Skills

Vite

Vite build tool configuration, plugin API, SSR, and Vite 8 Rolldown migration.

Install

npx skills add antfu/skills --skill vite -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
antfu/skills6k
Category
Engineering
Updated
5d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 537 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Vite build tool configuration, plugin API, SSR, and Vite 8 Rolldown migration. Use when working with Vite projects, vite.config.ts, Vite plugins, or building libraries/SSR apps with Vite.

Vite

Based on Vite v8.3.1 (Rolldown-powered), generated at 2026-09-25. Vite 8 uses the Rolldown bundler and the Oxc transformer instead of esbuild + Rollup.

Vite is a next-generation frontend build tool with fast dev server (native ESM + HMR) and optimized production builds.

Preferences

  • Use TypeScript: prefer vite.config.ts
  • Always use ESM, avoid CommonJS

Core

TopicDescriptionReference
Configurationvite.config.ts, defineConfig, conditional configs, loadEnvcore-config
Featuresimport.meta.glob, asset queries (?raw, ?url), import.meta.env, HMR APIcore-features
Plugin APIVite-specific hooks, virtual modules, plugin orderingcore-plugin-api

Build & SSR

TopicDescriptionReference
Build & SSRLibrary mode, SSR middleware mode, ssrLoadModule, JavaScript APIbuild-and-ssr

Advanced

TopicDescriptionReference
Environment APIVite 6+ multi-environment support, custom runtimesenvironment-api
Rolldown MigrationVite 8 changes: Rolldown bundler, Oxc transformer, config migrationrolldown-migration

Quick Reference

CLI Commands

vite              # Start dev server
vite build        # Production build
vite preview      # Preview production build
vite build --ssr  # SSR build

Common Config

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [],
  resolve: { alias: { '@': '/src' } },
  server: { port: 3000, proxy: { '/api': 'http://localhost:8080' } },
  build: { target: 'esnext', outDir: 'dist' },
})

Official Plugins

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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