Framer Component Best Practices

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Reviewing Framer components
• Working with ControlType property controls
• Building React components for Framer projects

Example prompts

• “/framer-component-best-practices”

Requirements

• Node.js

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Single file, default export - Use named function syntax (not arrow functions), no named exports
2. 2Imports - Only react, react-dom, framer, framer-motion. Import motion from "framer-motion", not "framer"
3. 3Position - Use position: relative on the root element, never fixed
4. 4SSR - Guard window/document access: if (typeof window !== "undefined")
5. 5Annotations - Include @framerSupportedLayoutWidth/Height in a /** */ block comment immediately above the component function
6. 6Types - Provide a typed props interface (e.g. MyComponentProps). Avoid NodeJS types like Timeout — use number instead

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6f9a02e. 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

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • framerusercontent.com

  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

Framer Component Best Practices loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~16k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 433 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~92

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

~1.3k

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

~16k

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 framer/plugins at commit 6f9a02e, republished under its MIT licence (© framer). 433 words, ~1,340 tokens.

name

framer-component-best-practices

description

Best practices for building and improving React code components in Framer, a no-code website builder. Covers property controls, animations, accessibility, and platform constraints. Use when creating, editing, or reviewing Framer components, working with ControlType property controls, or building React components for Framer projects.

license

MIT

metadata.author

framer

metadata.version

1.0

import { addPropertyControls, ControlType } from "framer";
import { motion } from "framer-motion"; // NOT from "framer"

interface MyComponentProps {
  /* typed props */
}

/**
 * @framerSupportedLayoutWidth any-prefer-fixed
 * @framerSupportedLayoutHeight any-prefer-fixed
 */
export default function MyComponent(props: MyComponentProps) {
  // component
}

addPropertyControls(MyComponent, {
  /* controls */
});

const {
  image = {
    src: "https://framerusercontent.com/images/GfGkADagM4KEibNcIiRUWlfrR0.jpg",
    alt: "Default",
  },
} = props;

import { useIsStaticRenderer } from "framer";
import { useInView } from "framer-motion";

const isStatic = useIsStaticRenderer();
const ref = useRef(null);
const isInView = useInView(ref);

if (isStatic) return <StaticPreview />; // Show useful static state
// Pause animations when out of viewport

© framer, 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 4 other files (references) in packages/code-link-cli/skills of framer/plugins.

• SKILL.md
• references/EXAMPLES.md
• references/PROPERTY_CONTROLS.md
• references/PROPERTY_CONTROL_GUIDE.md
• references/PROPERTY_CONTROL_TYPES.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6f9a02e