- Dashboard Create Screen Skill
- Creates new screens in
- client/dashboard
- with automatic route discovery and registration.
- Step 1: Discover Available Routes
- First, find all router files and extract available routes.
- Find Router Files
- Use Glob to discover router files:
- client/dashboard/app/router/*.tsx
- client/dashboard/app/router/*.ts
- Extract Routes from Each File
- For each router file, use Grep to extract route information.
- Find exported route constants:
- export
- \s
- +
- const
- \s
- +
- (
- \w
- +
- Route
- )
- \s
- *
- =
- \s
- *
- createRoute
- Extract parent relationships:
- getParentRoute:
- \s
- *
- (
- )
- \s
- *
- =>
- \s
- *
- (
- \w
- +
- Route
- )
- Extract path segments:
- path:
- \s
- *
- [
- '"
- ]
- (
- [
- ^
- '"
- ]
- +
- )
- [
- '"
- ]
- Extract component import paths:
- import
- (
- \s
- *
- [
- '"
- ]
- (
- [
- ^
- '"
- ]
- +
- )
- [
- '"
- ]
- \s
- *
- )
- Build Route Information
- For each discovered route, record:
- Route variable name (e.g.,
- siteBackupsRoute
- )
- Parent route name (e.g.,
- siteRoute
- )
- Path segment (e.g.,
- 'backups'
- )
- Source file path
- Component directory (derived from import path)
- Step 2: Discover Navigation Menus (After Route Selection)
- Menu discovery happens after the user selects a parent route. Find menus relative to the route's location.
- Determine Menu Search Path
- Based on the selected parent route's import path, determine where to search for menus:
- Extract the component directory from the parent route's lazy import
- Example:
- import('../../sites/backups')
- → search in
- client/dashboard/sites/
- Example:
- import('../../me/profile')
- → search in
- client/dashboard/me/
- Use Glob to find menu files in that area:
- client/dashboard/{area}/*/-menu/index.tsx
- Also check the app-level menu for top-level routes:
- client/dashboard/app/*-menu/index.tsx
- Extract Menu Information
- For each discovered menu file, use Grep to find:
- Existing menu items pattern:
- <ResponsiveMenu
- .
- Item
- \s
- +
- to=
- Route references in menu:
- to=
- {
- ?
- \s
- *
- [
- `'"/
- ]
- (
- [
- ^
- `'"}
- \s
- ]
- +
- )
- This helps understand the menu's structure and where to add new items.
- Menu Item Pattern
- Menu items use
- ResponsiveMenu.Item
- :
- <
- ResponsiveMenu
- .
- Item to
- =
- "/path/to/screen"
- >
- {
- __
- (
- 'Menu Label'
- )
- }
- <
- /
- ResponsiveMenu
- .
- Item
- >
- Conditional menu items check feature support:
- {
- siteTypeSupports
- .
- featureName
- &&
- (
- <
- ResponsiveMenu
- .
- Item to
- =
- {
- `
- /sites/
- ${
- siteSlug
- }
- /feature
- `
- }
- >
- {
- __
- (
- 'Feature'
- )
- }
- <
- /
- ResponsiveMenu
- .
- Item
- >
- )
- }
- Step 3: Gather User Input
- Ask the user for the following using AskUserQuestion:
- Parent Route
-
- Present discovered routes grouped by source file
- Screen Name
-
- lowercase-with-dashes (e.g.,
- custom-settings
- )
- Route Path
-
- URL path segment (e.g.,
- custom-settings
- )
- Page Title
-
- Human-readable title (e.g.,
- Custom settings
- )
- Page Description
- (optional): Description shown below title
- Add to Navigation Menu?
- Yes or No
Step 4: Determine File Locations
Based on the selected parent route's import path, determine where to create the component.
Pattern:
If parent imports from
../../sites/backups
, new screen goes in
client/dashboard/sites/{screen-name}/
For sites area:
client/dashboard/sites/{screen-name}/index.tsx
For me area:
client/dashboard/me/{screen-name}/index.tsx
For other areas:
Follow the same pattern from parent's import path
Step 5: Create Component File
Generate a basic component with the standard layout.
Screen Template
import
{
__
}
from
'@wordpress/i18n'
;
import
{
PageHeader
}
from
'../../components/page-header'
;
import
PageLayout
from
'../../components/page-layout'
;
export
default
function
{
ComponentName
}
(
)
{
return
(
<
PageLayout
header
=
{
<
PageHeader
title
=
{
__
(
'{PageTitle}'
)
}
description
=
{
__
(
'{PageDescription}'
)
}
/
}
{ / Content goes here / } < / PageLayout
) ; } Step 6: Register the Route Add the route definition to the same router file as the parent route. Route Definition Pattern Add after other route exports in the file: export const { routeName } Route = createRoute ( { head : ( ) => ( { meta : [ { title : __ ( '{PageTitle}' ) , } , ] , } ) , getParentRoute : ( ) => { parentRoute } , path : '{routePath}' , } ) . lazy ( ( ) => import ( '{componentImportPath}' ) . then ( ( d ) => createLazyRoute ( '{routeId}' ) ( { component : d . default , } ) ) ) ; Wire into Route Tree Find where the parent route is used in the createRoutes() function and add the new route. For standalone routes (direct child of main area route): // Find the routes array (e.g., siteRoutes, meRoutes) // Add the new route to the array siteRoutes . push ( newScreenRoute ) ; For nested routes (child of a feature route): // Find where parent uses .addChildren() // Add the new route to the children array parentRoute . addChildren ( [ existingRoute , newScreenRoute ] ) Step 7: Add Navigation Menu Entry (Optional) If the user requested a navigation menu entry, add it to the discovered menu file. Locate Target Menu File Use the menu discovered in Step 2 based on the route's area: From the parent route's import path, extract the area (e.g., sites , me , plugins ) Glob for client/dashboard/{area}//-menu/index.tsx If multiple menus found, present them to the user for selection If no area-specific menu found, fall back to client/dashboard/app/primary-menu/index.tsx Add Menu Item Read the target menu file and find an appropriate location (typically before the closing tag). Build the route path from parent route's path + new screen path: If parent path is /sites/$siteSlug and screen path is analytics → /sites/${ siteSlug }/analytics If parent path is /me and screen path is api-keys → /me/api-keys Insert menu item: < ResponsiveMenu . Item to = {
{fullRoutePath}}{ __ ( '{PageTitle}' ) } < / ResponsiveMenu . Item
Match Existing Patterns Analyze the existing menu items to match the pattern: If menu uses template literals with siteSlug , use the same pattern If menu uses simple strings, use simple strings If menu items have conditional wrappers, ask user if one is needed Conditional Menu Items If the screen requires feature gating (check if similar items in the menu use conditions): { siteTypeSupports . { featureName } && ( < ResponsiveMenu . Item to = {
/sites/ ${ siteSlug } /{routePath}}{ __ ( '{PageTitle}' ) } < / ResponsiveMenu . Item
) } Coding Standards Follow the coding standards documented in client/dashboard/docs/ .
dashboard-create-screen
安装
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