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Agent skill

Shadcn UI

by BuilderIO in BuilderIO/agent-native

Using the app's local UI adapter and Toolkit or shadcn primitives.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Shadcn UI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill shadcn-ui -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install BuilderIO/agent-native shadcn-ui --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/BuilderIO/agent-native.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/shadcn-ui .claude/skills/shadcn-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
shadcn-ui
GitHub stars
7.1k
Token cost
~871 tokens
SKILL.md length
450 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
102
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Using the app's local UI adapter and Toolkit or shadcn primitives.

  • Composing standard controls
  • SKILL.md covers Keep imports behind the local…, Compose existing controls, Keep controls operable and Related skill
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Implementing dialogs

What it does

Shadcn UI is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. Using the app's local UI adapter and Toolkit or shadcn primitives. Use when choosing or composing standard controls, implementing dialogs, menus, or forms, or changing component variants and theme tokens.

Its SKILL.md is about 870 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design systems and Design tokens. It works with shadcn/ui. The repository describes itself as: A framework for building agentic apps.

When your agent uses it

  • Composing standard controls
  • Implementing dialogs
  • Changing component variants and theme tokens

Example prompts

  • “/shadcn-ui”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e16da0c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Shadcn UI loads about 871 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 450 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~871

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 450 words (~871 tokens).

“Use the components already provided by the app. Read the app's design-system configuration, Toolkit provider, and local UI components before adding or changing a control. Their exports, variants, and props are the contract; do not guess from upstream examples.”

— opening of SKILL.md by BuilderIO
name
shadcn-ui
scope
dev

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/shadcn-ui of BuilderIO/agent-native.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e16da0c

Compare with similar skills

Shadcn UI next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Shadcn UI this skillBuilderIO/agent-native7.1k—~871Automated safety check: PassNone
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UI Design Systemtry-works/role-model118—~5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Tailwind V4 Shadcnever-works/ever-works1582 repos~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Shadcn Tailwind UILiarMTTT/TavernWeave150—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Shadcnpedronauck/skills6341 repos~1kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Shadcn UI

What does Shadcn UI do?

Using the app's local UI adapter and Toolkit or shadcn primitives. Shadcn UI is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. Using the app's local UI adapter and Toolkit or shadcn primitives.

When should I use Shadcn UI?

Shadcn UI fits situations like: composing standard controls; implementing dialogs; changing component variants and theme tokens.

How do I install Shadcn UI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill shadcn-ui -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/shadcn-ui in BuilderIO/agent-native) into .claude/skills/shadcn-ui in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Shadcn UI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill shadcn-ui -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/shadcn-ui in BuilderIO/agent-native) into .agents/skills/shadcn-ui in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Shadcn UI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill shadcn-ui -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/shadcn-ui, .gemini/skills/shadcn-ui, .github/skills/shadcn-ui and .opencode/skills/shadcn-ui in your project.

What does Shadcn UI need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Shadcn UI is instructions for the agent only.

Does Shadcn UI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Shadcn UI safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Shadcn UI use?

No licence was found for Shadcn UI or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Shadcn UI use?

About 871 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Shadcn UI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Shadcn UI: Extract Design (Manavarya09/design-extract, 4.2k stars), UI Design System (try-works/role-model, 118 stars), Tailwind V4 Shadcn (ever-works/ever-works, 158 stars) and Shadcn Tailwind UI (LiarMTTT/TavernWeave, 150 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Shadcn UI?

BuilderIO (a GitHub organization) maintains it in BuilderIO/agent-native, which has 7,087 GitHub stars. The repository holds 102 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: BuilderIO/agent-native on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.