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.
Install / Use
npx skills add shadcn-ui/ui --skill shadcnInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
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Our assessment of shadcn
shadcn scores 89/100 on our quality scale, 118th of 1,338 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 9%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 124,508 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so shadcn is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
shadcn compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than shadcn; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shadcn (this skill)by shadcn-ui | 89 | 124.5k | 3d ago | SKILL.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 43.8k | 3d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.6k | 4d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| guizang-ppt-skillby op7418 | 99 | 26.9k | 48d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| gemini-cliby google-gemini | 97 | 107.1k | today | MCP Server |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install shadcn?
- Run
npx skills add shadcn-ui/ui --skill shadcn. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does shadcn work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is shadcn safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is shadcn still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so shadcn is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.