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Agent skill

Shadcn

by pedronauck in pedronauck/skills

Best practices for building UI components with shadcn/ui. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Shadcn

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill shadcn -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills shadcn --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/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/curated/shadcn .claude/skills/shadcn && 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
GitHub stars
634
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
245 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
65
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Best practices for building UI components with shadcn/ui. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.

  • Works in 2 steps: Core Patterns: Read… → Tailwind Integration: For Tailwind CSS…
  • Styling components with shadcn
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Core Philosophy, Critical: Design Token Usage and Common Tasks, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls pnpm and npx

What it does

Shadcn is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Best practices for building UI components with shadcn/ui. Use when creating, customizing, or styling components with shadcn, working with Radix UI primitives, implementing design tokens, or following compound component patterns.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/patterns.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design systems and Design tokens. It works with shadcn/ui, Radix UI and Tailwind CSS. The repository describes itself as: My personal favorite skills.

When your agent uses it

  • Styling components with shadcn
  • Working with Radix UI primitives
  • Implementing design tokens
  • Following compound component patterns

Example prompts

  • “/shadcn”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

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

  1. Core Patterns: Read references/patterns.md for comprehensive styling, theming, and component patterns.
  2. Tailwind Integration: For Tailwind CSS patterns, use the tailwindcss skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0422940. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pnpm
    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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 loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 245 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.6k

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 245 words (~1,013 tokens).

“This skill provides guidelines, patterns, and best practices for working with shadcn/ui components in this project.”

— opening of SKILL.md by pedronauck
name
shadcn
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/curated/shadcn of pedronauck/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0422940

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in pedronauck/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Shadcn

What does Shadcn do?

Best practices for building UI components with shadcn/ui. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Shadcn is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Best practices for building UI components with shadcn/ui.

When should I use Shadcn?

Shadcn fits situations like: styling components with shadcn; working with Radix UI primitives; implementing design tokens; following compound component patterns.

How do I install Shadcn in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Shadcn in Codex?

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

Can I use Shadcn 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 pedronauck/skills --skill shadcn -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, .gemini/skills/shadcn, .github/skills/shadcn and .opencode/skills/shadcn in your project.

What does Shadcn need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Shadcn needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm and npx). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob.

Does Shadcn access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Shadcn 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 use?

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

How many tokens does Shadcn use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 3.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Shadcn?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Shadcn: UI Design System (try-works/role-model, 118 stars), Shadcn Tailwind UI (LiarMTTT/TavernWeave, 154 stars), UI Styling (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars) and Ss Learn (bitjaru/styleseed, 973 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Shadcn?

pedronauck (a GitHub user) maintains it in pedronauck/skills, which has 634 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 14, 2026.

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