Server Components

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Asks about Server Components
• Client Components
• Use client directive
• To use server vs client

Example prompts

• “Server Components”
• “Client Components”
• “use client”
• “/server-components”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Server Components can import Client Components
2. 2Client Components cannot import Server Components
3. 3You can pass Server Components as children to Client Components

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10bfc43. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Server Components loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 300 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~78

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 10bfc43, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 300 words, ~1,493 tokens.

name

server-components

description

This skill should be used when the user asks about "Server Components", "Client Components", "'use client' directive", "when to use server vs client", "RSC patterns", "component composition", "data fetching in components", or needs guidance on React Server Components architecture in Next.js.

version

1.0.0

// app/users/page.tsx (Server Component - default)
async function UsersPage() {
  const users = await db.user.findMany() // Direct DB access

  return (
    <ul>
      {users.map(user => (
        <li key={user.id}>{user.name}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  )
}

// components/counter.tsx
'use client'

import { useState } from 'react'

export function Counter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)

  return (
    <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>
      Count: {count}
    </button>
  )
}

Server Component (page.tsx)
├── Server Component (header.tsx)
├── Client Component ('use client') ← boundary
│   ├── Client Component (child)
│   └── Client Component (child)
└── Server Component (footer.tsx)

// app/products/page.tsx (Server)
import { ProductList } from './product-list'

export default async function ProductsPage() {
  const products = await getProducts()
  return <ProductList products={products} />
}

// app/products/product-list.tsx (Client)
'use client'

export function ProductList({ products }: { products: Product[] }) {
  const [filter, setFilter] = useState('')

  const filtered = products.filter(p =>
    p.name.includes(filter)
  )

  return (
    <>
      <input onChange={e => setFilter(e.target.value)} />
      {filtered.map(p => <ProductCard key={p.id} product={p} />)}
    </>
  )
}

// components/client-wrapper.tsx
'use client'

export function ClientWrapper({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false)

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}>Toggle</button>
      {isOpen && children} {/* Server Component content */}
    </div>
  )
}

// app/page.tsx (Server)
import { ClientWrapper } from '@/components/client-wrapper'
import { ServerContent } from '@/components/server-content'

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <ClientWrapper>
      <ServerContent /> {/* Renders on server! */}
    </ClientWrapper>
  )
}

// components/dashboard-shell.tsx
'use client'

interface Props {
  sidebar: React.ReactNode
  main: React.ReactNode
}

export function DashboardShell({ sidebar, main }: Props) {
  const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(false)

  return (
    <div className="flex">
      {!collapsed && <aside>{sidebar}</aside>}
      <main>{main}</main>
    </div>
  )
}

// app/posts/page.tsx
export default async function PostsPage() {
  const posts = await fetch('https://api.example.com/posts')
    .then(res => res.json())

  return (
    <ul>
      {posts.map(post => (
        <li key={post.id}>{post.title}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  )
}

export default async function DashboardPage() {
  const [user, posts, analytics] = await Promise.all([
    getUser(),
    getPosts(),
    getAnalytics(),
  ])

  return (
    <Dashboard user={user} posts={posts} analytics={analytics} />
  )
}

import { Suspense } from 'react'

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <div>
      <Header /> {/* Renders immediately */}
      <Suspense fallback={<PostsSkeleton />}>
        <SlowPosts /> {/* Streams when ready */}
      </Suspense>
    </div>
  )
}

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in plugins/nextjs-expert/skills/server-components of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

• SKILL.md
• examples/data-fetching-patterns.md
• references/composition-patterns.md
• references/server-vs-client.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• infometa/workbuddyskillsplugins/codebuddy-plugins-official/external_plugins/nextjs-expert/skills/server-components