reatom-async

Reatom Async

Use this skill when the task is mainly about Reatom async behavior. Treat REFERENCE.md as the bundled async source of truth.

How to Use

1. Read only the REFERENCE.md sections that match the task.
2. Prefer Reatom async patterns over debounce libraries, mount-time fetches, refs, local component promise state, or manual AbortController bookkeeping.
3. For general Reatom modeling, use the reatom skill. For @reatom/jsx DOM JSX specifics, use reatom-jsx. For reviews, combine this skill with reatom-review.
4. If docs, source, and tests disagree, prefer source and tests, then fix the doc/example that is stale.

Section Map

• Queries and mutations: Choosing the Primitive, withAsyncData, withAsync
• Context after await: wrap Rules
• Cancellation: withAbort, abortVar and Fetch Signals
• Debounce, throttle, waits, races: Sampling and Procedural Async
• Redux-saga migration: Redux-Saga Mapping
• Loading UI and retry: Status, Retry, Reset
• Suspense: Suspense Boundaries
• Code review: Common Mistakes, Tested Edge Cases

Implementation Defaults

• Query/read data: computed(async () => ...).extend(withAsyncData({ initState })).
• Command/mutation: action(async () => ...).extend(withAsync(...)); add withAbort(...) when stale calls must stop.
• Every async boundary that leaves a Reatom frame uses await wrap(promise).
• External callbacks that call Reatom state/actions are passed as wrap(fn) or wired with onEvent.
• Abortable fetches use signal: abortVar.require().signal or a scoped abortVar.subscribe().
• Debounce and throttle follow the sampling docs: await wrap(sleep(ms)) inside the flow plus withAbort() strategies, not split debounce helpers.
• Route/page data belongs in route loaders or async computeds, not component effects.
• Form submit is an async mutation: put it in reatomForm({ onSubmit }) and use field validate for async/dependent checks (debounce with await wrap(sleep(ms))), instead of hand-rolled submit actions or debounced validators.
• Suspense is for global one-shot initialization, not dynamic page data.

Review Defaults

• Flag unwrapped awaits before atom/action calls.
• Flag withAsync used for query data where withAsyncData should own .data.
• Flag withAsync without withAbort when stale command calls can update state.
• Flag .status() without { status: true }.
• Flag action .retry() without { cacheParams: true }.
• Flag withCache() before withAsync() / withAsyncData().
• Flag aborts displayed as business errors.
• Flag raw Promise.race when loser cleanup is needed.