Codegen Agent Skill

Code generation utilities for json-render. Use when generating code from UI specs, building custom code exporters, traversing specs, or serializing props for @json-render/codegen.

646 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

15821

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/json-render --skill codegen

The instruction itself

7 sections, as written by the author

@json-render/codegen

Framework-agnostic utilities for generating code from json-render UI trees. Use these to build custom code exporters for Next.js, Remix, or other frameworks.

Installation

npm install @json-render/codegen

Tree Traversal

import {
  traverseSpec,
  collectUsedComponents,
  collectStatePaths,
  collectActions,
} from "@json-render/codegen";

// Walk the spec depth-first
traverseSpec(spec, (element, key, depth, parent) => {
  console.log(`${" ".repeat(depth * 2)}${key}: ${element.type}`);
});

// Get all component types used
const components = collectUsedComponents(spec);
// Set { "Card", "Metric", "Button" }

// Get all state paths referenced
const statePaths = collectStatePaths(spec);
// Set { "analytics/revenue", "user/name" }

// Get all action names
const actions = collectActions(spec);
// Set { "submit_form", "refresh_data" }

Serialization

import {
  serializePropValue,
  serializeProps,
  escapeString,
  type SerializeOptions,
} from "@json-render/codegen";

// Serialize a single value
serializePropValue("hello");
// { value: '"hello"', needsBraces: false }

serializePropValue({ $state: "/user/name" });
// { value: '{ $state: "/user/name" }', needsBraces: true }

// Serialize props for JSX
serializeProps({ title: "Dashboard", columns: 3, disabled: true });
// 'title="Dashboard" columns={3} disabled'

// Escape strings for code
escapeString('hello "world"');
// 'hello \"world\"'

SerializeOptions

interface SerializeOptions {
  quotes?: "single" | "double";
  indent?: number;
}

Types

import type { GeneratedFile, CodeGenerator } from "@json-render/codegen";

const myGenerator: CodeGenerator = {
  generate(spec) {
    return [
      { path: "package.json", content: "..." },
      { path: "app/page.tsx", content: "..." },
    ];
  },
};

Building a Custom Generator

import {
  collectUsedComponents,
  collectStatePaths,
  traverseSpec,
  serializeProps,
  type GeneratedFile,
} from "@json-render/codegen";
import type { Spec } from "@json-render/core";

export function generateNextJSProject(spec: Spec): GeneratedFile[] {
  const files: GeneratedFile[] = [];
  const components = collectUsedComponents(spec);
  // Generate package.json, component files, main page...
  return files;
}

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