feat: add expo-when-to-rebuild skill#77
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Teaches the Expo core development loop: whether a change needs a new native build (the JS vs. native boundary), local vs. EAS Build, and CNG / `prebuild --clean`. Includes a Mermaid decision diagram, a quick decision table, and the prebuild .gitignore/--clean gotcha. Indexed in the plugin README next to its sibling expo-dev-client. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Expo-docs fact-check pass: - Remove "routing" as an app-config property (it's Expo Router / JS). - Reframe the no-rebuild app-config row around runtime values read via expo-constants (e.g. extra), per the configuration docs. - Correct .gitignore guidance: android/ios are git-ignored by default in a CNG project, not something you add. - Soften "most npm libraries" to "JS-only libraries" (many RN libs are native). - Deliver on the description's Expo Go vs. development build promise, and add an autolinking note for why native changes need a rebuild. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Adds a new skill,
expo-when-to-rebuild, for the front half of Expo's core development loop — the decision developers hit constantly: "I changed something, do I need a new native build?" The existing skills are all task "spokes"; none owned this mental model. It stays distinct fromexpo-dev-client(which covers how to build & distribute) — this covers whether & which.What's included
expo-dev-client).prebuild --clean/.gitignoregotcha called out in the docs.expo-dev-client,expo-module,upgrading-expo,expo-cicd-workflows.Changes
plugins/expo/skills/expo-when-to-rebuild/SKILL.mdplugins/expo/README.mdValidated with
claude plugin validate ./plugins/expo✔.🤖 Generated with Claude Code