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-patterns
• cometchat-components -- component catalog and composition patterns
• cometchat-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