🐛 Route Handlers
This skill helps you create Next.js API route handlers in the App Router by guiding route file structure, HTTP methods, and streaming responses.
npx playbooks add skill davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill route-handlers
About Route Handlers
This skill helps you create Next.js API route handlers in the App Router by guiding route file structure, HTTP methods, and streaming responses.
The 23-word prompt provides structured debugging guidance — covering detailed methodology and consistent output formats. Install it in one command.
Use Cases
- Systematically diagnosing production errors and crashes
- Tracing memory leaks and performance bottlenecks
- Debugging async race conditions and concurrency issues
- Root-cause analysis with structured logging
Example Prompts
System Prompt (23 words)
This skill helps you create Next.js API route handlers in the App Router by guiding route file structure, HTTP methods, and streaming responses.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Route Handlers?
Route Handlers is a free debugging skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you create Next.js API route handlers in the App Router by guiding route file structure, HTTP methods, and streaming responses.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with debugging expertise.
How do I use Route Handlers with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill route-handlers in your terminal to install Route Handlers into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Route Handlers?
Route Handlers is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Route Handlers free to use?
Yes, Route Handlers is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/tree/main/plugins/nextjs-expert/skills/route-handlers. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
