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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".

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Quality

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The canonical home for this skill is shadcn in shadcn-ui/ui

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Quality

Content

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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.

An action-dense, well-sequenced skill body with excellent conciseness and executable guidance. The main defect is that the many rule and reference links point to files not present in the bundle, undermining progressive disclosure.

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 from the body.

Consolidate the Key Patterns and Critical Rules sections — the correct/wrong pairs overlap with content already promised in the rule files, adding tokens that duplicate the references.

Trim the Quick Reference block to the few commands users actually run; the full flag inventory belongs in cli.md.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient: terse rule bullets, executable code, no padding or explanations of concepts Claude already knows; every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable guidance throughout — concrete CLI commands, complete code pairs (correct vs wrong), and a Quick Reference with copy-paste-ready invocations covering common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Clear 9-step sequenced Workflow with explicit validation checkpoints (check installed components first, always read and verify added files, never use --overwrite without approval) and decision branches for preset reinstall/merge/skip.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Structure and one-level-deep navigation signals are good, but the body links to bundle files (./rules/styling.md, ./cli.md, ./customization.md, etc.) that do not exist in the bundle, breaking the disclosure path.

3 / 5

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20

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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.

A concise, third-person description that clearly states concrete capabilities and provides explicit, natural trigger phrases covering direct commands and file markers. No fluff or over-claims.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI' — with comprehensive coverage of what the skill does.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (manages components, provides context/docs/examples) and when, with concrete trigger phrases and a dedicated 'Also triggers for' clause.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Uses natural trigger phrases users would actually say: 'shadcn/ui', 'components.json', 'shadcn init', 'create an app with --preset', 'switch to --preset'.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clear niche (shadcn/ui with components.json) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

20

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

allowed_tools_field

'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

Warning

relative_links

Relative link issues: 14 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
udecode/plate
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