Compose Skill Suite

Jetpack Compose audit + coding-agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Anthropic-style skill loaders.

compose-agent 4.2.1 · 2026-06-29 — Navigation 3 "when to use" decision table in navigation.md (workflow entry point: Nav3 vs Nav2 type-safe vs plain state, adaptive scene strategies; the back stack is mutated in the route, not a screen ViewModel; results via Nav3's ResultEventBus). Verified against the official android/nav3-recipes samples. jetpack-compose-audit stays at 4.2.0.

Version 4.2.0 · 2026-06-17 — Paging 3 in Compose: new paging.md reference (LLM guardrails, not API tour), audit hooks under existing Performance/State categories, planning doc at docs/paging-skill-plan.md. Validated through multi-agent cross-review. Both skills ship as 4.2.0.

Find out where your Compose app is burning frames, by how much, and what to change to win them back — measured against real compiler data, not vibes.

A strict, evidence-based audit for Android Jetpack Compose repositories. Point it at a repo, let it run the build once, and get back a 0-100 score, a 0-10 score per category, an actionable top-three fix list, and a full Markdown report with every deduction cited against an official developer.android.com page.

Built for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and any agent that loads the Anthropic skill format.

Authored and cross-reviewed with every frontier model — Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.5 Flash — each used to pressure-test the rubric, prompts, and references so the audit holds up regardless of which model ends up running it.

What's new

4.2.1 — 2026-06-29

compose-agent — Navigation 3 decision table.

Workflow entry point. A "when to use" decision table at the top of navigation.md: Nav3 vs Nav2 type-safe vs plain state, argument passing, ViewModel-triggered navigation (the route mutates the back stack — not a screen ViewModel), results via Nav3's ResultEventBus, per-entry ViewModel scope, BackHandler, deep links, and ListDetailSceneStrategy vs SinglePaneSceneStrategy. Mirrors the paging.md pattern. From android/skills#50. API shapes verified against android/nav3-recipes.
Versions. compose-agent → 4.2.1. jetpack-compose-audit unchanged at 4.2.0.

4.2.0 — 2026-06-17

Paging 3 in Compose — guardrails for paged lazy lists.

New reference. skills/compose-agent/references/paging.md — decision table, golden path, stable keys, LoadState, hard nos. Targets LLM mistakes, not PagingSource implementation.
Review wiring. New step #14 in compose-agent; scoped entry compose-agent focus on paging.
Audit hooks. Report signals Paging list correctness (Performance) and Paging load-state handling (State) — no fifth score category.
Plan. docs/paging-skill-plan.md includes the multi-agent validation checklist.
Versions. compose-agent → 4.2.0. jetpack-compose-audit → 4.2.0.

For release detail, see docs/release-notes-4.2.0.md. Full history: CHANGELOG.md.

What you get

Run the skill on a Compose repo and you walk away with:

COMPOSE-AUDIT-REPORT.md written at the target root — per-category scoring, evidence file paths, line numbers, and prioritized fixes.
A chat summary that mirrors the report's top three fixes — same file paths, same doc links, same predicted impact. Act on the chat alone if you're short on time.
Measured stability numbers from the Compose Compiler — module-wide skippable%, named-only skippable%, the unstable-class list, and the per-module Strong Skipping state inferred from compiler version plus explicit flags.
Android Launch UX findings for static Android 12+ splash icons that can render blurry when a drawable-v31 animated-vector wrapper is missing.
A score you can defend. Every deduction carries an official Android Developers URL. No "trust me" findings.

What the audit looks at

Four categories, weighted for an app repo. Each scored 0-10; overall on 0-100.

Category	Weight	What it covers
Performance	35%	Work in composition, lazy-list keys, state-read timing, stability, Strong Skipping, backwards writes, animation phase correctness, baseline profiles
State management	25%	Hoisting, single source of truth, `rememberSaveable`, lifecycle-aware collection, observable collections, ViewModel placement, type-safe navigation
Side effects	20%	Effect API choice, keys, stale captures, cleanup, composition-time work, animation driving via `LaunchedEffect`
Composable API quality	20%	Modifier conventions, parameter order, slot APIs, `CompositionLocal` usage, `Modifier.Node`, `animationSpec` exposure, `@Preview` coverage, hardcoded strings / magic numbers

Score bands: 0-3 fail · 4-6 needs work · 7-8 solid · 9-10 excellent.

Adjacent, non-scored coverage includes UI tests/previews, focus/keyboard, KMP/CMP, and Android Launch UX resources. Those findings do not change the 0-100 score, but they can still show up in Critical Findings and Prioritized Fixes when they are concrete and user-visible.

What it catches (and what fixing it buys you)

Concrete smells the rubric targets, with realistic wins:

Smell	Expected gain after fix
Unstable or repeatedly recreated params (`List`, domain models, `ArrayList`-backed state, `listOf(...)`, fresh UI models)	On older compiler tracks, can lift named-only `skippable%` and the Performance ceiling. Under Strong Skipping, usually removes instance-recreation churn or expensive `equals()` work that was still forcing re-runs despite high skippability.
Lazy-list `items(...)` without stable `key =`	Fewer reallocated compositions on reorder, smoother scroll, fewer `IllegalArgumentException: Key already used` crashes
Rapidly-changing state read high in the tree	Recompositions collapse from "per frame, whole screen" to "per frame, single modifier"
Animated `.value` piped into `Modifier.offset(x.dp)` / `Modifier.alpha(a)`	Moving to `Modifier.graphicsLayer { ... }` / `Modifier.offset { ... }` defers per-frame reads to layout/draw — same animation, fraction of the recomposition cost
`Animatable(...)` created in a composable body without `remember`	Animation no longer resets on every recomposition; velocity and target survive
`rememberCoroutineScope().launch { animatable.animateTo(...) }` for target-driven animation	Replace with `LaunchedEffect(target)` — restart semantics follow the target automatically, while `rememberCoroutineScope()` stays available for event-driven animation
`rememberInfiniteTransition` hosted on something that stays composed offscreen	Scoping it to visible content avoids needless offscreen animation work and lets it stop when the host actually leaves composition
`collectAsState()` on Android UI flows	Swap to `collectAsStateWithLifecycle()` — no collection when UI is paused
`mutableStateOf<Int>` / `<Long>` / `<Float>` in hot paths	Remove autoboxing, fewer allocations
Hardcoded strings and magic numbers in reusable components	i18n + dark-mode + accessibility ready; testable
`rememberSaveable` inside a `LazyListScope` item factory	No more `TransactionTooLargeException` when the list grows
`Scaffold { innerPadding -> ... }` content that ignores `innerPadding`	Content stops drawing behind the `TopAppBar` / system bars
Static Android 12+ splash icon in `windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon`	Wrap with a `drawable-v31` animated-vector so the launch icon stays crisp instead of being rasterized small and scaled up

The report lists every occurrence with file path and line number, not just the category.

What makes it different

Measured, not inferred. The skill ships scripts/compose-reports.init.gradle and injects it into your Gradle build via --init-script — no edits to your build.gradle. Every run parses real *-classes.txt / *-composables.txt / *-module.json output.

Mandatory ceilings. A Performance score cannot exceed the cap set by the matching ceiling table. On older compiler tracks the cap is driven by skippable% plus unstable-param count; under Strong Skipping it is driven by named-only skippable%, instance-recreation churn, and equals() quality on unstable params. The ceiling math appears in the report so the score is auditable.

Every deduction cites an official source. Each finding carries a References: line pointing at developer.android.com or the AndroidX component API guidelines. Audits that can't be defended with a URL don't ship.

Actionable chat summary. The chat output mirrors the report's Prioritized Fixes — same file paths, same doc links, same predicted impact ("stops rebuilding FeedItemUiModel, removes the Strong-Skipping cap from 8 → no cap").

Install

Recommended: `npx skills`

Install both skills:

npx --yes skills add hamen/compose_skill --skill '*' -y

Or install one skill:

npx --yes skills add hamen/compose_skill --skill jetpack-compose-audit -y
npx --yes skills add hamen/compose_skill --skill compose-agent -y

This is the preferred path for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and multi-agent setups because the repo now follows the direct skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout.

Claude Code plugin install

Add this repository as a plugin marketplace, then install either plugin from it.

From inside an interactive Claude Code session:

/plugin marketplace add hamen/compose_skill
/plugin install compose-agent@compose_skill
/plugin install jetpack-compose-audit@compose_skill

Or from your shell:

claude plugin marketplace add hamen/compose_skill
claude plugin install compose-agent@compose_skill
claude plugin install jetpack-compose-audit@compose_skill

The root .claude-plugin/marketplace.json points each plugin at its skills/<name> subdir, where Claude Code reads .claude-plugin/plugin.json and registers SKILL.md.

Breaking migration

The supported Claude Code flow is the marketplace add + install commands above. Note the claude plugin CLI has no add subcommand, so the shell form claude plugin add … --subdir does not work — use the marketplace commands instead.

If you previously installed via an older --subdir path or the nested skills/<plugin>/skills/<name> manual symlink, uninstall the old plugin first (otherwise /plugin update keeps pointing at the stale path), then reinstall with the marketplace commands above.

First list what you have — a legacy install may appear under a different id than @compose_skill:

/plugin list

Then uninstall whatever old entry it shows (use the exact id from the list), e.g.:

/plugin uninstall compose-agent@compose_skill
/plugin uninstall jetpack-compose-audit@compose_skill

The same commands work from your shell as claude plugin list and claude plugin uninstall <id>.

Manual symlink

Use this when you want git pull in this directory to update a local checkout in place:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills
mkdir -p ~/.cursor/skills

ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/jetpack-compose-audit" ~/.claude/skills/jetpack-compose-audit
ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/jetpack-compose-audit" ~/.codex/skills/jetpack-compose-audit
ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/jetpack-compose-audit" ~/.cursor/skills/jetpack-compose-audit

ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/compose-agent" ~/.claude/skills/compose-agent
ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/compose-agent" ~/.codex/skills/compose-agent
ln -s "$(pwd)/skills/compose-agent" ~/.cursor/skills/compose-agent

Use

From the agent prompt:

/jetpack-compose-audit [repo path or module path]

Or in natural language:

Audit this Compose repo.
Score the :app module for Compose quality.
Run a Compose performance review on core/ui.

The compiler-report build runs automatically and typically takes 1-5 minutes. If the build fails (no wrapper, compile error, timeout) the skill falls back to source-inferred findings, caps Performance at 7, and flags reduced confidence — all stated explicitly in the report.

Example output

Overall: 73/100

Performance:  8/10  capped by the SSM-on table: instance-recreation churn in feed params (qualitative 9)
State:        6/10  collectAsState without lifecycle, duplicate VM reads
Side effects: 7/10  LaunchedEffect key too broad at HomeScreen.kt:240
API quality:  8/10  BoxCard / SearchBar follow conventions

Compiler:
  Strong Skipping: on (default)
  ceiling table: SSM-on
  module-wide skippable% = 186/269 = 69.14%
  named-only skippable% = 121/122 = 99.18%
  ceiling metric: named-only `skippable%` (module-wide metric anchored by zero-arg lambdas)
  deferredUnstableClasses: 59
  binding cap: 8 (fresh `FeedItemUiModel(...)` + `listOf(...)` rebuilt in `HomeFeedScreen`)

Top 3 fixes
1. collectAsState -> collectAsStateWithLifecycle across 6 call sites
   feature/home/HomeScreen.kt:37, MainActivity.kt:213, ...
   Doc: developer.android.com/.../side-effects
   Impact: fewer redundant collections, lifecycle-correct

2. Stop rebuilding `FeedItemUiModel(...)` and `listOf(...)` inside `HomeFeedScreen`
   Evidence: app/build/compose_audit/app_release-classes.txt, feature/home/HomeFeedScreen.kt:88-132
   Doc: developer.android.com/.../stability
   Impact: removes forced re-runs under Strong Skipping, likely clears the Performance cap from 8 -> no cap

3. Narrow LaunchedEffect(homeScreenState) at HomeScreen.kt:240-254
   Doc: developer.android.com/.../side-effects
   Impact: fewer redundant ensureAuthenticated() calls

Scope

In scope. Jetpack Compose on Android, Kotlin 2.0.20+ / Compose Compiler 1.5.4+ (Strong Skipping default).

Also in normal audit coverage: Android splash-screen launch resources, specifically windowSplashScreenAnimatedIcon and drawable-v31 animated-vector overrides for the Android 12+ static-icon blur workaround. This is reported as Android Launch UX, not as a scored Compose category.

Out of scope — the skill will call these out as a note rather than silently produce thin coverage:

Material 3 compliance, theming, color/typography — defer to the material-3 skill.
Accessibility scoring (semantics, touch targets) — flagged as notes, not scored.
UI test coverage and Compose test-rule patterns — noted as adjacent coverage, not scored.
Compose Multiplatform (expect/actual, target-specific code paths) — noted as adjacent coverage, not scored.
Wear OS / TV / Auto / Glance surfaces — focus/keyboard risks are noted as adjacent coverage; full platform review remains out of scope.
Build performance (incremental compilation, KSP/KAPT choice).

Layout

skills/
  jetpack-compose-audit/
    .claude-plugin/plugin.json     Claude Code plugin manifest
    .cursor-plugin/plugin.json     Cursor plugin manifest
    SKILL.md                       main audit skill (process, principles, output)
    scripts/
      compose-reports.init.gradle  Gradle init script injected via --init-script
    references/
      scoring.md                   rubric with measured ceilings and inline citations
      search-playbook.md           grep patterns, regex, read-the-file heuristics
      canonical-sources.md         every URL the rubric cites
      report-template.md           required structure for COMPOSE-AUDIT-REPORT.md
      diagnostics.md               manual-mode fallback snippets
  compose-agent/                   sibling skill — see § Sibling skill below

A sibling skill, skills/compose-agent/, ships in the same repo — see § Sibling skill for its own layout and usage.

Philosophy

Strict but evidence-based. Every deduction has a file:line and an official-doc URL.
Measured beats inferred. Compiler reports are generated automatically; source-inferred stability is a fallback, not the default.
Written for action. The report's Prioritized Fixes section and the chat summary mirror each other, so the developer can act on the chat alone.
Narrow scope on purpose. The skill does not score design, accessibility, or build performance in v1. It says so rather than pretending otherwise.

Sibling skill — `compose-agent`

This repo ships a second skill alongside the audit: compose-agent/. Where the audit reviews an existing repo end-to-end and produces a score, compose-agent works at file and feature scope while you are reading, writing, or modifying Compose.

Responds to: "is this right?", "rewrite this the modern way", "check this file for deprecated API", "find state hoisting mistakes in this feature".
Built for: android/skills#27 — the Android equivalent of swiftui-agent-skill. The philosophy is the same: target the mistakes LLMs actually make in Compose, not repeat basics the model already knows.
Shape: short SKILL.md that routes to focused per-topic reference markdowns. You only pay the token cost for the areas your current task touches.

Install

Use the same direct skills flow as the audit skill.

Recommended:

npx --yes skills add hamen/compose_skill --skill compose-agent -y

Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add hamen/compose_skill
/plugin install compose-agent@compose_skill

Cursor: import the repo as a plugin and pick compose-agent in the subdirectory selector.

Manual: symlink skills/compose-agent/ into your skills directory (~/.claude/skills/compose-agent, ~/.cursor/skills/compose-agent, etc.).

Both skills can live side by side — they do not share state and do not interfere.

Use it — the two modes

compose-agent runs in review mode or authoring mode. You do not choose; the skill picks based on your request.

Review mode — you hand it code that already exists. It produces a file-by-file report with before/after snippets and links to the official doc page behind each rule. Triggered by prompts like:

Use compose-agent to review feature/profile/.
Check ProfileScreen.kt with compose-agent.
compose-agent: find deprecated API in this module.

Authoring mode — the skill is loaded and you ask the assistant to write Compose. Before returning code, the assistant silently runs the core checks against the rules in the skill:

Does the composable take modifier: Modifier = Modifier?
Is state hoisted, or is there a clear reason to own it here?
If it renders a list, does it use a stable key =?
If it launches work, is that work in a LaunchedEffect, produceState, or the ViewModel — not in the composition body?
If it collects a Flow, is it collectAsStateWithLifecycle()?
Is the parameter order data → modifier → other → content slot last?
If it animates, is the API declarative first, remembered where needed, lifecycle-aware, and phase-correct?

Any "no" without a reason → fixed before the code comes back. No extra prompt needed — loading the skill is enough.

Scoped reviews (the token-saver)

The reference files are deliberately loadable in isolation. Scoping a review to one area pulls only that reference into context instead of the full skill.

You want…	Say
state correctness (hoisting, `remember`, saveable, ViewModel)	`compose-agent focus on state`
side-effect choice (`LaunchedEffect`, `DisposableEffect`, `produceState`)	`compose-agent focus on effects`
recomposition cost + Strong Skipping	`compose-agent focus on performance`
modifier hygiene	`compose-agent focus on modifiers`
Navigation 3 adoption or Nav2.8 type-safety	`compose-agent focus on navigation`
`Flow` collection + lifecycle + coroutine scopes	`compose-agent focus on concurrency`
Flow operator selection + `StateFlow`/`SharedFlow` shape	`compose-agent focus on flows`
reusable composable API shape	`compose-agent focus on component-api`
Compose UI tests, screenshot tests, semantics, previews	`compose-agent focus on testing`
focus, keyboard, D-pad, TV/desktop navigation	`compose-agent focus on focus`
KMP/CMP source sets, `expect`/`actual`, platform interop	`compose-agent focus on kmp`
animation API choice, lifecycle, labels, phase-correct reads	`compose-agent focus on animation`
Paging 3 in Compose (`LazyPagingItems`, keys, `LoadState`)	`compose-agent focus on paging`
deprecated / soft-deprecated APIs and Android launch resources	`compose-agent focus on api`
idiomatic Kotlin / Android style	`compose-agent focus on kotlin`

What review mode gives back

File-by-file findings. File + line, rule name, minimal before/after, link to developer.android.com or the AndroidX guidelines.
Prioritized summary of up to three items, highest impact first. Act on the chat alone if you are short on time.
No nitpicks. Clean files are not listed.

An example output block is in compose-agent/SKILL.md under "Example Output".

`compose-agent` vs `jetpack-compose-audit`

Use `compose-agent`…	Use `jetpack-compose-audit`…
while writing or editing a file	for a snapshot of the whole repo
for doc-linked fixes on a specific concern	for a 0–100 score across four categories
to make the assistant's output be correct Compose	to produce a `COMPOSE-AUDIT-REPORT.md` with measured evidence
day to day, at file / feature scope	once per release or before a review

Overlap is fine. Audit on the release candidate, compose-agent on every feature branch.

Layout

skills/compose-agent/
  .claude-plugin/plugin.json     Claude Code plugin manifest
  .cursor-plugin/plugin.json     Cursor plugin manifest
  SKILL.md                       short router — loads references on demand
  references/
    api.md                       deprecated + soft-deprecated APIs → modern replacements
    state.md                     hoisting, remember, rememberSaveable, ViewModel boundary
    effects.md                   LaunchedEffect / DisposableEffect / produceState / snapshotFlow
    performance.md               Strong Skipping, lambda modifiers, lazy keys, typed state
    modifiers.md                 order, lambda form, Modifier.Node vs composed { }
    navigation.md                Navigation 3 + Nav2.8 type-safe destinations
    concurrency.md               Flow collection + lifecycle, viewModelScope, dispatchers
    flows.md                     StateFlow / SharedFlow / cold Flow, stateIn, shareIn, flatMap variants, error handling, backpressure
    component-api.md             parameter order, slots, naming, state hoisting shape
    testing.md                   UI tests, semantics assertions, screenshot tests, deterministic fakes, previews
    focus.md                     FocusRequester, keyboard / D-pad input, focus restoration, focus tests
    kmp.md                       KMP/CMP boundaries, expect/actual, interfaces, platform leaf composables
    animation.md                 animation API choice, lifecycle, labels, deferred animated reads
    paging.md                    Paging 3 in Compose: keys, LoadState, refresh/retry guardrails
    kotlin.md                    Kotlin conventions + Android Kotlin style the LLM misses

License

MIT.

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CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md

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What's new

4.2.1 — 2026-06-29

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What the audit looks at

What it catches (and what fixing it buys you)

What makes it different

Install

Recommended: `npx skills`

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Example output

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Recommended: npx skills

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Layout

Philosophy

Sibling skill — compose-agent

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