks are not necessarily a design pattern, Hooks play a very important role in your application design. Many traditional design patterns can be replaced by Hooks.

When to Use

Use this when you need to add state or lifecycle behavior to functional components
This is helpful for extracting and reusing stateful logic across multiple components
Use this instead of class components for cleaner, more composable code