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Create beautiful, accessible user interfaces with shadcn/ui components (built on Radix UI + Tailwind), Tailwind CSS utility-first styling, and canvas-based visual designs. Use when building user interfaces, implementing design systems, creating responsive layouts, adding accessible components (dialogs, dropdowns, forms, tables), customizing themes and colors, implementing dark mode, generating visual designs and posters, or establishing consistent styling patterns across applications.

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SKILL.md

name ui-styling
description Create beautiful, accessible user interfaces with shadcn/ui components (built on Radix UI + Tailwind), Tailwind CSS utility-first styling, and canvas-based visual designs. Use when building user interfaces, implementing design systems, creating responsive layouts, adding accessible components (dialogs, dropdowns, forms, tables), customizing themes and colors, implementing dark mode, generating visual designs and posters, or establishing consistent styling patterns across applications.
license MIT
version 1.0.0

When to Use This Skill

Use when:

  • Building UI with React-based frameworks (Next.js, Vite, Remix, Astro)
  • Implementing accessible components (dialogs, forms, tables, navigation)
  • Styling with utility-first CSS approach
  • Creating responsive, mobile-first layouts
  • Implementing dark mode and theme customization
  • Building design systems with consistent tokens
  • Generating visual designs, posters, or brand materials
  • Rapid prototyping with immediate visual feedback
  • Adding complex UI patterns (data tables, charts, command palettes)

Core Stack

**Component Layer: shadcn/ui

  • Pre-built accessible components via Radix UI primitives
  • Copy-paste distribution model (components live in your codebase)
  • TypeScript-first with full type safety
  • Composable primitives for complex UIs
  • CLI-based installation and management

**Styling Layer: Tailwind CSS

  • Utility-first CSS framework
  • Build-time processing with zero runtime overhead
  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • Consistent design tokens (colors, spacing, typography)
  • Automatic dead code elimination

**Visual Design Layer: Canvas

  • Museum-quality visual compositions
  • Philosophy-driven design approach
  • Sophisticated visual communication
  • Minimal text, maximum visual impact
  • Systematic patterns and refined aesthetics

Quick Start

**Component + Styling Setup

Install shadcn/ui with Tailwind:

npx shadcn@latest init

CLI prompts for framework, TypeScript, paths, and theme preferences. This configures both shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS.

Add components:

npx shadcn@latest add button card dialog form

Use components with utility styling:

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card"

export function Dashboard() {
  return (
    <div className="container mx-auto p-6 grid gap-6 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
      <Card className="hover:shadow-lg transition-shadow">
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle className="text-2xl font-bold">Analytics</CardTitle>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="space-y-4">
          <p className="text-muted-foreground">View your metrics</p>
          <Button variant="default" className="w-full">
            View Details
          </Button>
        </CardContent>
      </Card>
    </div>
  )
}

**Alternative: Tailwind-Only Setup

Vite projects:

npm install -D tailwindcss @tailwindcss/vite
// vite.config.ts
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'
export default { plugins: [tailwindcss()] }
/* src/index.css */
@import "tailwindcss";

Theme & Customization

Extended guide: See references/ folder for complete documentation