What is shadcn?
shadcn is a Claude skill by shadcn-ui that manages shadcn components and projects — adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI, including chat interfaces. Provides project context, component docs, and usage. It is listed under Design & UI and has 125,827 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | shadcn-ui |
| Repository | shadcn-ui/ui |
| Popularity | 125,827 GitHub stars |
| Category | Design & UI |
| Security | Low risk (88/100) |
| Rank | #146 of 1,262 Claude skills; #35 in Design & UI |
| SKILL.md length | 296 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +479 |
| Installs in the last 24h | 1,600 |
Is shadcn safe to install?
shadcn scores 88/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 6 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs packages | Note |
What the scan matched
- network:
https:// - shell:
```bash - package install:
npx - scripts:
scripts/showcase-coverage.mjs
How do I install shadcn?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui --skill shadcn
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui cp -r ui/skills/shadcn ~/.claude/skills/shadcn
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the shadcn skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs shadcn for you:
Install the "shadcn" skill from https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui/tree/main/skills/shadcn into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.