Use when adding interactivity to a server-rendered app (FastAPI/Jinja, Django, Rails, Laravel, Go templates, Express) without adopting a JS framework — hx-get/post/put/delete with hx-target, hx-swap and hx-trigger, returning HTML fragments instead of JSON, out-of-band swaps, active search, infinite scroll, inline edit and polling. NOT a client-state SPA with routing and a store (that is `react` or `nextjs`).
At a glance
This skill is for Coding and helps you add interactivity to server-rendered pages, implement lazy loading and infinite scroll, and build dynamic forms without a javascript framework.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ericrisco/rsc-harness
cp -r rsc-harness/skills/htmx ~/.claude/skills/htmx
Setup, runtime and requirements describe ericrisco/rsc-harness, the repo this skill ships in.
htmxServer RenderedfastapidjangorailsHtml Fragments
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