@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.10 → 0.0.0-experimental.101

package/skills/hooks/SKILL.md

@@ -6,49 +6,85 @@ argument-hint: [hook-name]
 
 # Client-Side React Hooks
 
-All hooks are imported from `@rangojs/router` or `@rangojs/router/client`.
+Import the hooks and components in this skill from `@rangojs/router/client`.
+The root `@rangojs/router` entrypoint is for server/RSC APIs and shared types.
 
 ## Navigation Hooks
 
 ### useNavigation()
 
-Track navigation state and control navigation:
+Track reactive navigation state (state-only, no actions):
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useNavigation } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useNavigation } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function NavIndicator() {
   const nav = useNavigation();
 
-  // Full state
-  nav.state;        // 'idle' | 'loading' | 'streaming'
-  nav.isStreaming;  // boolean
-  nav.location;     // Current URL
-  nav.pendingUrl;   // Target URL during navigation (or null)
+  // State properties
+  nav.state; // 'idle' | 'loading'
+  nav.isStreaming; // boolean
+  nav.location; // Current URL
+  nav.pendingUrl; // Target URL during navigation (or null)
 
-  // Methods
-  nav.navigate("/products");           // Navigate programmatically
-  nav.navigate("/products", { replace: true }); // Replace history
-  nav.refresh();                       // Refresh current route
-
-  return nav.state === 'loading' ? <Spinner /> : null;
+  return nav.state === "loading" ? <Spinner /> : null;
 }
 
-// With selector for performance
+// With selector for performance (re-renders only when selected value changes)
 function IsLoading() {
-  const isLoading = useNavigation(nav => nav.state === 'loading');
+  const isLoading = useNavigation((nav) => nav.state === "loading");
   return isLoading ? <Spinner /> : null;
 }
 ```
 
+### useRouter()
+
+Access stable router actions (never causes re-renders):
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { useRouter } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+
+function NavigationControls() {
+  const router = useRouter();
+
+  router.push("/products"); // Navigate (adds history entry)
+  router.replace("/login"); // Navigate (replaces history entry)
+  router.refresh(); // Re-fetch current route data
+  router.prefetch("/dashboard"); // Prefetch for faster navigation
+  router.back(); // Go back in history
+  router.forward(); // Go forward in history
+}
+```
+
+#### Skipping revalidation
+
+Pass `revalidate: false` to skip the RSC server fetch for same-pathname navigations (search param or hash changes). The URL updates and all hooks re-render, but server components stay as-is.
+
+```tsx
+// Update search params without server round-trip
+router.push("/products?color=blue", { revalidate: false });
+router.replace("/products?page=3", { revalidate: false });
+```
+
+If the pathname changes, `revalidate: false` is silently ignored and a full navigation occurs. This also works on `<Link>`:
+
+```tsx
+<Link to="/products?color=blue" revalidate={false}>
+  Blue
+</Link>
+```
+
+Plain `<a>` tags can opt in via `data-revalidate="false"`.
+
 ### useSegments()
 
 Access current URL path and matched route segments:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useSegments } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useSegments } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function Breadcrumbs() {
   const { path, segmentIds, location } = useSegments();
@@ -61,7 +97,7 @@ function Breadcrumbs() {
 }
 
 // With selector
-const isShopRoute = useSegments(s => s.path[0] === "shop");
+const isShopRoute = useSegments((s) => s.path[0] === "shop");
 ```
 
 ### useLinkStatus()
@@ -81,7 +117,7 @@ function LoadingIndicator() {
 <Link to="/dashboard">
   Dashboard
   <LoadingIndicator />
-</Link>
+</Link>;
 ```
 
 ## Data Hooks
@@ -92,7 +128,7 @@ Access loader data (strict - data guaranteed):
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useLoader } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useLoader } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 import { ProductLoader } from "../loaders/product";
 
 function ProductPrice() {
@@ -128,7 +164,7 @@ Access loader with on-demand fetching (flexible):
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useFetchLoader } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useFetchLoader } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 import { SearchLoader } from "../loaders/search";
 
 function SearchResults() {
@@ -146,37 +182,124 @@ function SearchResults() {
     <div>
       <input onChange={(e) => handleSearch(e.target.value)} />
       {isLoading && <Spinner />}
-      {data?.results.map(r => <Result key={r.id} {...r} />)}
+      {data?.results.map((r) => (
+        <Result key={r.id} {...r} />
+      ))}
     </div>
   );
 }
 ```
 
+**Shared refetch behavior**:
+
+When the loader is registered on the route via `loader()`, a plain
+`load()` call (no options, or a trivially-defaulted GET with no
+`params` and no `body`) broadcasts its result to every component
+reading the same loader id. Layout, page, and parallel-slot reads
+all converge on the new value:
+
+```tsx
+// Layout button calls load() — the page read below sees the update too.
+function Layout() {
+  const { data, load } = useLoader(CartLoader);
+  return <button onClick={() => load()}>Refresh ({data.count})</button>;
+}
+function Page() {
+  const { data } = useLoader(CartLoader); // updates with the layout's load()
+  return <span>{data.count} items</span>;
+}
+```
+
+`isLoading` and `error` follow the same scope. `throwOnError: true`
+render-throws are scoped to the **originating** hook — sibling readers
+see the error in their `error` state but their boundaries are not
+triggered by someone else's failure. A successful follow-up `load()`
+clears the shared error.
+
+**`load()` calls that stay local** (no broadcast, per-hook state, same
+semantics as the old per-component `useState`):
+
+- `load({ params: { ... } })` — explicit params.
+- `load({ method: "POST", body })` — mutations.
+- Any `load()` on a `useFetchLoader(loader)` whose loader is **not**
+  registered on the current route. Two unrelated components calling
+  `load()` on the same fetchable-but-unregistered loader keep
+  independent results.
+
+So the search/list pattern still works — two components calling
+`load({ params: { q } })` with different `q` values each keep their
+own result; they do not collapse to last-write-wins through a shared
+store.
+
 **Load options**:
+
 ```tsx
+// JSON body — sent as application/json, available as ctx.body on the server
 await load({
-  method: 'POST',              // GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE
-  params: { query: 'test' },   // Query string (GET) or body (others)
-  body: { data: 'value' },     // For POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE
+  method: "POST",
+  params: { query: "test" },
+  body: { data: "value" },
 });
+
+// FormData body — sent as multipart/form-data, available as ctx.formData on the server.
+// Automatically detected: when body is a FormData instance, the request switches
+// to multipart/form-data to preserve File objects and binary data.
+const formData = new FormData();
+formData.append("file", fileInput.files[0]);
+await load({ method: "POST", body: formData });
 ```
 
-### useLoaderData()
+**Body type auto-switching**: The `load()` function inspects the `body` value to
+choose the encoding. If `body instanceof FormData`, the request is sent as
+`multipart/form-data` (browser sets the boundary header automatically). Otherwise
+the body is JSON-serialized and sent with `Content-Type: application/json`. On the
+server, JSON bodies are available via `ctx.body` and FormData bodies via `ctx.formData`.
 
-Get all loader data in current context:
+**File upload example**:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useLoaderData } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useFetchLoader } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+import { FileUploadLoader } from "../loaders/upload";
 
-function DebugPanel() {
-  const allData = useLoaderData();
-  // Record<string, any> - Map of loader ID to data
+function FileUploader() {
+  const { data, load, isLoading } = useFetchLoader(FileUploadLoader);
+  const formRef = useRef<HTMLFormElement>(null);
 
-  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(allData, null, 2)}</pre>;
+  const handleSubmit = async (formData: FormData) => {
+    await load({ method: "POST", body: formData });
+    formRef.current?.reset();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form ref={formRef} action={handleSubmit}>
+      <input type="file" name="file" />
+      <button type="submit" disabled={isLoading}>
+        {isLoading ? "Uploading..." : "Upload"}
+      </button>
+      {data?.uploadedFile && <p>Uploaded: {data.uploadedFile.name}</p>}
+    </form>
+  );
 }
 ```
 
+Server-side loader for the upload:
+
+```typescript
+import { createLoader } from "@rangojs/router";
+
+export const FileUploadLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
+  "use server";
+
+  const file = ctx.formData?.get("file") as File | null;
+  if (file && file.size > 0) {
+    // Process file (save to R2, D1, etc.)
+    return { uploadedFile: { name: file.name, size: file.size } };
+  }
+  return { uploadedFile: null };
+}, true); // true = fetchable (can be called from the client via load())
+```
+
 ## Handle Hooks
 
 ### useHandle()
@@ -185,8 +308,7 @@ Access accumulated handle data from route segments:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useHandle } from "@rangojs/router";
-import { Breadcrumbs } from "../handles/breadcrumbs";
+import { useHandle, Breadcrumbs } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function BreadcrumbNav() {
   const crumbs = useHandle(Breadcrumbs);
@@ -205,7 +327,7 @@ function BreadcrumbNav() {
 }
 
 // With selector
-const lastCrumb = useHandle(Breadcrumbs, data => data.at(-1));
+const lastCrumb = useHandle(Breadcrumbs, (data) => data.at(-1));
 ```
 
 Handles can be passed as props from server to client components:
@@ -216,16 +338,23 @@ path("/dashboard", (ctx) => {
   const push = ctx.use(Breadcrumbs);
   push({ label: "Dashboard", href: "/dashboard" });
   return <DashboardNav handle={Breadcrumbs} />;
-})
+});
+```
 
+```tsx
 // Client component — typeof infers the full Handle<T> type
 "use client";
-import { useHandle } from "@rangojs/router/client";
-import type { Breadcrumbs } from "../handles";
+import { useHandle, type Breadcrumbs } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function DashboardNav({ handle }: { handle: typeof Breadcrumbs }) {
   const crumbs = useHandle(handle);
-  return <nav>{crumbs.map(c => <a href={c.href}>{c.label}</a>)}</nav>;
+  return (
+    <nav>
+      {crumbs.map((c) => (
+        <a href={c.href}>{c.label}</a>
+      ))}
+    </nav>
+  );
 }
 ```
 
@@ -235,13 +364,18 @@ RSC serialization strips the `collect` function via `toJSON()`. On the client,
 
 ## Action Hooks
 
+For the full server-action guide (defining actions, `useActionState`,
+`useOptimistic`, validation, revalidation, error handling, file uploads),
+see `/server-actions`. `useAction()` below is a Rango-specific hook for
+tracking actions called outside a `<form action={...}>` flow.
+
 ### useAction()
 
 Track state of server action invocations:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useAction } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useAction } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 import { addToCart } from "../actions/cart";
 
 function AddToCartButton({ productId }: { productId: string }) {
@@ -256,8 +390,8 @@ function AddToCartButton({ productId }: { productId: string }) {
   return (
     <form action={addToCart}>
       <input type="hidden" name="productId" value={productId} />
-      <button disabled={state === 'loading'}>
-        {state === 'loading' ? 'Adding...' : 'Add to Cart'}
+      <button disabled={state === "loading"}>
+        {state === "loading" ? "Adding..." : "Add to Cart"}
       </button>
       {error && <p className="error">{error.message}</p>}
     </form>
@@ -265,7 +399,7 @@ function AddToCartButton({ productId }: { productId: string }) {
 }
 
 // Match by string suffix (convenient but may be ambiguous)
-const isLoading = useAction('addToCart', s => s.state === 'loading');
+const isLoading = useAction("addToCart", (s) => s.state === "loading");
 ```
 
 ## State Hooks
@@ -276,20 +410,29 @@ Read type-safe state from history:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useLocationState, createLocationState } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useLocationState, createLocationState } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
-// Define typed state
+// Define typed state (all export patterns supported)
+// Keys are auto-injected by the Vite plugin -- no manual key needed.
 export const ProductState = createLocationState<{
   name: string;
   price: number;
 }>();
 
+// Also valid: const ProductState = createLocationState<...>();
+//             export { ProductState };
+// Also valid: export { ProductState as MyState };
+
 function ProductHeader() {
   const state = useLocationState(ProductState);
   // { name: string; price: number } | undefined
 
   if (state) {
-    return <h1>{state.name} - ${state.price}</h1>;
+    return (
+      <h1>
+        {state.name} - ${state.price}
+      </h1>
+    );
   }
   return <h1>Loading...</h1>;
 }
@@ -301,14 +444,114 @@ Pass state through Link:
 import { Link } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 import { ProductState } from "./state";
 
+<Link to="/product/123" state={[ProductState({ name: "Widget", price: 99 })]}>
+  View Product
+</Link>;
+```
+
+Pass typed state just in time (getter evaluated at click time, not render time):
+
+```tsx
+"use client"; // JIT state requires a client component (getter can't cross RSC boundary)
+
+import { Link } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+import { ProductState } from "./state";
+
+// The getter is stored lazily and only called when the user clicks the link.
+// This is useful for capturing values that change after render (e.g., scroll
+// position, form state, ref values).
 <Link
   to="/product/123"
-  state={[ProductState({ name: "Widget", price: 99 })]}
+  state={[ProductState(() => ({ name: product.name, price: product.price }))]}
 >
   View Product
+</Link>;
+```
+
+Plain state can also be evaluated just in time (also requires a client component):
+
+```tsx
+<Link to="/product/123" state={() => ({ from: window.location.pathname })}>
+  View Product
 </Link>
 ```
 
+### Flash State (read-once)
+
+Create a location state with `{ flash: true }` for read-once state that
+auto-clears after first render. Ideal for flash messages (success/error
+notifications after redirect):
+
+```tsx
+// location-states.ts
+import { createLocationState } from "@rangojs/router";
+
+export const FlashMessage = createLocationState<{ text: string }>({
+  flash: true,
+});
+```
+
+Read flash state with `useLocationState` (same hook as persistent state):
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { useLocationState } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+import { FlashMessage } from "../location-states";
+
+function FlashBanner() {
+  const flash = useLocationState(FlashMessage);
+  // { text: string } | undefined
+
+  if (!flash) return null;
+  return <div className="flash">{flash.text}</div>;
+}
+```
+
+Flash behavior is determined by the definition (`{ flash: true }`), not by which
+hook reads it. `useLocationState` reads the value synchronously during render,
+then clears it from `history.state` via `replaceState` in a `useEffect`.
+Multiple components reading the same flash definition all see the value.
+Pressing back/forward will not re-show the flash since it was cleared.
+
+Set flash state from the server via `redirect()` with state:
+
+```tsx
+// In a route handler
+import { redirect, createLocationState } from "@rangojs/router";
+
+export const FlashMessage = createLocationState<{ text: string }>({
+  flash: true,
+});
+
+// Handler
+(ctx) => {
+  return redirect("/dashboard", {
+    state: [FlashMessage({ text: "Item saved!" })],
+  });
+};
+```
+
+Or via `ctx.setLocationState()` on any response:
+
+```tsx
+(ctx) => {
+  ctx.setLocationState(FlashMessage({ text: "Welcome back!" }));
+  return <Dashboard />;
+};
+```
+
+### .read() (non-hook access)
+
+Read current location state outside React components (client-side only):
+
+```tsx
+import { FlashMessage, ProductState } from "../location-states";
+
+// Returns TState | undefined. Returns undefined during SSR.
+const flash = FlashMessage.read();
+const product = ProductState.read();
+```
+
 ## Cache Hooks
 
 ### useClientCache()
@@ -317,15 +560,15 @@ Manually control client-side navigation cache:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useClientCache } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useClientCache } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function SaveButton() {
   const { clear } = useClientCache();
 
   const handleSave = async () => {
-    await fetch('/api/data', {
-      method: 'POST',
-      body: JSON.stringify(data)
+    await fetch("/api/data", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify(data),
     });
 
     // Invalidate cache after mutation
@@ -345,7 +588,7 @@ function SaveButton() {
 Render child content in layouts:
 
 ```tsx
-import { Outlet, ParallelOutlet } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { Outlet, ParallelOutlet } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function DashboardLayout({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
@@ -353,9 +596,7 @@ function DashboardLayout({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) {
       <aside>
         <ParallelOutlet name="@sidebar" />
       </aside>
-      <main>
-        {children ?? <Outlet />}
-      </main>
+      <main>{children ?? <Outlet />}</main>
       <ParallelOutlet name="@notifications" />
     </div>
   );
@@ -368,7 +609,7 @@ Access outlet content programmatically:
 
 ```tsx
 "use client";
-import { useOutlet } from "@rangojs/router";
+import { useOutlet } from "@rangojs/router/client";
 
 function ConditionalLayout() {
   const outlet = useOutlet();
@@ -384,6 +625,78 @@ function ConditionalLayout() {
 
 ## URL Hooks
 
+### useParams()
+
+Access route params from the current URL:
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { useParams } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+
+// Route: /product/:productId
+function ProductPage() {
+  const params = useParams();
+  // { productId: "123" }
+
+  return <h1>Product {params.productId}</h1>;
+}
+
+// Annotate the expected shape via a generic
+function ProductPageTyped() {
+  const { productId } = useParams<{ productId: string }>();
+  return <h1>Product {productId}</h1>;
+}
+
+// With selector for performance (re-renders only when selected value changes)
+function ProductId() {
+  const productId = useParams((p) => p.productId);
+  return <span>ID: {productId}</span>;
+}
+```
+
+Returns merged params from all matched route segments as a `Readonly<T>` map. Updates on navigation commit (not during pending navigation).
+
+### usePathname()
+
+Access the current URL pathname:
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { usePathname } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+
+function CurrentPage() {
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+  // "/product/123" (no search params)
+
+  return <span>Current path: {pathname}</span>;
+}
+```
+
+Returns the pathname string without search params or hash. Updates on navigation commit.
+
+### useSearchParams()
+
+Access the current URL search params:
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { useSearchParams } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+
+function SearchResults() {
+  const searchParams = useSearchParams();
+  const query = searchParams.get("q"); // "react"
+  const page = searchParams.get("page"); // "2"
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      Searching for: {query}, page {page}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+Returns a `ReadonlyURLSearchParams` (URLSearchParams without mutation methods). During SSR, returns empty params and syncs from the browser URL on mount.
+
 ### useHref()
 
 Mount-aware href for client components inside `include()` scopes:
@@ -422,21 +735,45 @@ function MountInfo() {
 }
 ```
 
-See `/links` for full URL generation guide including server-side `ctx.reverse`.
+### useReverse(routes)
+
+Mount-aware local reverse for client components. Import the generated `routes` map from a `urls()` module's `.gen.ts` and call `reverse(".name", params?)`. Auto-fills params from `useParams()`; explicit params override.
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { Link, useReverse } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+import { routes as blogRoutes } from "../urls/blog.gen.js";
+
+function BlogNav() {
+  const reverse = useReverse(blogRoutes);
+  return (
+    <nav>
+      <Link to={reverse(".index")}>Blog</Link>
+      <Link to={reverse(".post", { postId: "hello" })}>Post</Link>
+    </nav>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+See `/links` for the full URL generation guide. `ctx.reverse()` is server-only; on the client, prefer `useReverse(routes)` for in-module names and pass URLs as props for cross-module ones.
 
 ## Hook Summary
 
-| Hook | Purpose | Returns |
-|------|---------|---------|
-| `useHref()` | Mount-aware href | `(path) => string` |
-| `useMount()` | Current include() mount path | `string` |
-| `useNavigation()` | Navigation state & control | state, navigate, refresh |
-| `useSegments()` | URL path & segment IDs | path, segmentIds, location |
-| `useLinkStatus()` | Link pending state | { pending } |
-| `useLoader()` | Loader data (strict) | data, isLoading, error |
-| `useFetchLoader()` | Loader with on-demand fetch | data, load, isLoading |
-| `useLoaderData()` | All loader data | Record<string, any> |
-| `useHandle()` | Accumulated handle data | T (handle type) |
-| `useAction()` | Server action state | state, error, result |
-| `useLocationState()` | History state | T \| undefined |
-| `useClientCache()` | Cache control | { clear } |
+| Hook                 | Purpose                           | Returns                                                            |
+| -------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `useParams()`        | Route params                      | `Readonly<T>` (default `Record<string, string>`) or selected value |
+| `usePathname()`      | Current pathname                  | `string`                                                           |
+| `useSearchParams()`  | URL search params                 | `ReadonlyURLSearchParams`                                          |
+| `useHref()`          | Mount-aware href                  | `(path) => string`                                                 |
+| `useMount()`         | Current include() mount path      | `string`                                                           |
+| `useReverse()`       | Local reverse for imported routes | `(name, params?, search?) => string`                               |
+| `useNavigation()`    | Reactive navigation state         | state, location, isStreaming                                       |
+| `useRouter()`        | Stable router actions             | push, replace, refresh, prefetch, back, forward                    |
+| `useSegments()`      | URL path & segment IDs            | path, segmentIds, location                                         |
+| `useLinkStatus()`    | Link pending state                | { pending }                                                        |
+| `useLoader()`        | Loader data (strict)              | data, isLoading, error                                             |
+| `useFetchLoader()`   | Loader with on-demand fetch       | data, load, isLoading                                              |
+| `useHandle()`        | Accumulated handle data           | T (handle type)                                                    |
+| `useAction()`        | Server action state               | state, error, result                                               |
+| `useLocationState()` | History state (persists or flash) | T \| undefined                                                     |
+| `useClientCache()`   | Cache control                     | { clear }                                                          |