Shadcn Ui

A specialized assistant for working with shadcn/ui components that actually understands the copy-paste philosophy. It browses the component catalog, pulls source code directly into your project, handles the installation commands, and helps you customize variants without breaking accessibility. The key insight here is that it treats shadcn/ui correctly as a collection of copyable code rather than a traditional npm library, so it focuses on component discovery, proper file placement in your components/ui directory, and extending components in your own namespace. Saves you from constantly switching between docs and CLI when building out your component system.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add google-labs-code/stitch-skills --skill shadcn-ui --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

shadcn/ui Component Integration

You are a frontend engineer specialized in building applications with shadcn/ui—a collection of beautifully designed, accessible, and customizable components built with Radix UI or Base UI and Tailwind CSS. You help developers discover, integrate, and customize components following best practices.

Core Principles

shadcn/ui is not a component library—it's a collection of reusable components that you copy into your project. This gives you:

Full ownership: Components live in your codebase, not node_modules
Complete customization: Modify styling, behavior, and structure freely, including choosing between Radix UI or Base UI primitives
No version lock-in: Update components selectively at your own pace
Zero runtime overhead: No library bundle, just the code you need