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chore: vendor react-best-practices agent skill for cursor agents
Adds the Vercel skill under .agents with famapp path patterns.

Includes skills-lock.json pin.
2026-07-03 03:33:57 -05:00

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---
title: Initialize App Once, Not Per Mount
impact: LOW-MEDIUM
impactDescription: avoids duplicate init in development
tags: initialization, useEffect, app-startup, side-effects
---
## Initialize App Once, Not Per Mount
Do not put app-wide initialization that must run once per app load inside `useEffect([])` of a component. Components can remount and effects will re-run. Use a module-level guard or top-level init in the entry module instead.
**Incorrect (runs twice in dev, re-runs on remount):**
```tsx
function Comp() {
useEffect(() => {
loadFromStorage();
checkAuthToken();
}, []);
// ...
}
```
**Correct (once per app load):**
```tsx
let didInit = false;
function Comp() {
useEffect(() => {
if (didInit) return;
didInit = true;
loadFromStorage();
checkAuthToken();
}, []);
// ...
}
```
Reference: [Initializing the application](https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect#initializing-the-application)