Creating Your Own Patterns

Learn how to create, package, and share reusable patterns with the SeanStack community.

Pattern Philosophy: Great patterns solve real problems, are well-documented, and follow established conventions. They should be easy to understand and customize.

Getting Started

1. Identify Need

Start with a common problem you've solved multiple times across projects.

2. Build & Test

Create a working implementation in a real project before extracting.

3. Package & Share

Follow the pattern structure guidelines and submit to the registry.

Pattern Directory Structure

Standard structure for organizing your pattern files

my-awesome-pattern/
├── pattern.json          # Required: Pattern metadata
├── README.md            # Required: Documentation
├── files/              # Required: Pattern files
│   ├── components/     # React components
│   │   └── awesome-component.tsx
│   ├── hooks/         # Custom hooks
│   │   └── use-awesome.ts
│   ├── lib/           # Utility functions
│   │   └── awesome-utils.ts
│   ├── types/         # TypeScript definitions
│   │   └── awesome.types.ts
│   └── styles/        # CSS/styling files
│       └── awesome.css
├── dependencies.json   # Required: Dependency information
├── examples/          # Recommended: Usage examples
│   ├── basic.tsx
│   ├── advanced.tsx
│   └── with-customization.tsx
├── tests/            # Optional: Test files
│   └── awesome-component.test.tsx
└── docs/            # Optional: Extended documentation
    ├── api.md
    └── customization.md

Required Files

pattern.json

README.md

files/ directory

dependencies.json

Ready to Create Your First Pattern?

Start with our pattern template and join the community of contributors:

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