Tiptap — Agent skill

Guidance for coding agents working with the Tiptap rich text stack in this repository.

When to apply

Use this skill when:

• Editing or extending the shared rich text editor under packages/ui/components/shadcn/rich-text-editor/
• Adding or upgrading @tiptap/* packages
• Integrating Tiptap with Next.js App Router (SSR, client boundaries, hydration)
• Implementing collaboration, comments, tracked changes, conversion, Content AI, or Pro features

Do not use this skill when:

• The task is unrelated to rich text (e.g. plain <textarea> or a different editor)
• You only need general React patterns (use react-component-dev) or App Router structure (use nextjs-app-router)

This monorepo

• Shared editor implementation: packages/ui/components/shadcn/rich-text-editor/ (editor.tsx, extensions.ts, toolbar.tsx)
• Primary dependencies: packages/ui/package.json (@tiptap/react, @tiptap/starter-kit, extensions)
• Consumers: Apps import via @asym/ui (deep imports); do not duplicate editor primitives inside apps/*
• Version alignment: Every package under @tiptap/* in a given workspace should use the same semver line. The root package.json may also list @tiptap/* for app-level usage—keep versions consistent with packages/ui when you touch either

CLIs (Skills ecosystem + Tiptap)

This repo standardizes on Bun (bun, bunx). Prefer bunx for one-off CLIs; npx remains valid for the open Skills package manager.

Purpose	Command
Install / refresh the upstream Tiptap agent skill in another workspace	npx skills add ueberdosis/tiptap
Tiptap project CLI (init, add UI pieces, cloud login)	bunx @tiptap/cli@latest (or npx @tiptap/cli@latest)

When running Tiptap CLI against this monorepo, set the working directory to the package that owns the editor (packages/ui) unless the CLI docs require the app root.

After changing this canonical skill under docs/ai/skills/tiptap/, run:

bun run skills:sync

Then commit updates under .cursor/skills/ and .agents/skills/ so CI (bun run skills:verify) stays green.

Best practices

General

• Target Tiptap 3 and follow the official installation guides when adding new surface area
• Align all @tiptap/* versions in the workspace you modify
• In Tiptap 3, StarterKit already includes Link and Underline; configure them through StarterKit.configure(...) before adding standalone extensions
• Pro extensions and private registry setup: see Tiptap docs (pro-extensions guide)

Next.js and React

• For SSR / App Router, set immediatelyRender: false on useEditor (already done in editor.tsx; preserve when refactoring)
• Prefer the React APIs documented in Tiptap (useEditor, EditorContent, extensions)
• In 3.20+, import BubbleMenu / FloatingMenu from @tiptap/react/menus
• useEditor defaults shouldRerenderOnTransaction to false; use useEditorState for toolbars or other UI that depends on selection/active-state changes
• For read-only feeds, previews, or list items, prefer @tiptap/static-renderer (renderToReactElement / renderToHTMLString) over mounting a read-only useEditor instance per item

Reference repositories (optional, for deep searches)

If you need to grep upstream source or docs locally, clone (or update) into a git-ignored folder such as .reference/ (see repo .gitignore):

• https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap
• https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap-docs

Do not commit these clones.

Feature map (read upstream docs)

When implementing these capabilities, open the matching section in tiptap-docs (local clone or https://tiptap.dev/docs):

• Real-time collaboration → collaboration/
• Comments → comments/
• Tracked changes → tracked-changes/
• Import / export (DOCX, PDF, Markdown, etc.) → conversion/
• Content AI (toolkit, insert content, proofreader, server AI) → content-ai/
• Version history / snapshot / compare → collaboration/documents/
• Pages (print layout) → pages/

Workflow

1. Open packages/ui/components/shadcn/rich-text-editor/* and trace how extensions and the toolbar map to the document schema
2. For new behavior, check Tiptap docs for the correct extension or command API
3. Add dependencies in packages/ui (and align root @tiptap/* if those packages are also used at root)
4. Keep immediatelyRender: false for Next.js client editors
5. Use useEditorState for toolbar / bubble-menu state that depends on editor.isActive(...), editor.can(), or editor.getAttributes(...)
6. Use @tiptap/static-renderer for read-only rendering unless a live editor instance is explicitly required
7. Run scoped checks: bunx turbo run lint --filter=@asym/ui and bunx turbo run typecheck --filter=@asym/ui

Checklist

• Changes live in packages/ui unless an app-only integration is explicitly required
• All @tiptap/* versions aligned in touched workspaces
• Next.js editor options safe for SSR (immediatelyRender: false where applicable)
• Toolbar / active-state UI uses useEditorState when it must track selection or mark changes
• Read-only rendering uses @tiptap/static-renderer unless a live editor is truly needed
• Toolbar/commands and schema stay consistent (no orphaned marks/nodes)
• Lint and typecheck pass for @asym/ui

References

• references/upstream.md — attribution and refresh instructions
• Official agent skill page: https://tiptap.dev/docs/resources/agent-skill

Common mistakes

• Omitting immediatelyRender: false and breaking hydration in the App Router
• Mixing mismatched @tiptap/* versions across packages
• Mounting a read-only editor in feeds or lists instead of using @tiptap/static-renderer
• Reading editor.isActive() directly in render without useEditorState, causing stale toolbar state
• Duplicating editor code in apps/* instead of extending @asym/ui