Launch Shadcn Registry

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user says launch my registry
• List on shadcn directory
• Submit to awesome-shadcn-ui
• Announce my shadcn registry

Example prompts

• “launch my registry”
• “list on shadcn directory”
• “submit to awesome-shadcn-ui”
• “/launch-shadcn-registry”

Requirements

• Node.js
• A Bash shell
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access, curl, gh (GitHub CLI), and git. User must be authenticated with gh for PR creation.

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Preflight
2. 2Generate Artifacts
3. 3Open GitHub PRs
4. 4Social Drafts
5. 5Post-Launch

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7717708. 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

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git
  • curl
  • gh
  • bash
  • npx

  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:

  • github.com
  • ogimagecn.vercel.app
  • raw.githubusercontent.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.

• Compatibility

  Requires network access, curl, gh (GitHub CLI), and git. User must be authenticated with gh for PR creation.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Launch Shadcn Registry loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 154 tokens; SKILL.md has 716 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~154

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~6.5k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from shadcn-labs/framecn at commit 7717708, republished under its MIT licence (© shadcn-labs). 716 words, ~2,174 tokens.

name

launch-shadcn-registry

description

Launch and promote a custom shadcn/ui registry end-to-end: validate registry.json, prepare the official shadcn-ui/ui directory PR, community directory PRs (registry.directory, shadcntemplates, birobirobiro/awesome-shadcn-ui, bytefer/awesome-shadcn-ui), and draft social posts for Reddit r/shadcn, X, Dev.to, and Hacker News. Use whenever the user says "launch my registry", "list on shadcn directory", "submit to awesome-shadcn-ui", "announce my shadcn registry", "registry.directory PR", or wants to promote a new @scope registry — even if they do not say "launch-shadcn-registry" explicitly.

compatibility

Requires network access, curl, gh (GitHub CLI), and git. User must be authenticated with gh for PR creation.

Launch Progress:
- [ ] Phase 1: Preflight validation
- [ ] Phase 2: Generate directory artifacts
- [ ] Phase 3: Open GitHub PRs (user approval per PR)
- [ ] Phase 4: Draft social posts
- [ ] Phase 5: Post-launch follow-up

bash scripts/validate-registry.sh <registryBaseUrl> [sample-component-name]

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shadcn-ui/ui/main/apps/v4/registry/directory.json | grep -i "<scope>"

# Example: official shadcn-ui/ui
gh repo fork shadcn-ui/ui --clone=false
git clone https://github.com/<user>/ui.git /tmp/ui-registry-pr
cd /tmp/ui-registry-pr
git remote add upstream https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui.git
git fetch upstream && git checkout -b feat/<scope>-directory upstream/main
# edit apps/v4/registry/directory.json — append entry at end of array
git add apps/v4/registry/directory.json
git commit -m "feat(registry): add <scope>"
git push -u origin HEAD
gh pr create --repo shadcn-ui/ui --title "feat(registry): add <scope>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
Adds <scope> to the community registry directory.

- **Registry URL**: `<componentUrlPattern>`
- **Homepage**: <homepage>
- **Description**: <description>

## Test plan
- [ ] `curl <registryBaseUrl>/registry.json` returns valid JSON
- [ ] `npx shadcn@latest add <installExample>` installs successfully
EOF
)"

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Files

SKILL.md and 14 other files (scripts, references) in .agents/skills/launch-shadcn-registry of shadcn-labs/framecn.

• SKILL.md
• evals/evals.json
• references/awesome-birobirobiro.md
• references/awesome-bytefer.md
• references/preflight.md
• references/registry-directory.md
• references/shadcn-ui-official.md
• references/shadcntemplates.md
• references/social/devto.md
• references/social/hackernews.md
• references/social/reddit.md
• references/social/x.md
• scripts/validate-registry.sh
• templates/registry-profile.example.json
• templates/registry-profile.schema.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7717708

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in shadcn-labs/framecn, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• shadcn-labs/shadcn-cssinjs.agents/skills/launch-shadcn-registry
• shadcn-labs/agentcn.agents/skills/launch-shadcn-registry
• shadcn-labs/shadercn.agents/skills/launch-shadcn-registry