shadcn

Manages shadcn components and projects — adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI. Provides project context, component docs, and usage examples. Applies when working with shadcn/ui, component registries, presets, --preset codes, or any project with a components.json file. Also triggers for "shadcn init", "create an app with --preset", or "switch to --preset".

Quality

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is highly actionable with concrete commands, executable code examples, and a well-sequenced workflow including validation checkpoints. The main weakness is progressive disclosure: numerous referenced files (rules/*.md, cli.md, customization.md) are cited but absent from the bundle.

Suggestions

Ship the referenced bundle files (rules/styling.md, rules/forms.md, rules/composition.md, rules/icons.md, rules/base-vs-radix.md, cli.md, customization.md) or remove the dead links so navigation resolves to real content.

Tighten the Key Fields and Workflow sections by moving verbose per-field explanations into cli.md, keeping SKILL.md as a lean overview.

Consider inlining the most critical one or two rules (e.g., spacing, validation states) fully and demoting the rest to references, so the highest-frequency guidance does not depend on missing files.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly lean and assumes Claude's competence (e.g., terse 'Use Components, Not Custom Markup' rules with one-line justifications), but the Key Fields list and Workflow steps include some explanatory padding that could be trimmed; not severely verbose.	4 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable guidance throughout: concrete CLI commands (`npx shadcn@latest add button card dialog`, `--dry-run`, `--diff`), copy-paste TSX pattern examples, and a precise component-selection table covering common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The 9-step Workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit verification checkpoints ('always read the added files and verify they are correct', check installed components before add, confirm with user before destructive `--overwrite`), and the Updating Components section has a validate-per-file feedback loop.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Structure and one-level-deep reference signaling are good (clear 'Detailed References' list pointing to rules/*.md, cli.md, customization.md), but those referenced files are not present in the bundle, so the navigation links resolve to missing content rather than real one-level-deep materials.	3 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is excellent: third-person voice, concrete actions, explicit 'what' and 'when' guidance, and highly distinctive trigger phrases tied to shadcn-specific artifacts and commands.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI' — plus 'Provides project context, component docs, and usage examples', giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers 'what' (manages components/projects across multiple actions) and 'when' with concrete trigger phrases ('Applies when...', 'Also triggers for...'), matching the 5-anchor pattern.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Comprehensive natural-term coverage including 'shadcn/ui', 'component registries', 'presets', '--preset codes', 'components.json file', and exact user phrases like 'shadcn init', 'create an app with --preset', and 'switch to --preset'.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The triggers ('components.json file', '--preset codes', 'shadcn init') are highly specific to shadcn, creating a clear niche with minimal conflict risk against other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 14 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: MODSetter/SurfSense
Path: .cursor/skills/shadcn/SKILL.md
Commit: d96e29d

Reviewed: 8 days ago

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