diff --git a/corpus/frontend/react/index.yaml b/corpus/frontend/react/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96665ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/frontend/react/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace: frontend.react
+patterns:
+  rsc-default:
+    file: rsc-default.yaml
+  zustand-store:
+    file: zustand-store.yaml
+  state-hierarchy:
+    file: state-hierarchy.yaml
+  suspense-boundary:
+    file: suspense-boundary.yaml
diff --git a/corpus/frontend/react/rsc-default.yaml b/corpus/frontend/react/rsc-default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cee7eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/frontend/react/rsc-default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: rsc-default
+category: rendering
+description: Server Components are the default. Use 'use client' only when interactivity is required.
+when: Every new component. Decide server vs client first.
+code: |
+  // ✅ RSC by default - no directive needed
+  export default async function ProductList() {
+    const products = await db.query("SELECT * FROM products");
+    return <ul>{products.map(p => <li key={p.id}>{p.name}</li>)}</ul>;
+  }
+
+  // ✅ Client only when needed
+  "use client";
+  import { useState } from "react";
+  export function Counter() {
+    const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+    return <button onClick={() => setCount(c => c + 1)}>{count}</button>;
+  }
+antiPattern: |
+  // ❌ 'use client' on a component that just renders data
+  "use client";
+  export default function ProductCard({ product }) {
+    return <div>{product.name}</div>; // no interactivity - RSC is fine
+  }
+tips:
+  - SEO-critical content → RSC/SSR/SSG/ISR
+  - Non-SEO + interactive → Client Component
+  - Fetching data → always RSC unless client-side only
diff --git a/corpus/frontend/react/state-hierarchy.yaml b/corpus/frontend/react/state-hierarchy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..089e079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/frontend/react/state-hierarchy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: state-hierarchy
+category: state
+description: "Strict state placement order: URL → server → local → Zustand → Context (injection only)."
+when: Deciding where to put any new piece of state.
+code: |
+  // 1. URL state (searchParams) - shareable, bookmarkable
+  const searchParams = useSearchParams();
+  const sort = searchParams.get("sort") ?? "asc";
+
+  // 2. Server state - React Query / SWR / RSC fetch
+  const { data } = useQuery({ queryKey: ["users"], queryFn: fetchUsers });
+
+  // 3. Local component state
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  // 4. Shared client state - Zustand
+  const user = useAuthStore((s) => s.user);
+
+  // 5. Context - injection only (theme, auth, i18n, feature flags)
+  const theme = useContext(ThemeContext);
+antiPattern: |
+  // ❌ Context for frequently changing state
+  const CountContext = createContext(0); // re-renders all consumers on every change
+tips:
+  - "Ask: can this live in the URL? If yes → URL state"
+  - Context is for injection (stable values), not reactive state
+  - Redux is banned - Zustand only for shared client state
diff --git a/corpus/frontend/react/suspense-boundary.yaml b/corpus/frontend/react/suspense-boundary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e2105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/frontend/react/suspense-boundary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: suspense-boundary
+category: rendering
+description: Suspense for async RSC children. Error boundaries for error states.
+when: Any page with async data in RSC children.
+code: |
+  import { Suspense } from "react";
+  import { ErrorBoundary } from "react-error-boundary";
+
+  export default function Page() {
+    return (
+      <ErrorBoundary fallback={<ErrorFallback />}>
+        <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton />}>
+          <AsyncDataComponent />
+        </Suspense>
+      </ErrorBoundary>
+    );
+  }
+tips:
+  - Skeleton over spinner for layout-stable loading
+  - ErrorBoundary wraps Suspense
diff --git a/corpus/frontend/react/zustand-store.yaml b/corpus/frontend/react/zustand-store.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fd8507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/frontend/react/zustand-store.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: zustand-store
+category: state
+description: Zustand for shared client state. Slice pattern for large stores.
+when: State shared across multiple client components that isn't URL or server state.
+code: |
+  import { create } from "zustand";
+  import { persist } from "zustand/middleware";
+
+  interface AuthStore {
+    user: User | null;
+    token: string | null;
+    setUser: (user: User, token: string) => void;
+    logout: () => void;
+  }
+
+  export const useAuthStore = create<AuthStore>()(
+    persist(
+      (set) => ({
+        user: null,
+        token: null,
+        setUser: (user, token) => set({ user, token }),
+        logout: () => set({ user: null, token: null }),
+      }),
+      { name: "auth-storage" }
+    )
+  );
+
+  // Usage - subscribe only to needed slice (perf)
+  const user = useAuthStore((s) => s.user);
+tips:
+  - Never use Redux
+  - Slice selectors prevent unnecessary re-renders
+  - persist middleware for auth/settings
diff --git a/corpus/index.yaml b/corpus/index.yaml
index 91bffc9..479274f 100644
--- a/corpus/index.yaml
+++ b/corpus/index.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ namespaces:
     index: frontend/shadcn/index.yaml
   frontend.ui-ux:
     index: frontend/ui-ux/index.yaml
+  frontend.react:
+    index: frontend/react/index.yaml
diff --git a/src/plugins/react/tools/get-pattern.ts b/src/plugins/react/tools/get-pattern.ts
index 8975cc9..a953bad 100644
--- a/src/plugins/react/tools/get-pattern.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/react/tools/get-pattern.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,102 @@
 import type { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import YAML from "yaml";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { PATTERNS, getPatternByName } from "../data.js";
+import { PATTERNS, getPatternByName, type Pattern } from "../data.js";
+
+type CorpusIndex = {
+  namespaces?: {
+    "frontend.react"?: {
+      index?: string;
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+type CorpusNamespaceIndex = {
+  namespace?: string;
+  patterns?: Record<string, { file?: string }>;
+};
+
+type CorpusPatternEntry = {
+  name?: string;
+  category?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  when?: string;
+  code?: string;
+  antiPattern?: string;
+  tips?: string[];
+};
+
+type LoadedCorpusPattern = { pattern: Pattern; source: string };
+
+const moduleDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const corpusRoot = join(moduleDir, "../../../../corpus");
+const corpusNamespace = "frontend.react";
+
+const cachedCorpusPatterns = new Map<string, LoadedCorpusPattern | null>();
+
+function normalize(name: string): string {
+  return name.toLowerCase().trim();
+}
+
+function loadCorpusPattern(name: string): LoadedCorpusPattern | null {
+  const key = normalize(name);
+  if (cachedCorpusPatterns.has(key)) {
+    return cachedCorpusPatterns.get(key) ?? null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const indexRaw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, "index.yaml"), "utf8");
+    const index = YAML.parse(indexRaw) as CorpusIndex | null;
+    const namespaceIndexPath = index?.namespaces?.[corpusNamespace]?.index;
+    if (!namespaceIndexPath) {
+      cachedCorpusPatterns.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const namespaceRaw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, namespaceIndexPath), "utf8");
+    const namespaceIndex = YAML.parse(namespaceRaw) as CorpusNamespaceIndex | null;
+    const patternPath = namespaceIndex?.patterns?.[key]?.file;
+    if (!patternPath) {
+      cachedCorpusPatterns.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const raw = readFileSync(join(corpusRoot, "frontend/react", patternPath), "utf8");
+    const entry = YAML.parse(raw) as CorpusPatternEntry | null;
+    if (
+      !entry ||
+      normalize(entry.name ?? "") !== key ||
+      !entry.category ||
+      !entry.description ||
+      !entry.when ||
+      !entry.code
+    ) {
+      cachedCorpusPatterns.set(key, null);
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const loaded: LoadedCorpusPattern = {
+      pattern: {
+        name: entry.name ?? name,
+        category: entry.category as Pattern["category"],
+        description: entry.description,
+        when: entry.when,
+        code: entry.code,
+        antiPattern: entry.antiPattern,
+        tips: entry.tips,
+      },
+      source: corpusNamespace,
+    };
+    cachedCorpusPatterns.set(key, loaded);
+    return loaded;
+  } catch {
+    cachedCorpusPatterns.set(key, null);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
 
 export function register(server: McpServer): void {
   server.tool(
@@ -10,7 +106,8 @@ export function register(server: McpServer): void {
       name: z.string().describe("Pattern name (e.g. 'rsc-default', 'state-hierarchy', 'zustand-store', 'suspense-boundary', 'nextjs-metadata', 'composition-pattern', 'component-template')"),
     },
     async ({ name }) => {
-      const pattern = getPatternByName(name);
+      const corpusEntry = loadCorpusPattern(name);
+      const pattern = corpusEntry?.pattern ?? getPatternByName(name);
       if (!pattern) {
         const available = PATTERNS.map((p) => p.name).join(", ");
         return {
@@ -33,6 +130,10 @@ export function register(server: McpServer): void {
         for (const tip of pattern.tips) text += `- ${tip}\n`;
       }
 
+      if (corpusEntry) {
+        text += `\n**Corpus Source:** ${corpusEntry.source}`;
+      }
+
       return { content: [{ type: "text", text }] };
     }
   );
diff --git a/tests/react-pattern-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts b/tests/react-pattern-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5d8554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/react-pattern-corpus-backed-tools-behaviour.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { captureTool, extractTextContent } from "./helpers";
+import { register as registerReactGetPattern } from "../src/plugins/react/tools/get-pattern.ts";
+
+const reactGetPattern = captureTool(registerReactGetPattern);
+
+test("react_get_pattern prefers corpus metadata for rsc-default", async () => {
+  const result = await reactGetPattern.invoke({ name: "rsc-default" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# rsc-default [rendering]");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** frontend.react");
+  expect(text).toContain("export default async function ProductList()");
+});
+
+test("react_get_pattern prefers corpus metadata for zustand-store", async () => {
+  const result = await reactGetPattern.invoke({ name: "zustand-store" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# zustand-store [state]");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** frontend.react");
+  expect(text).toContain("create<");
+});
+
+test("react_get_pattern prefers corpus metadata for state-hierarchy", async () => {
+  const result = await reactGetPattern.invoke({ name: "state-hierarchy" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# state-hierarchy [state]");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** frontend.react");
+  expect(text).toContain("useSearchParams()");
+});
+
+test("react_get_pattern prefers corpus metadata for suspense-boundary", async () => {
+  const result = await reactGetPattern.invoke({ name: "suspense-boundary" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# suspense-boundary [rendering]");
+  expect(text).toContain("**Corpus Source:** frontend.react");
+  expect(text).toContain("<ErrorBoundary fallback={<ErrorFallback />}>");
+});
+
+test("react_get_pattern falls back to in-file data for non-corpus patterns", async () => {
+  const result = await reactGetPattern.invoke({ name: "composition-pattern" });
+  const text = extractTextContent(result);
+
+  expect(text).toContain("# composition-pattern [architecture]");
+  expect(text).not.toContain("**Corpus Source:** frontend.react");
+});