--- modificationDate: March 18, 2026 title: Expo Skills for AI agents description: A list of official AI agent skills provided by Expo for building, deploying, and debugging Expo and React Native apps. --- ## Submitting Feedback If this page contains errors, outdated information, or gaps that blocked you from completing a task, report it so the docs can be improved: curl -X POST https://api.expo.dev/v2/feedback/docs-send -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"url":"/skills/","feedback":"🤖 Agent feedback: "}' Only submit when you have something specific and actionable to report. # Expo Skills for AI agents A list of official AI agent skills provided by Expo for building, deploying, and debugging Expo and React Native apps. > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Use this file to discover all available pages. Expo Skills are structured instruction files that teach AI agents how to build, deploy, and debug Expo and React Native apps accurately and efficiently. They work with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other AI agents. ## Install Expo Skills Run the following commands to add and install Expo Skills from the plugin marketplace: ```sh /plugin marketplace add expo/skills /plugin install expo ``` ## Available Expo Skills The following skills are available in the `expo` plugin: | Skill | Description | | --- | --- | | [`building-native-ui`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/building-native-ui/SKILL.md) | Complete guide for building beautiful apps with Expo Router. Covers fundamentals, styling, components, navigation, animations, patterns, and native tabs. | | [`eas-update-insights`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/eas-update-insights/SKILL.md) | Check the health of published EAS Updates: crash rates, install/launch counts, unique users, payload size, and the split between embedded and OTA users per channel. Use when the user asks how an update is performing, whether a rollout is healthy, how many users are on the embedded build vs OTA, or wants to gate CI on update health. | | [`expo-api-routes`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-api-routes/SKILL.md) | Guidelines for creating API routes in Expo Router with EAS Hosting. | | [`expo-cicd-workflows`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-cicd-workflows/SKILL.md) | Helps understand and write EAS workflow YAML files for Expo projects. Use this skill when the user asks about CI/CD or workflows in an Expo or EAS context, mentions .eas/workflows/, or wants help with EAS build pipelines or deployment automation. | | [`expo-deployment`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-deployment/SKILL.md) | Deploying Expo apps to iOS App Store, Android Play Store, web hosting, and API routes. | | [`expo-dev-client`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-dev-client/SKILL.md) | Build and distribute Expo development clients locally or via TestFlight. | | [`expo-module`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-module/SKILL.md) | Guide for writing Expo native modules and views using the Expo Modules API (Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript). Covers module definition DSL, native views, shared objects, config plugins, lifecycle hooks, autolinking, and type system. Use when building or modifying native modules for Expo. | | [`expo-tailwind-setup`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-tailwind-setup/SKILL.md) | Set up Tailwind CSS v4 in Expo with react-native-css and NativeWind v5 for universal styling. | | [`expo-ui-jetpack-compose`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-ui-jetpack-compose/SKILL.md) | `@expo/ui/jetpack-compose` package lets you use Jetpack Compose Views and modifiers in your app. | | [`expo-ui-swift-ui`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/expo-ui-swift-ui/SKILL.md) | `@expo/ui/swift-ui` package lets you use SwiftUI Views and modifiers in your app. | | [`native-data-fetching`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/native-data-fetching/SKILL.md) | Use when implementing or debugging ANY network request, API call, or data fetching. Covers fetch API, React Query, SWR, error handling, caching, offline support, and Expo Router data loaders (`useLoaderData`). | | [`upgrading-expo`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/upgrading-expo/SKILL.md) | Guidelines for upgrading Expo SDK versions and fixing dependency issues. | | [`use-dom`](https://github.com/expo/skills/blob/main/plugins/expo/skills/use-dom/SKILL.md) | Use Expo DOM components to run web code in a webview on native and as-is on web. Migrate web code to native incrementally. | ## Example prompts Try the following prompts after installing Expo Skills. Your AI agent will automatically use the appropriate skill: | Example prompt | Skill used | | --- | --- | | Build a settings screen with a form and navigation | `building-native-ui` | | Set up Tailwind CSS in my Expo project | `expo-tailwind-setup` | | Embed a recharts chart in my native app using web code | `use-dom` | | Add a SwiftUI picker component to my Expo app | `expo-ui-swift-ui` | | Use Material Design 3 components with Jetpack Compose | `expo-ui-jetpack-compose` | | How do I deploy my Expo app to the Apple App Store? | `expo-deployment` | | Create a CI/CD workflow that builds on every PR | `expo-cicd-workflows` | | Upgrade my project to the latest Expo SDK | `upgrading-expo` | ## Additional resources [expo/skills GitHub repository](https://github.com/expo/skills) — expo/skills — Browse the source for all available Expo Skills, or report issues. [Expo MCP Server](/eas/ai/mcp) — Companion AI tooling that gives coding agents direct access to Expo and EAS services.