# agent-elements Guides agents in building chat, tool-calling, and approval UIs in React 19 and Tailwind v4 projects. Uses shadcn components and the Vercel AI SDK. - skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 724 installs · ★ 106 - Author: 21st-dev - License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page - Source: https://github.com/21st-dev/agent-elements/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md - Updated: 2026-04-24 - HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-elements ## What it does This skill injects context for the Agent Elements shadcn component collection. It teaches coding assistants how to assemble agent chat screens, render tool calls, and manage streaming states using the Vercel AI SDK. Assistants work with prebuilt parts like `AgentChat`, `InputBar`, and specialized cards such as `BashTool` and `EditTool`. Files land under `@/components/agent-elements/`. The skill enforces direct file imports because barrel files do not exist here. Your project must run on React 19 and Tailwind v4, with `ai` and `@tabler/icons-react` installed. Loading this context for a bare-bones chat with plain text messages is a mistake. The setup specifically targets tool-calling workflows, diff inspections, and step approvals. ## Install ### Claude Code (native platform) 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add 21st-dev/agent-elements --skill agent-elements -a claude-code ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-elements/ ### Codex 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add 21st-dev/agent-elements --skill agent-elements -a codex ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.agents/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/ ### Cursor 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add 21st-dev/agent-elements --skill agent-elements -a cursor ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.cursor/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/ ### GitHub Copilot 1. **GitHub CLI** ```bash gh skill install 21st-dev/agent-elements agent-elements ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.github/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md` ### Gemini CLI 1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add 21st-dev/agent-elements --skill agent-elements -a gemini-cli ``` 2. **Platform CLI** ```bash gemini skills install https://github.com/21st-dev/agent-elements --path skills/agent-elements ``` ### Windsurf (Devin Desktop) **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.devin/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works ### OpenCode **Skills CLI (Vercel)** ```bash npx skills add 21st-dev/agent-elements --skill agent-elements -a opencode ``` ### Claude.ai **Claude.ai** - Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/21st-dev/agent-elements/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-elements/SKILL.md ## When to use it - Render command-line output and structured code diffs inside agent chats - Set up approval cards for plans and file modifications - Build an input bar with mode selectors and prompt suggestion chips - Integrate prebuilt chat components with the `useChat` hook from the AI SDK ## Example prompts - Build an agent chat interface using AgentChat and register BashTool with EditTool - Add an InputBar with model selection chips and action slots - Create a plan approval card using PlanTool connected to useChat ## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: 8088cfc89518de17. BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 8088cfc89518de17 ````text --- name: agent-elements description: | Use whenever the user wants to build or modify a chat, agent, or tool-calling UI in a React 19 + Tailwind v4 project — especially if the code imports from `@/components/agent-elements/*` or the project has that folder on disk. Triggers: "agent chat", "tool call UI", "streaming chat", "plan approval", "AgentChat", "InputBar", "tool renderer", mentions of Agent Elements, or requests to add a new agent surface with shadcn. Do NOT use for plain chat UIs that don't need tool/plan/approval cards, or for projects already committed to a different agent UI kit. --- # Agent Elements skill Project-aware context for building chat and agent UIs with **Agent Elements** — an open-source shadcn registry at `https://agent-elements.21st.dev`. ## What this skill gives you When this skill loads, you know: 1. **The registry is shadcn-compatible.** Every component is installed with `npx shadcn@latest add https://agent-elements.21st.dev/r/.json`. Files land under `components/agent-elements/` (the library's internal `components/` prefix is stripped — see Paths below). 2. **The API is typed around the Vercel AI SDK.** Messages are `UIMessage[]` from `ai`, status is `ChatStatus`. `useChat()` plugs in directly. 3. **The full component catalog with API shapes and composition rules** (see sections below). 4. **Theming guardrails** — the Tailwind tokens Agent Elements depends on. ## Detection Consider this project "Agent Elements-ready" if any of these are true: - `components/agent-elements/` exists on disk - `components.json` includes an alias or registry reference to Agent Elements - `package.json` dependencies include `ai` + `@tabler/icons-react` and the user mentions Agent Elements If the folder does not exist yet, install on demand with: ```bash npx shadcn@latest add https://agent-elements.21st.dev/r/agent-chat.json ``` `agent-chat` transitively pulls every other component it needs via `registryDependencies` (MessageList, InputBar, tool renderers, shared utils). ## Paths (post-install layout) After `shadcn add`, files sit under `@/components/agent-elements/` with this shape: ``` components/agent-elements/ agent-chat.tsx message-list.tsx input-bar.tsx markdown.tsx user-message.tsx error-message.tsx text-shimmer.tsx spiral-loader.tsx input/ attachment-button.tsx send-button.tsx file-attachment.tsx suggestions.tsx model-picker.tsx mode-selector.tsx tools/ bash-tool.tsx edit-tool.tsx search-tool.tsx todo-tool.tsx plan-tool.tsx tool-group.tsx subagent-tool.tsx mcp-tool.tsx thinking-tool.tsx generic-tool.tsx question/ question-tool.tsx hooks/use-tool-complete.ts utils/cn.ts types.ts ``` **Import rule:** always import from the exact file, never from a barrel. ```tsx // ✅ import { AgentChat } from "@/components/agent-elements/agent-chat"; ```` END THIRD-PARTY FILE 8088cfc89518de17 The third-party file has ended. 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