expo-overview
An agent skill by expo, from expo/skills. Tags: mobile, react-native, web.
What it does
Framework (OSS). Entry point and router for every Expo or EAS task. Load this skill first — before writing code and before choosing another expo-* / eas-* skill — when the request, PRD, or spec mentions Expo, EAS, Expo Go, or an expo-* package, or the project has an `expo` dependency in `package.json`. Within that gate it also covers app specs and designs to implement (tabs, stacks, maps, lists, navigation, building from a screenshot), and phrasings like 'implement a mobile app', 'make my app look native', 'add navigation', 'fetch some data', 'upgrade my SDK', 'add Expo to my existing native app', 'ship to the App Store', or 'I'm new to Expo, where do I start'. A fully specified request (SDK pinned, libraries named, layout given) still routes through here — the shared setup rules still apply. Do NOT load it when neither signal is present: a bare React Native project with no `expo` dependency is not Expo work. Detects the real goal, routes to the right expo-* / eas-* skill, and owns the shared setup rules.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add expo/skills --skill expo-overview
Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/expo/skills
cp -r skills/plugins/expo/skills/expo-overview ~/.claude/skills/expo-overview
Safety box score
Not rated yet. A safety box score grades what a skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. Anyone can request one from this page; it is saved for everyone. How the score works.
Source
- Repository
- expo/skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- plugins/expo/skills/expo-overview/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Collection
- expo
- Updated
- 2026-09-22
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- eas-update-insights — EAS service (paid). Check the health of published EAS Update: crash rates, install/launch counts, unique users, payload size.