Install TanStack Devtools, pick framework adapter (React/Vue/Solid/Preact), register plugins via plugins prop, configure shell (position, hotkeys, theme, hideUntilHover, requireUrlFlag, eventBusConfig). TanStackDevtools component, defaultOpen, localStorage persistence.
Configure @tanstack/devtools-vite for source inspection (data-tsd-source, inspectHotkey, ignore patterns), console piping (client-to-server, server-to-client, levels), enhanced logging, server event bus (port, host, HTTPS), production stripping (removeDevtoolsOnBuild), editor integration (launch-editor, custom editor.open). Must be FIRST plugin in Vite config. Vite ^6 || ^7 only.
React bindings for TanStack Start: createStart, StartClient, StartServer, React-specific imports, re-exports from @tanstack/react-router, full project setup with React, useServerFn hook.
Framework-agnostic core concepts for TanStack Router: route trees, createRouter, createRoute, createRootRoute, createRootRouteWithContext, addChildren, Register type declaration, route matching, route sorting, file naming conventions. Entry point for all router skills.
TanStack Router bundler plugin for route generation and automatic code splitting. Supports Vite, Webpack, Rspack, and esbuild. Configures autoCodeSplitting, routesDirectory, target framework, and code split groupings.
validateSearch, search param validation with Zod/Valibot/ArkType adapters, fallback(), search middlewares (retainSearchParams, stripSearchParams), custom serialization (parseSearch, stringifySearch), search param inheritance, loaderDeps for cache keys, reading and writing search params.
Non-streaming and streaming SSR, RouterClient/RouterServer, renderRouterToString/renderRouterToStream, createRequestHandler, defaultRenderHandler/defaultStreamHandler, HeadContent/Scripts components, head route option (meta/links/styles/scripts), ScriptOnce, automatic loader dehydration/hydration, memory history on server, data serialization, document head management.
Full type inference philosophy (never cast, never annotate inferred values), Register module declaration, from narrowing on hooks and Link, strict:false for shared components, getRouteApi for code-split typed access, addChildren with object syntax for TS perf, LinkProps and ValidateLinkOptions type utilities, as const satisfies pattern.