Official agent skill

React Flow Node TS

by microsoft in microsoft/skills

Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install React Flow Node TS

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill react-flow-node-ts -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/skills react-flow-node-ts --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/react-flow-node-ts .claude/skills/react-flow-node-ts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
react-flow-node-ts
GitHub stars
3.1k
Used in
6 other repos
Token cost
~502 tokens
SKILL.md length
90 words
Files
3 (incl. assets)
Skills in repo
150
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration.

  • Works in 6 steps: Add type to… → Create component in… → Export from… → …
  • Building custom nodes for React Flow canvas
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Templates, Node Component Pattern and Type Definition Pattern, plus 1 more section
  • Runs TypeScript scripts from its folder

What it does

React Flow Node TS is an agent skill from microsoft/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration. Use when building custom nodes for React Flow canvas, creating visual workflow editors, or implementing node-based UI components.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including assets (for example `assets/types.template.ts`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Type safety and State management. It works with React, TypeScript and Zustand. The repository describes itself as: Skills, MCP servers, Custom Agents, Agents.md for SDKs to ground Coding Agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Building custom nodes for React Flow canvas
  • Creating visual workflow editors
  • Implementing node-based UI components

Example prompts

  • “/react-flow-node-ts”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Add type to src/frontend/src/types/index.ts
  2. Create component in src/frontend/src/components/nodes/
  3. Export from src/frontend/src/components/nodes/index.ts
  4. Add defaults in src/frontend/src/store/app-store.ts
  5. Register in canvas nodeTypes
  6. Add to AddBlockMenu and ConnectMenu

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 354361d. 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

    Ships script files (TypeScript), which the agent can run.

    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

React Flow Node TS loads about 502 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 90 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~502

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 microsoft/skills at commit 354361d, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 90 words, ~502 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/react-flow-node-ts/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
react-flow-node-ts
description
Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration. Use when building custom nodes for React Flow canvas, creating visual workflow editors, or implementing node-based UI components.
license
MIT
metadata.author
Microsoft
metadata.version
1.0.0

React Flow Node

Create React Flow node components following established patterns with proper TypeScript types and store integration.

Quick Start

Copy templates from assets/ and replace placeholders:

  • {{NodeName}} → PascalCase component name (e.g., VideoNode)
  • {{nodeType}} → kebab-case type identifier (e.g., video-node)
  • {{NodeData}} → Data interface name (e.g., VideoNodeData)

Templates

Node Component Pattern

tsx
export const MyNode = memo(function MyNode({
  id,
  data,
  selected,
  width,
  height,
}: MyNodeProps) {
  const updateNode = useAppStore((state) => state.updateNode);
  const canvasMode = useAppStore((state) => state.canvasMode);
  
  return (
    <>
      <NodeResizer isVisible={selected && canvasMode === 'editing'} />
      <div className="node-container">
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Top} />
        {/* Node content */}
        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Bottom} />
      </div>
    </>
  );
});

Type Definition Pattern

typescript
export interface MyNodeData extends Record<string, unknown> {
  title: string;
  description?: string;
}

export type MyNode = Node<MyNodeData, 'my-node'>;

Integration Steps

  1. Add type to src/frontend/src/types/index.ts
  2. Create component in src/frontend/src/components/nodes/
  3. Export from src/frontend/src/components/nodes/index.ts
  4. Add defaults in src/frontend/src/store/app-store.ts
  5. Register in canvas nodeTypes
  6. Add to AddBlockMenu and ConnectMenu

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Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (assets) in .github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/react-flow-node-ts of microsoft/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/template.tsx
  • assets/types.template.ts

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 354361d

Used in 6 other repositories

We found 15 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 6 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in microsoft/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about React Flow Node TS

What does React Flow Node TS do?

Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration. React Flow Node TS is an agent skill from microsoft/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create React Flow node components with TypeScript types, handles, and Zustand integration.

When should I use React Flow Node TS?

React Flow Node TS fits situations like: building custom nodes for React Flow canvas; creating visual workflow editors; implementing node-based UI components.

How do I install React Flow Node TS in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill react-flow-node-ts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/react-flow-node-ts in microsoft/skills) into .claude/skills/react-flow-node-ts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install React Flow Node TS in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill react-flow-node-ts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/react-flow-node-ts in microsoft/skills) into .agents/skills/react-flow-node-ts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use React Flow Node TS in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill react-flow-node-ts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/react-flow-node-ts, .gemini/skills/react-flow-node-ts, .github/skills/react-flow-node-ts and .opencode/skills/react-flow-node-ts in your project.

What does React Flow Node TS need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, React Flow Node TS needs TypeScript for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does React Flow Node TS access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is React Flow Node TS safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does React Flow Node TS use?

React Flow Node TS is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does React Flow Node TS use?

About 502 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to React Flow Node TS?

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Who maintains React Flow Node TS?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/skills, which has 3,086 GitHub stars. The repository holds 150 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: microsoft/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.