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antigravity-skills-reference/skills/react-best-practices/rules/advanced-use-latest.md
sck_0 c86c93582e feat: integrate official Anthropic and Vercel Labs skills
- Add 8 new skills (62 total, up from 58)
- Official Anthropic skills: docx, pdf, pptx, xlsx, brand-guidelines, internal-comms
- Vercel Labs skills: react-best-practices, web-design-guidelines
- Implement dual-versioning: -official/-anthropic and -community suffixes
- Update README with new skill registry and credits
- Regenerate skills_index.json (62 skills validated)
- Add comprehensive walkthrough.md

BREAKING CHANGE: Document skills (docx/pdf/pptx/xlsx) renamed with version suffixes
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---
title: useLatest for Stable Callback Refs
impact: LOW
impactDescription: prevents effect re-runs
tags: advanced, hooks, useLatest, refs, optimization
---
## useLatest for Stable Callback Refs
Access latest values in callbacks without adding them to dependency arrays. Prevents effect re-runs while avoiding stale closures.
**Implementation:**
```typescript
function useLatest<T>(value: T) {
const ref = useRef(value)
useEffect(() => {
ref.current = value
}, [value])
return ref
}
```
**Incorrect (effect re-runs on every callback change):**
```tsx
function SearchInput({ onSearch }: { onSearch: (q: string) => void }) {
const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
useEffect(() => {
const timeout = setTimeout(() => onSearch(query), 300)
return () => clearTimeout(timeout)
}, [query, onSearch])
}
```
**Correct (stable effect, fresh callback):**
```tsx
function SearchInput({ onSearch }: { onSearch: (q: string) => void }) {
const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
const onSearchRef = useLatest(onSearch)
useEffect(() => {
const timeout = setTimeout(() => onSearchRef.current(query), 300)
return () => clearTimeout(timeout)
}, [query])
}
```