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React Audit

Comprehensive React app audits covering code standards, accessibility, security, performance, testing, and error handling with detailed Markdown reports.

What It Does

React Audit is a Claude Code skill that performs a comprehensive automated analysis of your React application. It scans your codebase and generates a detailed Markdown report covering seven critical areas: coding standards, component architecture, accessibility, performance, security, testing, and error handling.

How It Works

Install the skill in your Claude Code environment, then run /react-audit to analyze your project. The skill reads your code and npm dependencies (non-destructively) to identify issues and opportunities. It auto-detects your tech stack—React, Next.js, Remix, TypeScript, Tailwind, Jest, Cypress, and more—and tailors recommendations accordingly. You can customize audit criteria by editing reference files in the skill directory.

Use Cases

Before launch: Validate that your app meets accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), security, and performance standards.

Design handoff: Review component architecture and test coverage before handing code to developers.

Compliance audits: Generate reports documenting accessibility and security reviews for stakeholders.

Continuous improvement: Run periodically to track code health and identify technical debt.

Who Benefits

Product designers and design ops professionals who need to audit React codebases without writing code. Non-technical stakeholders can read the reports to understand app quality. Development teams use it as a pre-deployment checklist.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install React Audit?
Clone the repository to your Claude Code skills directory: `git clone https://github.com/tannermares/react-audit-claude-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/react-audit`. Then run `/react-audit` in any React project.
What does React Audit check?
It audits coding standards, component architecture, WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, performance, security vulnerabilities, test coverage, and error handling. It auto-detects your tech stack (React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, etc.) and provides stack-specific recommendations.
Is React Audit safe to run?
Yes. It only reads your code and generates one Markdown report file. It runs `npm audit` in read-only mode and makes no changes to your project, dependencies, or configuration.
Can I customize what React Audit checks?
Yes. Edit the reference files in `~/.claude/skills/react-audit/`: `coding-standards-reference.md`, `security-checklist.md`, `a11y-checklist.md`, and `report-template.md` to adjust audit criteria and thresholds.
What stacks does React Audit support?
It supports React (any version), Next.js, Remix, Gatsby, Inertia.js, Vite, Webpack, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, styled-components, CSS Modules, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, and Playwright.
How do I run React Audit with a custom report name?
Use `/react-audit my-report-name` to generate `my-report-name.md`. Without a custom name, it generates `react-audit-report-YYYY-MM-DD.md` with a timestamp.
Who should review React Audit reports?
Product designers, design ops, engineering leads, and QA teams. Non-technical stakeholders can read summaries to understand accessibility, security, and performance readiness. Developers use detailed findings to fix issues.
How often should I run React Audit?
Run before major releases, design handoffs, and compliance reviews. Consider running weekly or monthly to track technical debt trends and catch regressions early.

Glossary

WCAG 2.1 AA
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines level AA—a widely adopted standard ensuring web apps are usable by people with disabilities, covering vision, hearing, mobility, and cognitive needs.
Component Architecture
The structural design of React components, including how they're organized, how they communicate, and whether they follow separation of concerns and reusability principles.
Error Boundary
A React component that catches JavaScript errors anywhere in its child component tree, logs those errors, and displays a fallback UI instead of crashing the app.
Tech Stack
The combination of technologies and frameworks used in a project—in this case, React version, build tool (Vite/Webpack), CSS approach (Tailwind/CSS Modules), and testing framework (Jest/Vitest).
XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
A security vulnerability where attackers inject malicious scripts into web apps. React prevents many XSS attacks by default through automatic escaping, but improper use of dangerouslySetInnerHTML can re-introduce risks.

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