ARG React Native
for coding agents.

The ARG way of building React Native and Expo apps that stay fast on real devices and easy to change as they grow. Every performance change is backed by a measurement, not a guess.

Installation

npx skills add ARG-Software/arg-agent-skills --skill arg-react-native

What it does

  • Business rules are independent of the device, the network and the UI kit. Camera, location, notifications, storage and API calls sit behind small adapters, so features can be tested without a phone.
  • Server data is handled by TanStack Query, and local state lives in small stores that components read through selectors, so screens re-render only when their data changes.
  • Performance work always starts with a measurement on a release build on a real mid-range device. The skill covers list performance, animations with Reanimated, startup time, bundle and app size, memory leaks and Turbo Modules.
  • The path to the stores is covered: unit and component tests, end-to-end flows with Maestro or Detox, CI, EAS or Fastlane builds, over-the-air updates, and versioned releases.

Used when

The skill applies when scaffolding or extending a React Native or Expo app, adding a screen, use case, native module or device API, choosing state management, fixing dropped frames, slow lists, re-renders, slow startup or large bundles, or setting up tests, CI and builds.

This skill combines ARG's own architecture rules with performance guidance inspired by Callstack's open-source React Native best practices (MIT licence), rewritten for this layered structure. The result is an app whose features are easy to change and whose speed is proven with numbers.