cometchat-nextjs-patterns
Purpose
This skill teaches Claude how to integrate CometChat into a Next.js project. Next.js is the most complex framework to integrate with because of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and the Server Component / Client Component boundary. Every CometChat component is browser-only -- getting this wrong is the #1 source of integration failures.
Read these companion skills first:
cometchat-core-- initialization, login, CSS, provider pattern, anti-patternscometchat-components-- component catalog and composition patternscometchat-placement-- WHERE to put chat (route, modal, drawer, embedded)
This skill covers the HOW for Next.js specifically.
1. Project detection
A project uses Next.js when package.json has next as a dependency.
Detecting App Router vs Pages Router
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