server-actions-vs-api-optimizer

Analyze routes and recommend whether to use Server Actions or API routes based on use case patterns including authentication, revalidation, external API calls, and client requirements. Use this skill when deciding between Server Actions and API routes, optimizing Next.js data fetching, refactoring routes, analyzing route architecture, or choosing the right data mutation pattern. Trigger terms include Server Actions, API routes, route handler, data mutation, revalidation, authentication flow, external API, client-side fetch, route optimization, Next.js patterns.