UI Styling Skill
Skill Verified ActiveStyle UIs with shadcn/ui components (Radix UI + Tailwind CSS). Use for accessible components, themes, dark mode, responsive layouts, design systems, color customization.
Style UIs efficiently and accessibly using shadcn/ui components and Tailwind CSS.
Features
- Style UIs with shadcn/ui components
- Utilize Tailwind CSS for utility-first styling
- Implement accessible components
- Support dark mode and themes
- Create responsive layouts
- Build design systems and customize colors
Use Cases
- Building UI with React-based frameworks
- Implementing accessible components
- Styling with utility-first CSS
- Creating responsive, mobile-first layouts
- Implementing dark mode and theme customization
- Building design systems
Non-Goals
- Backend development
- General programming assistance
- Cloud infrastructure management
Workflow
- Initialize project with shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS
- Add desired components using CLI
- Integrate components into React application
- Apply Tailwind CSS utility classes for styling
- Customize themes and implement dark mode
- Ensure accessibility and responsive design
Practices
- Component Composition
- Utility-First Styling
- Mobile-First Responsive Design
- Accessibility-First
- Design Tokens Usage
- Dark Mode Consistency
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+
- npm or pnpm
- React-based framework (Next.js, Vite, Remix, Astro)
Installation
npx skills add binjuhor/shadcn-larRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
VerifiedSimilar Extensions
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