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Create or update Skeleton React and Svelte playground component pages for a given component, including route generation steps.

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Create Playground Entry

Create playground pages for a component in one or both playground apps.

Use this when a component needs a hands-on demo page under components/<slug> in:

Where things live

Important behavior

  • Both playgrounds auto-build the component nav from filesystem globs in their root layouts.
  • Adding a route file in the right folder is enough to make it appear in the sidebar.

File destination rules

Recommend destination from component slug and target framework(s), explain why, then accept overrides.

  • Component slug my-component:
    • React file: playgrounds/skeleton-react/src/routes/components/my-component/index.tsx
    • Svelte file: playgrounds/skeleton-svelte/src/routes/components/my-component/+page.svelte
  • Usually create both files for framework components.
  • If the component exists in only one framework, create only that framework's playground page.

Conventions (from existing playground entries)

  • Route folder is kebab-case and mirrors component slug.
  • React files:
    • Include 'use client';
    • Import component(s) from @skeletonlabs/skeleton-react
    • Export Route with createFileRoute('/components/<slug>/')
    • Define function Page() and return demo JSX
  • Svelte files:
    • Start with <script lang="ts">
    • Import component(s) from @skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte
    • Exported route is filesystem-based (+page.svelte), no explicit route helper
    • Use matching demo structure with idiomatic Svelte syntax
  • Demo scope should be aligned across frameworks for parity.

Reference files:

Prompt flow

Ask one at a time, confirm each answer, write nothing until all are answered and the user confirms.

  1. Component slug - kebab-case route segment (for example floating-panel).
  2. Framework targets - react, svelte, or both (recommend both when the component exists in both packages).
  3. Demo scope - minimal single example or multi-section showcase.
  4. Feature coverage - list the states/variants/interactions to include.
  5. Parity level - strict parity or framework-idiomatic differences.
  6. Confirm - show planned files and summarize route/codegen actions before writing.

After scaffolding

  1. Ensure the route files compile in each target playground.
  2. Regenerate React route tree after new or renamed React route files:
    • pnpm --filter @skeletonlabs/playground-skeleton-react exec tsr generate
  3. If requested, run checks:
    • React: pnpm --filter @skeletonlabs/playground-skeleton-react run check
    • Svelte: pnpm --filter @skeletonlabs/playground-skeleton-svelte run check

Final summary

List: framework targets, files created/updated, whether React route generation was run, and any intentional parity differences between React and Svelte demos.