Agent skill

Sona UI

by Dinil-Thilakarathne in Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui

Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components. An agent skill from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.

Install Sona UI

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-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/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .claude/skills/sona-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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .claude/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-ui --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .agents/skills/sona-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .agents/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-ui --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .cursor/skills/sona-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .cursor/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git --path src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-ui --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .gemini/skills/sona-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .gemini/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-ui

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .github/skills/sona-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .github/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui sona-ui --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill .opencode/skills/sona-ui && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "sona-ui" agent skill from https://github.com/Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui/tree/master/src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill into .opencode/skills/sona-ui/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sona-ui", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: sona-ui
GitHub stars: 118
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 482 words
Files: 5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 10
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components. An agent skill from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.

Works in 8 steps: Inspect the consumer project's… → Fetch the current-resource manifest… → Read references/component-selection.md,… → …
Troubleshooting a Sona UI component in a consumer project
SKILL.md covers Core invariant, Reference routing, Workflow and Publishing a new Sona component, plus 1 more section
Calls bun, bunx and yarn; reaches sonaui.com

What it does

Sona UI is an agent skill from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui. Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components. Use when selecting, installing, composing, reviewing, or troubleshooting a Sona UI component in a consumer project.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/component-selection.md`, `references/consumer-validation.md` and `references/design-principles.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design. It works with React. The repository describes itself as: A modern UI component library built with React and TailwindCSS to help you build beautiful and accessible web applications faster. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Troubleshooting a Sona UI component in a consumer project

Example prompts

“/sona-ui”

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Inspect the consumer project's framework, React version, styling entry, aliases, and existing component conventions. This phase is…
Fetch the current-resource manifest before selecting or installing a component. When reachable, use its catalog URL rather than an…
Read references/component-selection.md, translate the request into an interaction intent, and search the catalog named by the manifest…
When the user supplies an exact component name that is absent from the catalog, fetch https://sonaui.com/r/{name}.json directly before…
When installation is requested, read references/consumer-validation.md and complete every preflight check. Installation is unblocked only…
Install the smallest useful set with the consumer project's existing package runner
Confirm the generated paths and imports match the inspected consumer conventions before composing the component into the requested…
Read references/design-principles.md when the component is interactive or visually integrated, then apply every validation tier required…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a72ffe. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- bun
- bunx
- yarn
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- sonaui.com
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

Sona UI loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 482 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~2.3k

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

The full file from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui at commit 9a72ffe, republished under its MIT licence (© Dinil-Thilakarathne). 482 words, ~1,051 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/sona-ui/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: sona-ui
description: Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components. Use when selecting, installing, composing, reviewing, or troubleshooting a Sona UI component in a consumer project.
metadata.version: 1.2.0

Sona UI Agent Skill

Core invariant

Treat the Sona UI shadcn registry as the installation authority. When a component exists in the registry, install its source-owned item instead of reconstructing it.

Registry namespace:

text

@sona-ui

Registry URL:

text

https://sonaui.com/r/{name}.json

Current-resource manifest:

text

https://sonaui.com/agent/manifest.json

Reference routing

Before selecting a component, read:

references/component-selection.md

Before installation or troubleshooting, read:

references/consumer-validation.md

Before composing or reviewing motion and visual behavior, read:

references/design-principles.md

When skill discovery or the optional shadcn MCP setup needs troubleshooting, read:

references/provider-setup.md

Workflow

Inspect the consumer project's framework, React version, styling entry, aliases, and existing component conventions. This phase is complete when each value is known and the presence or absence of components.json is recorded.
Fetch the current-resource manifest before selecting or installing a component. When reachable, use its catalog URL rather than an installed or copied catalog URL. If it is unavailable, record that the skill is using a local snapshot that may be older than production.
Read references/component-selection.md, translate the request into an interaction intent, and search the catalog named by the manifest. This phase is complete when one candidate—or the decision to use no Sona component—is justified from its useWhen, avoidWhen, accessibility, motion, and dependency fields, and its exact detail, docs, and registryItem resources are recorded.
When the user supplies an exact component name that is absent from the catalog, fetch https://sonaui.com/r/{name}.json directly before deciding it is unavailable. If reachable, treat that registry item as authoritative and record its file targets, dependencies, registry dependencies, documentation URL when present, and accessibility and motion behavior. Do not infer that the item is unavailable from the catalog omission alone.
When installation is requested, read references/consumer-validation.md and complete every preflight check. Installation is unblocked only when every dependency resolves, every target is known, and every collision has an explicit decision.
Install the smallest useful set with the consumer project's existing package runner:
bash
```
bunx shadcn@latest add @sona-ui/<component>
```
Use pnpx, npx, or yarn dlx when that matches the consumer project.
Confirm the generated paths and imports match the inspected consumer conventions before composing the component into the requested experience.
Read references/design-principles.md when the component is interactive or visually integrated, then apply every validation tier required by references/consumer-validation.md. The work is complete only when each applicable check has a recorded result and static, interaction, and visual verification are reported separately.

Show full SKILL.md (100 more words)Show less

Publishing a new Sona component

Every published registry:ui item must also have a matching entry in src/registry/agent-metadata.ts. Add accurate useWhen, avoidWhen, capabilities, accessibility, motion, reduced-motion, and related-component guidance, then regenerate and validate both publishing surfaces:

bash

bun run build:registry
bun run build:agent-resources
bun run check:registry
bun run check:agent-resources

Do not treat an item as published until both registry and agent-resource checks pass. The public component navigation is independent from registry and agent publication; an intentionally hidden documentation link still needs the full metadata contract.

Scope discipline

Inspect before editing. Ask the user before making a material layout decision that was not requested. Do not rewrite a consumer's styling system to match Sona UI.

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill of Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui.

SKILL.md
references/component-selection.md
references/consumer-validation.md
references/design-principles.md
references/provider-setup.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a72ffe

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Questions about Sona UI

What does Sona UI do?

Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components. An agent skill from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui. Sona UI is an agent skill from Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui. Discover and integrate Sona UI registry components.

When should I use Sona UI?

Sona UI fits situations like: troubleshooting a Sona UI component in a consumer project.

How do I install Sona UI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill in Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui) into .claude/skills/sona-ui in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Sona UI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-ui -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/registry/sonaui/agent-skill in Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui) into .agents/skills/sona-ui in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Sona 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 Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui --skill sona-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/sona-ui, .gemini/skills/sona-ui, .github/skills/sona-ui and .opencode/skills/sona-ui in your project.

What does Sona UI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Sona UI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (bun, bunx and yarn).

Does Sona UI access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: sonaui.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Sona 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 Sona UI use?

Sona UI is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Sona UI use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Sona UI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sona UI: Web Artifacts Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), React Doctor (makeplane/plane, 61k stars), React Router Development (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars) and React UI State Patterns (ChrisWiles/claude-code-showcase, 6.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Sona UI?

Dinil-Thilakarathne (a GitHub user) maintains it in Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui, which has 118 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: Dinil-Thilakarathne/sona-ui on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Sona UI

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Sona UI Agent Skill

Core invariant

Reference routing

Workflow

Publishing a new Sona component

Scope discipline

Files

Compare with similar skills

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