react-state-management Skill for Claude Code: Redux, Zustand, Jotai and React Query

react-state-management helps Claude choose between Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai and React Query and set the one you pick up properly.

Installs: 15.6K; on skills.sh
Stars: 42.1K; on GitHub
Files: 1; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

react-state-management is a reference skill from wshobson's agents collection. It sorts state into five kinds (local, global, server, URL and form) and gives Claude a rule for choosing a tool: Zustand or Jotai for small apps, Redux Toolkit for large ones, React Query for server-heavy apps.

It loads when you set up global state, manage server state or compare options. The SKILL.md has a Zustand quick start, do's and don'ts and a legacy Redux to Redux Toolkit migration. Five worked patterns sit in references/details.md.

It bundles no scripts and the SKILL.md lists no install commands.

Good for

React developers setting up global state in a new app
Teams migrating legacy Redux to Redux Toolkit
Developers who mix server data and client state and want them separated

Install react-state-management

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the react-state-management skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
/plugin install frontend-mobile-development@claude-code-workflows

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

2
Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Pick one route. The plugin routes install the whole frontend-mobile-development plugin: 2 agents, 1 command and 4 skills (counted from the plugin folder in the repo tree, which has no hooks or MCP config files). The skills-only routes install just this skill, with no agents or commands.

From the project README. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Master modern React state management with Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai, and React Query. Use when setting up global state, managing server state, or choosing between state management solutions.

Sections in SKILL.md

When to Use This Skill
Core Concepts
1. State Categories
2. Selection Criteria
Quick Start
Zustand (Simplest)
Detailed patterns and worked examples
Best Practices
Do's
Don'ts
Migration Guides
From Legacy Redux to RTK

Key facts

License (per GitHub): MIT
Author: wshobson (repo owner)
Repository: wshobson/agents, folder plugins/frontend-mobile-development/skills/react-state-management
Installs on skills.sh: 15,620 as of 2026-11-02
Repo stars: 42,081 as of 2026-11-02 (whole repo)
Last repo commit: 2026-10-30
Files in the skill folder: 2 files including SKILL.md
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass; Socket: pass; Snyk: pass

What it includes

Five kinds of state and the tool for each
Local, global, server, URL and form state, each with the solutions the skill names.
State categories
Which library for which app
Small app: Zustand or Jotai. Large app: Redux Toolkit. Heavy server use: React Query plus light client state. Granular updates: Jotai.
Selection criteria
A simple store example
Shows a Zustand store as the simplest starting point.
Zustand quick start
Typed slices and store
In references/details.md.
Pattern 1: Redux Toolkit with TypeScript
A scalable Zustand layout
In references/details.md.
Pattern 2: Zustand with slices
Atomic state
In references/details.md.
Pattern 3: Jotai
Fetching and caching remote data
In references/details.md.
Pattern 4: React Query for server state
Combine Zustand and React Query
In references/details.md.
Pattern 5: Client plus server state
Do/don't lists and legacy Redux to RTK
Colocate state, use selectors, keep server state in React Query, and migrate with createSlice.
Best practices and migration

From the official docs

Questions

What does the react-state-management skill do?

It helps Claude pick a React state library and write idiomatic code for it. It covers Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai and React Query.

How do I install it?

Use the install box above and pick one route. The skills CLI route installs only this skill. The plugin route installs the whole frontend-mobile-development plugin, which adds 2 agents, 1 command and 4 skills (counted from the repo tree).

Which library does it recommend?

It depends on the app. The SKILL.md says Zustand or Jotai for small apps, Redux Toolkit for large and complex state, React Query for heavy server interaction and Jotai for atomic updates.

Does it need an API key?

No. The SKILL.md names no key and the skill bundles no scripts.

Is it safe?

It bundles no scripts: the folder is SKILL.md plus one reference file. Review the code Claude writes in your project like any other change.

Can it help migrate old Redux?

Yes. The SKILL.md has a migration section that shows legacy Redux with action constants and a reducer rewritten as a Redux Toolkit slice.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: wshobson/agents
Folder: plugins/frontend-mobile-development/skills/react-state-management

wshobson/agents skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

Show all 4

react-state-management SKILL.md · github.com
wshobson/agents README · github.com
plugin.json · github.com
references/details.md · github.com