No Unnecessary Effects | Agent Skills Atlas

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Before writing useEffect, run through a decision tree to verify it's actually needed. Prevents the most common React anti-pattern in AI-generated code.

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no-unnecessary-effects

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Before writing useEffect, run through a decision tree to verify it's actually needed. Prevents the most common React anti-pattern in AI-generated code.

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Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.