Component Usage Analytics

Overview

Track component usage across your codebase to make data-driven decisions about deprecation, refactoring, and component library management.

Key Use Cases:

• Find all usages of a component
• Analyze impact of breaking changes
• Plan component deprecations
• Track adoption of new components
• Identify unused components

When to Use This Skill

Trigger this skill when the user:

• Asks “where is this component used?”
• Wants to “deprecate a component” or “plan a migration”
• Mentions “component analytics” or “usage tracking”
• Asks about “which components are unused”
• Wants to “analyze breaking change impact”
• Needs to “track component adoption”

Core Capabilities

1. Usage Analysis

Find all component usages with context:

$ npm run analyze:usage Button

Analyzing Button component...

📊 Usage Report:

Total Usages: 52 imports across 47 files

By Feature:
  - Dashboard: 15 usages (8 files)
  - Settings: 12 usages (7 files)
  - Profile: 8 usages (5 files)
  - Auth: 7 usages (4 files)
  - Admin: 10 usages (23 files)

By Variant:
  - Primary: 34 usages (65%)
  - Secondary: 13 usages (25%)
  - Outline: 5 usages (10%)

Recent Changes:
  - Button@v2 released 14 days ago
  - 8 files still using Button@v1 (deprecated)
  - Migration progress: 83% (44/52 files)

Top Users (files with most usages):
  1. src/features/Dashboard/widgets.tsx (6 usages)
  2. src/features/Settings/preferences.tsx (4 usages)
  3. src/features/Profile/edit.tsx (3 usages)

2. Deprecation Planning

Analyze impact before deprecating:

$ npm run analyze:deprecate Button@v1

⚠️ Deprecation Impact Analysis: Button@v1

Current Usage:
  - 8 files still using v1
  - 12 total usages
  - Across 3 features

Migration Effort:
  Low effort: 5 files (simple props update)
  Medium effort: 2 files (variant renamed)
  High effort: 1 file (custom styling conflicts)

Breaking Changes in v2:
  1. 'success' variant removed → use 'primary' with success color
  2. 'loading' prop renamed → use 'pending' prop
  3. 'icon' prop now requires IconComponent type

Estimated Migration Time:
  - Low effort files: 30 mins total (6 mins each)
  - Medium effort files: 1 hour total (30 mins each)
  - High effort file: 2 hours (complex refactor)
  Total: ~3.5 hours

Recommendations:
  1. Create migration guide for developers
  2. Add deprecation warnings to v1
  3. Set sunset date: 30 days from now
  4. Track migration progress weekly

Generate migration guide? [Yes] [No]

3. Unused Component Detection

Find components that can be removed:

$ npm run analyze:unused

Scanning codebase...

🗑️ Unused Components (12 found):

Safe to Remove (no usages):
  1. LegacyCard - Last used 6 months ago
  2. OldButton - Replaced by Button v2
  3. DeprecatedModal - Migrated to Modal v3

Potentially Unused (only in stories/tests):
  4. ExperimentalBadge - Used in Storybook only
  5. PrototypeAlert - Used in visual tests only

Low Usage (< 5 usages):
  6. RareTooltip - 2 usages (last 90 days)
  7. SpecializedInput - 3 usages (niche use case)

Recommendations:
  - Remove: LegacyCard, OldButton, DeprecatedModal
  - Review: ExperimentalBadge, PrototypeAlert
  - Keep: RareTooltip, SpecializedInput (still needed)

Estimated bundle savings: 47 KB (8% reduction)

4. Adoption Tracking

Track new component adoption:

$ npm run analyze:adoption Button@v2

📈 Adoption Report: Button@v2 (released 14 days ago)

Current Adoption:
  - 44 files using v2 (83%)
  - 8 files still on v1 (17%)

Adoption Trend:
  Day 1-7:   32 files migrated (61%)
  Day 8-14:  12 files migrated (22%)
  This week: 0 new migrations

Migration Velocity:
  - Week 1: 4.6 files/day
  - Week 2: 1.7 files/day
  - Slowing down ⚠️

Blockers:
  - High effort migration in src/Admin/dashboard.tsx
  - Team waiting for migration guide
  - Need code review bandwidth

Actions:
  1. Publish migration guide (high priority)
  2. Schedule pairing session for high-effort file
  3. Set team goal: 100% migration by end of month

Technical Implementation

Component Usage Scanner

// scripts/scan-usage.ts

interface ComponentUsage {
  component: string;
  version: string;
  file: string;
  line: number;
  importPath: string;
  props: string[];
  variant?: string;
}

async function scanComponentUsage(
  componentName: string
): Promise<ComponentUsage[]> {
  const usages: ComponentUsage[] = [];

  // Find all files importing the component
  const files = await findImports(componentName);

  for (const file of files) {
    const ast = parseFile(file);

    // Find JSX usages
    const jsxElements = findJSXElements(ast, componentName);

    for (const element of jsxElements) {
      usages.push({
        component: componentName,
        version: getComponentVersion(file, componentName),
        file: file.path,
        line: element.loc.start.line,
        importPath: getImportPath(ast, componentName),
        props: extractProps(element),
        variant: getVariant(element),
      });
    }
  }

  return usages;
}

function getVariant(element: JSXElement): string | undefined {
  // Look for variant prop
  const variantProp = element.attributes.find(
    attr => attr.name === 'variant'
  );

  if (variantProp && variantProp.value.type === 'StringLiteral') {
    return variantProp.value.value;
  }

  return undefined;
}

Deprecation Impact Analyzer

// scripts/analyze-deprecation.ts

interface DeprecationImpact {
  component: string;
  version: string;
  totalUsages: number;
  affectedFiles: number;
  affectedFeatures: string[];
  migrationEffort: {
    low: number;
    medium: number;
    high: number;
  };
  breakingChanges: string[];
  estimatedHours: number;
}

async function analyzeDeprecationImpact(
  component: string,
  version: string
): Promise<DeprecationImpact> {
  const usages = await scanComponentUsage(component);
  const versionUsages = usages.filter(u => u.version === version);

  // Group by file
  const fileGroups = groupBy(versionUsages, u => u.file);

  // Analyze migration effort for each file
  const efforts = await Promise.all(
    Object.entries(fileGroups).map(([file, fileUsages]) =>
      analyzeMigrationEffort(file, fileUsages)
    )
  );

  // Categorize by effort
  const migrationEffort = {
    low: efforts.filter(e => e.effort === 'low').length,
    medium: efforts.filter(e => e.effort === 'medium').length,
    high: efforts.filter(e => e.effort === 'high').length,
  };

  // Estimate total hours
  const estimatedHours =
    migrationEffort.low * 0.1 +
    migrationEffort.medium * 0.5 +
    migrationEffort.high * 2;

  // Get breaking changes
  const breakingChanges = await getBreakingChanges(component, version);

  return {
    component,
    version,
    totalUsages: versionUsages.length,
    affectedFiles: Object.keys(fileGroups).length,
    affectedFeatures: extractFeatures(versionUsages),
    migrationEffort,
    breakingChanges,
    estimatedHours,
  };
}

async function analyzeMigrationEffort(
  file: string,
  usages: ComponentUsage[]
): Promise<{ file: string; effort: 'low' | 'medium' | 'high' }> {
  const code = await readFile(file);

  // Factors that increase effort:
  // - Custom styling on component
  // - Complex prop transformations
  // - Type conflicts
  // - Multiple usages in same file

  let complexityScore = 0;

  // Check for custom styling
  if (code.includes('styled(') && code.includes(usages[0].component)) {
    complexityScore += 2;
  }

  // Check for prop spreading
  if (usages.some(u => u.props.includes('...'))) {
    complexityScore += 1;
  }

  // Number of usages
  if (usages.length > 5) {
    complexityScore += 1;
  }

  // Categorize
  if (complexityScore === 0) return { file, effort: 'low' };
  if (complexityScore <= 2) return { file, effort: 'medium' };
  return { file, effort: 'high' };
}

Unused Component Detector

// scripts/detect-unused.ts

interface UnusedComponent {
  name: string;
  path: string;
  usageCount: number;
  lastUsed?: Date;
  category: 'safe-to-remove' | 'potentially-unused' | 'low-usage';
  bundleSize: number;
}

async function detectUnusedComponents(): Promise<UnusedComponent[]> {
  // Get all components
  const components = await getAllComponents();

  const unused: UnusedComponent[] = [];

  for (const component of components) {
    const usages = await scanComponentUsage(component.name);

    // Exclude test and story usages for "potentially unused" check
    const productionUsages = usages.filter(
      u => !u.file.includes('.test.') && !u.file.includes('.stories.')
    );

    let category: UnusedComponent['category'];

    if (productionUsages.length === 0 && usages.length === 0) {
      category = 'safe-to-remove';
    } else if (productionUsages.length === 0) {
      category = 'potentially-unused';
    } else if (productionUsages.length < 5) {
      category = 'low-usage';
    } else {
      continue; // Not unused
    }

    // Get last usage date
    const lastUsage = usages.length > 0
      ? await getLastModifiedDate(usages[0].file)
      : await getLastModifiedDate(component.path);

    // Get bundle size
    const bundleSize = await getComponentBundleSize(component.path);

    unused.push({
      name: component.name,
      path: component.path,
      usageCount: productionUsages.length,
      lastUsed: lastUsage,
      category,
      bundleSize,
    });
  }

  return unused;
}

Example Commands

Analyze Single Component

npm run analyze:usage Button

# Output: Usage report for Button component

Deprecation Analysis

npm run analyze:deprecate Button@v1

# Output: Deprecation impact analysis with migration effort

Find Unused Components

npm run analyze:unused

# Output: List of unused/low-usage components with recommendations

Track Adoption

npm run analyze:adoption Button@v2

# Output: Adoption metrics and migration progress

Generate Migration Guide

npm run generate:migration-guide Button@v1 Button@v2

# Output: Markdown migration guide with examples

Integration with CI/CD

# .github/workflows/component-analytics.yml
name: Component Analytics

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'  # Weekly on Sunday

jobs:
  analytics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
      - name: Analyze component usage
        run: npm run analyze:all
      - name: Generate report
        run: npm run generate:analytics-report
      - name: Create issue for unused components
        run: |
          npm run analyze:unused --json > unused.json
          gh issue create --title "Weekly: Unused Components" \
            --body-file unused.json \
            --label "maintenance,components"

Dashboard Integration

Create a component analytics dashboard:

// src/analytics/dashboard.tsx

export function ComponentAnalyticsDashboard() {
  const [analytics, setAnalytics] = useState<Analytics | null>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    loadAnalytics().then(setAnalytics);
  }, []);

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Component Usage Analytics</h1>

      <section>
        <h2>Most Used Components</h2>
        <BarChart data={analytics?.topComponents} />
      </section>

      <section>
        <h2>Unused Components</h2>
        <Table data={analytics?.unusedComponents} />
      </section>

      <section>
        <h2>Migration Progress</h2>
        <MigrationProgressChart data={analytics?.migrations} />
      </section>

      <section>
        <h2>Adoption Trends</h2>
        <LineChart data={analytics?.adoptionTrends} />
      </section>
    </div>
  );
}

Best Practices

1. Regular Scanning – Run analytics weekly or on PR merges
2. Track Trends – Monitor adoption over time, not just snapshots
3. Automate Alerts – Create issues for unused components automatically
4. Migration Planning – Use effort estimates for sprint planning
5. Documentation – Generate migration guides from analysis results

Limitations

• Requires AST parsing (works with TS/JS/TSX/JSX)
• May miss dynamic imports
• Cannot detect runtime usage patterns
• Estimates are guidelines, not precise timings

Integration with Other Skills

• visual-regression-testing – Test after component migrations
• accessibility-remediation – Verify a11y after refactoring
• story-generation – Generate stories for migrated components
• ci-cd-generator – Add analytics to CI pipeline

Files Reference

• references/ast-parsing.md – AST parsing techniques
• examples/migration-guides.md – Example migration guides
• scripts/scan-usage.ts – Usage scanner
• scripts/analyze-deprecation.ts – Deprecation analyzer
• scripts/detect-unused.ts – Unused component detector

Summary

Component Usage Analytics provides data-driven insights for managing your component library. Track usage, plan deprecations, detect unused code, and monitor adoption.

Key Benefits:

• ✅ Data-driven component decisions
• ✅ Safe deprecation planning
• ✅ Identify bundle bloat
• ✅ Track migration progress
• ✅ Optimize component library

Use this skill to analyze component usage, plan deprecations, find unused components, and track adoption metrics.