Executive Summary

Solve slow Next.js route navigation by automating route-level fixes until an @next/playwright instant() e2e passes. An agentic loop discovers project infra, runs targeted tests per route, applies Suspense push-down patterns, and ships tests as regression guards. Next.js adoption and the Cache Components / Suspense model create a concrete, repeatable target - instant navigation - that can be verified with the new @next/playwright instant() e2e API cited in the source. Modern CI/CD and Playwright test automation make route-level verification practical to run as part of pipelines, and rising business focus on navigation performance due to conversion and Core Web Vitals penalties makes automated per-route remediation valuable. The source also describes a verify-red gate and the rig.md discovery step, showing current toolchains are mature enough to automate both detection and test-driven remediation. This skill bundles domain knowledge about Next.js Cache Components, Suspense push-down fixes, and the @next/playwright instant() API into an agentic loop that both drives fixes and ships the passing test as the regression guard. The source shows concrete workflow design - encode the goal as a failing instant() e2e, iterate until green, run once per route, and record project build/deploy/test discovery in instant-nav.rig.md - which yields a repeatable, auditable conversion process rather than one-off advice. That gives speed-to-value versus consultancies and DIY scripts because it automates discovery and verification across the app while producing committed tests as artifacts.

Market Opportunity

Drive Next.js routes to instant navigation with a test-driven agentic loop targets a $1.2B = 100,000 web-development teams x $12,000 ACV (annual tooling and automation budget for performance/dev-ex teams) total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 15-25% organic growth driven by web performance priorities and Next.js usage growth.

Key trends driving demand: Next.js first-party adoption -- growing developer base and corporate usage increases demand for Next-specific optimization tooling; Performance-driven revenue focus -- teams invest in any automated tooling that demonstrably improves conversion and Core Web Vitals; Test-driven automation in CI -- Playwright and CI pipelines are becoming standard, enabling per-route e2e gating and automated remediation; Edge and server component complexity -- Cache Components and Suspense patterns make manual fixes brittle and repeatable automation more valuable.

Key competitors include Vercel, Calibre, Lighthouse CI / WebPageTest (open-source), In-house Playwright + DevOps scripts.

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Drive Next.js routes to instant navigation with a test-driven agentic loop

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