Expo Skills: the Expo team's guide for agents building mobile apps
An Expo task touches the SDK, EAS, React Native and iOS and Android constraints at once, and an agent can slip on any of those layers. This official set from the Expo team tells it when to use which API and how to structure common workflows, with expo-overview as the entry point. Expo docs, Expo CLI and EAS CLI stay the source of truth.
expo-router and expo-native-ui build file-based routes, native tabs, modals and screens styled to Apple HIG with SF Symbols
expo-animation writes animations and gestures with Reanimated and Gesture Handler, adding haptic feedback through expo-haptics
eas-app-stores builds and submits to TestFlight, the App Store and Google Play: profiles, signing, build numbers and listing metadata
eas-update sets up over-the-air updates, and eas-update-insights checks crash rates, launches and payload size before a rollout
expo-web-to-native moves an existing Next.js, Vite or CRA web app to a native iOS and Android app
When to use it
You are starting a new Expo app and want the right folder layout and navigation from day one
You need to move a project to the latest Expo SDK and untangle dependency conflicts
You are setting up EAS Workflows so every pull request builds a preview
Ask your agent
Build an Expo Router screen with tabs, a modal and a transition animation
Upgrade this app to the latest Expo SDK and fix the dependency warnings
Is the latest EAS Update rollout on the production channel healthy?
Questions
How do I install Expo Skills in Claude Code?
Run claude plugin install expo@claude-plugins-official, or /plugin install expo@claude-plugins-official inside Claude Code. The plugin also wires up the Expo MCP server.
Do Expo skills work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Codex has a plugin in the OpenAI-curated marketplace, and Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf and others use npx skills@latest add expo/skills --skill '*'.
Which Expo skills are free?
The Framework group works with the open-source Expo SDK. Paid EAS is needed by the seven Services skills, such as eas-app-stores and eas-hosting.
