# expo — Agent Skill

Official Expo skills for building, deploying, upgrading, and debugging React Native apps with Expo. Covers UI development with Expo Router, SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose components, Tailwind CSS setup, API routes, data fetching, CI/CD workflows, App Store and Play Store deployment, SDK upgrades, DOM components, and dev…

## At a glance

expo is an Agent Skill by expo in the Automation & Workflow category. In Claude Code it installs with `/plugin install expo@claude-plugins-official` after adding the anthropics/claude-plugins-official marketplace; other assistants use its SKILL.md instructions as rules. Its source repository has 3,740 GitHub stars (as of Oct 28, 2026).

## Install

### How to install expo in Claude Code

1. Add the marketplace

```claude
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

2. Install the skill

```claude
/plugin install expo@claude-plugins-official
```

3. Use it

   These are slash commands for a Claude Code session, not your shell. Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description — or type its slash command if it exposes one.

### How to install expo in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add the SKILL.md to your Skills folder

   Settings → Capabilities → Skills → add the folder containing SKILL.md. Claude picks it up automatically.

### How to install expo in Cursor

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Convert to a Cursor rule

   Create .cursor/rules/expo.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.

### How to install expo in Codex CLI

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Reference in AGENTS.md

   Add the skill's instructions (or a link) to AGENTS.md at your repo root — Codex reads it on every run.

### How to install expo in Windsurf

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install expo in Cline

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install expo in VS Code

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/expo/skills.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in skills/plugins/expo — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

Source: https://github.com/expo/skills/tree/main/plugins/expo

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