Compose Hot Reload: Instant UI Updates
From the repo · “Compose Hot Reload: Make changes to your UI code in a Compose Multiplatform application, and see the results in real time. No restarts required. Compose Hot Reload runs your application on the JetBrains Runtime and intelligently reloads your code whenever it is changed.”
Compose Hot Reload allows you to see UI changes in real time in your Compose Multiplatform application without requiring restarts
- •When building and testing UI components in a Compose Multiplatform app
- •During iterative design and development phases where rapid feedback is needed
- •When debugging layout or visual issues in a Compose-based UI
Run your Compose Multiplatform application with Compose Hot Reload by executing the command specified in the project's README, typically involving running the application on the JetBrains Runtime
Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.
Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/compose-hot-reload && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/compose-hot-reload/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/compose-hot-reload/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
Compose Hot Reload: Instant UI Updates is a large Kotlin project (~32k lines across 378 code files, plus 224 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.
- 1README.mdStart here — what it does and how to install it
- 2CLAUDE.mdThe instructions the AI actually follows
- 3samples/bytecode-analyzer/build.gradle.ktsA worked example — copy this to get going
Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.
Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/compose-hot-reload && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/compose-hot-reload/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/compose-hot-reload/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
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