| name | react-server-actions |
| description | Implement React Server Actions in Next.js 14+ for secure, progressively enhanced form handling and server mutations without API routes. Use when handling form submissions, performing server-side mutations, implementing progressive enhancement, creating actions that work without JavaScript, validating data on the server, revalidating cached data after mutations, handling file uploads server-side, implementing optimistic UI updates, or building forms that gracefully degrade without client-side JavaScript. |
React Server Actions - Form Handling
When to use this skill
- Handling form submissions in Next.js 14+ applications
- Performing server-side data mutations without API routes
- Implementing progressive enhancement for forms
- Creating actions that work without client-side JavaScript
- Validating form data securely on the server
- Revalidating Next.js cache after data mutations
- Handling file uploads with server-side processing
- Implementing optimistic UI updates with useOptimistic
- Building accessible forms with server-first architecture
- Integrating with database operations directly
- Managing form state with useFormState hook
- Creating secure mutations with server-only code
When to use this skill
- Implementing forms, mutations in Next.js App Router.
- When working on related tasks or features
- During development that requires this expertise
Use when: Implementing forms, mutations in Next.js App Router.
Server Action
```typescript
'use server';
export async function createPost(formData: FormData) {
const title = formData.get('title');
await db.post.create({ data: { title } });
revalidatePath('/posts');
}
```
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