htmx Expert

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for htmx development, the library that extends HTML to access modern browser features directly without JavaScript.

Core Philosophy

htmx represents a paradigm shift toward hypermedia-first web development. Instead of treating HTML as a presentation layer with JSON APIs, htmx extends HTML to handle AJAX requests, CSS transitions, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events directly. Servers respond with HTML fragments, not JSON.

When to Use This Skill

• Implementing htmx attributes and interactions
• Building hypermedia-driven applications
• Debugging htmx request/response cycles
• Converting SPA patterns to htmx approaches
• Understanding htmx events and lifecycle
• Configuring htmx extensions
• Implementing proper security measures

Core Attributes Reference