--- title: Don't Use Next.js Without These 7 Skills | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of recommended AI agent skills (via skills.sh) for React and Next.js developers. Covers the next-dev-loop skill that enables agents to visually... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-next-js-without-these-7-skills-d9m5zyhpj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Don't Use Next.js Without These 7 Skills | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of recommended AI agent skills (via skills.sh) for React and Next.js developers. Covers the next-dev-loop skill that enables agents to visually... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-next-js-without-these-7-skills-d9m5zyhpj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d9m5ZYhPj.png og:image:alt: Don't Use Next.js Without These 7 Skills og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Don't Use Next.js Without These 7 Skills **[ByteGrad](https://daily.dev/sources/bytegrad)** · 22 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of recommended AI agent skills (via skills.sh) for React and Next.js developers. Covers the next-dev-loop skill that enables agents to visually verify UI changes via automated browser screenshots, cached components and the use-cache directive for unified caching in Next.js, an optimizer skill for maximizing static shell size, and a partial pre-fetching skill introduced in Next.js 16.3. Also covers Supabase's newly released agent skills that bundle security checklists and RLS guidance directly into context, improving agent success rates significantly over MCP-only setups. Additional skills discussed include Impeccable for avoiding AI-generated design slop and the shadcn UI skill for consistent component usage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can an AI coding agent automatically verify UI changes in a Next.js app without me taking screenshots manually? The next-dev-loop skill enables an AI agent to programmatically spin up a browser, load the app, and capture screenshots autonomously. It combines Next.js MCP tools (exposing routes, server logs, and compilation info) with an agent browser package that gives the agent access to the DOM, console, network, and React tree. It also checks responsiveness by resizing the browser window and catches visual issues like low-contrast text that code analysis alone cannot detect. _Developers building Next.js UIs with AI agents track tools like this on daily.dev before they become mainstream._ ### Why does using MCP alone with Supabase give lower success rates than combining MCP with an agent skill? MCP alone achieves roughly 60% success because agents default to training data and often skip calling available tools like search-docs. Adding the Supabase agent skill bundles critical knowledge — including a security checklist covering RLS policies, auth, API key exposure, and common agent mistakes — directly into context. This steers the agent to use current information rather than potentially outdated training data, significantly raising the success rate. _Teams shipping Supabase apps with AI agents watch for skill and MCP updates like these on daily.dev._ ### What is the use-cache directive in Next.js and how does it relate to cached components? The use-cache directive is a Next.js feature that unifies caching behavior under a single mental model called cached components. Adding it at the top of a page or inside a data-fetching function marks that scope for static rendering. Enabling it requires adding cacheComponents to next.config. It replaces much of what was previously called partial pre-rendering, allowing a static shell to be served instantly while dynamic personalized data streams in later. _Next.js developers adopting new caching patterns keep up with breaking changes and migration tips on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Next.js 16.3: AI Improvements](https://daily.dev/posts/next-js-16-3-ai-improvements-cq3eiij4w) · Next.js · 34 upvotes · 1 comments - [10 best AI agent skills for senior engineers in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/10-best-ai-agent-skills-for-senior-engineers-in-2026-q8dnuw4tp) · LogRocket · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#nextjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nextjs), [#supabase](https://daily.dev/tags/supabase), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-next-js-without-these-7-skills-d9m5zyhpj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Don't Use Next.js Without These 7 Skills","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-next-js-without-these-7-skills-d9m5zyhpj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-use-next-js-without-these-7-skills-d9m5zyhpj"},"datePublished":"2026-08-09T23:16:32.011Z","dateModified":"2026-08-09T23:17:56.837Z","description":"A walkthrough of recommended AI agent skills (via skills.sh) for React and Next.js developers. 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