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Render-prop components for Jotai atoms: Atom ([value, setValue] like useAtom), AtomValue (read-only like useAtomValue), SetAtom (write-only like useSetAtom) from @suspensive/jotai. Load when reading or writing jotai atoms declaratively in JSX, when async atoms need Suspense boundaries, or when using jotai extensions (jotai-tanstack-query atomWithSuspenseQuery, jotai-cache) with Suspense.

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@suspensive/jotai

@suspensive/jotai exports three components — Atom, AtomValue, and SetAtom — that wrap Jotai's useAtom, useAtomValue, and useSetAtom hooks as render-prop components. Each takes an atom prop (any Jotai atom, used as is), an optional options prop (forwarded to the underlying hook, e.g. { store }), and a function as children that receives the hook's return value. This makes it visible in JSX which atoms a subtree uses and which of them trigger Suspense, and lets atoms be read or written inline (inside list rows, conditionals) where hooks would force extracting a component. Peer dependencies: jotai@^2, react@^18 || ^19.

CRITICAL: All three components are client-only ('use client'; render-prop children are functions and cannot cross the RSC serialization boundary). Async atoms suspend — reading an async atom via Atom/AtomValue, or writing a Promise via SetAtom, delegates the pending state to the nearest parent Suspense boundary, so one must exist above the component.

Setup

npm install @suspensive/jotai jotai

import { Atom } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const countAtom = atom(1)

const Example = () => (
  <Atom atom={countAtom}>
    {([count, setCount]) => (
      <>
        <div>count: {count}</div>
        <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>+1</button>
      </>
    )}
  </Atom>
)

Core Patterns

Atom — read and write, useAtom interface

children receives [value, setValue]. For an async atom, value is the awaited (resolved) value; the component suspends until the Promise resolves.

import { Atom } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const countAtom = atom(1)
const asyncDoubleCountAtom = atom(async (get) => {
  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000))
  return get(countAtom) * 2
})

const Example = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={'pending...'}>
    <Atom atom={asyncDoubleCountAtom}>{([count]) => <>count: {count}</>}</Atom>
  </Suspense>
)

AtomValue — read-only, useAtomValue interface

children receives the value only. Use for read-only atoms (derived async atoms are read-only, so AtomValue is the natural fit).

import { AtomValue } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const userAtom = atom(async () => {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/user/1')
  return (await response.json()) as { id: number; name: string }
})

const Example = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={'pending...'}>
    <AtomValue atom={userAtom}>{(user) => <div>{user.name}</div>}</AtomValue>
  </Suspense>
)

SetAtom — write-only, useSetAtom interface

children receives setValue only, so the component does not re-render when the atom's value changes. Writing a Promise to an atom suspends the subtree until the Promise resolves, so async writes also need a parent Suspense.

import { SetAtom } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const request = async () => fetch('https://api.example.com/count').then((res) => res.json())
const baseAtom = atom(0)

const Example = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={'pending...'}>
    <SetAtom atom={baseAtom}>{(setValue) => <button onClick={() => setValue(request())}>request</button>}</SetAtom>
  </Suspense>
)

Jotai extension atoms (jotai-tanstack-query, jotai-cache, jotai-trpc)

Atoms from Jotai extensions work as the atom prop without wrappers. With atomWithSuspenseQuery, pair Suspense with ErrorBoundary since query errors throw to the boundary.

import { AtomValue } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { ErrorBoundary, Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { atomWithSuspenseQuery } from 'jotai-tanstack-query'

const userQueryAtom = atomWithSuspenseQuery(() => ({
  queryKey: ['user', 1],
  queryFn: async () => {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/user/1')
    return (await response.json()) as { id: number; name: string }
  },
}))

const MyPage = () => (
  <ErrorBoundary fallback={({ error }) => <>{error.message}</>}>
    <Suspense fallback={'pending...'}>
      <AtomValue atom={userQueryAtom}>{({ data: user }) => <div key={user.id}>{user.name}</div>}</AtomValue>
    </Suspense>
  </ErrorBoundary>
)

Common Mistakes

[HIGH] No Suspense boundary around async atom components

Wrong:

import { AtomValue } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { asyncUserAtom } from '~/atoms'

const Example = () => <AtomValue atom={asyncUserAtom}>{(user) => <Profile {...user} />}</AtomValue>

Correct:

import { AtomValue } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { asyncUserAtom } from '~/atoms'

const Example = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={<Spinner />}>
    <AtomValue atom={asyncUserAtom}>{(user) => <Profile {...user} />}</AtomValue>
  </Suspense>
)

Async atoms suspend; without a boundary the suspension bubbles to the nearest ancestor Suspense or the app root fallback, blanking unrelated UI.

Source: docs/suspensive.org/src/content/en/docs/jotai/AtomValue.mdx

[MEDIUM] Wrapper components created just to read atoms

Wrong:

import { useAtomValue } from 'jotai'
import { cartItemAtomFamily } from '~/atoms'

const CartItemRow = ({ id }: { id: string }) => {
  const item = useAtomValue(cartItemAtomFamily(id))
  return <li>{item.name}</li>
}

const Cart = ({ ids }: { ids: string[] }) => (
  <ul>
    {ids.map((id) => (
      <CartItemRow key={id} id={id} />
    ))}
  </ul>
)

Correct:

import { AtomValue } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { cartItemAtomFamily } from '~/atoms'

const Cart = ({ ids }: { ids: string[] }) => (
  <ul>
    {ids.map((id) => (
      <AtomValue key={id} atom={cartItemAtomFamily(id)}>
        {(item) => <li>{item.name}</li>}
      </AtomValue>
    ))}
  </ul>
)

Hooks force extracting a child component per call site; the render-prop components read and write atoms inline, keeping the atom usage visible where it happens.

Source: docs/suspensive.org/src/content/en/docs/jotai/motivation.mdx

[MEDIUM] Expecting SetAtom async writes not to suspend

Wrong:

import { SetAtom } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const request = async () => fetch('https://api.example.com/count').then((res) => res.json())
const baseAtom = atom(0)

const Example = () => (
  <SetAtom atom={baseAtom}>{(setValue) => <button onClick={() => setValue(request())}>request</button>}</SetAtom>
)

Correct:

import { SetAtom } from '@suspensive/jotai'
import { Suspense } from '@suspensive/react'
import { atom } from 'jotai'

const request = async () => fetch('https://api.example.com/count').then((res) => res.json())
const baseAtom = atom(0)

const Example = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={'pending...'}>
    <SetAtom atom={baseAtom}>{(setValue) => <button onClick={() => setValue(request())}>request</button>}</SetAtom>
  </Suspense>
)

Writing a Promise to an atom triggers Suspense until it resolves, so even a write-only SetAtom subtree needs a parent Suspense boundary.

Source: docs/suspensive.org/src/content/en/docs/jotai/SetAtom.mdx

Version

Targets @suspensive/jotai@3.21.2 with peer dependencies jotai@^2 and react@^18 || ^19.