Electron Best Practices

Use this skill for Electron work that needs durable guidance without relying on copied docs.

Default Stance

• Prefer Electron Forge for new apps.
• Prefer TypeScript unless the project is already committed to plain JavaScript.
• Prefer preload scripts with contextIsolation: true and narrow IPC bridges.
• Prefer Vite for a new modern frontend build, but stay with Webpack or another existing toolchain when the project already uses it.
• Defer version-sensitive config, CLI flags, and API edge cases to the official docs in references/doc-index.md.

Workflow

1. Identify whether the task is about architecture, security, IPC, packaging, updates, or tooling.
2. Open references/doc-index.md first to choose the right official source.
3. Open one focused reference file from this skill for durable guidance:
   • references/architecture-and-security.md
   • references/forge-workflows.md