shadcn
Manages shadcn components and projects — adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI, including chat interfaces. Provides project context, component docs, and usage examples. Applies when working with shadcn/ui, component registries, presets, --preset codes, or any project with a components.json file. Also triggers for "shadcn init", "create an app with --preset", or "switch to --preset".
Install
npx skills add shadcn-ui/ui@shadcnRuns in your terminal. Adds the skill globally for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others; add -g -y to skip prompts.
What it does
shadcn/ui A framework for building ui, components and design systems. Components are added as source code to the user's project via the CLI. IMPORTANT: Run all CLI commands using the project's package runner: npx shadcn@latest, pnpm dlx shadcn@latest, or bunx --bun shadcn@latest — based on the project's packageManager. Examples below use npx shadcn@latest but substitute the correct runner for the project. Current Project Context The JSON above contains the project config and installed components. Use npx shadcn@latest docs to get documentation and example URLs for any component. Principles 1.…
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