shadcn-ui-mcp-server: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

shadcn-ui-mcp-server CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from sherifButt/shadcn-ui-mcp-server. It costs 1,258 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for developing and publishing the shadcn-ui MCP server, which connects coding agents to shadcn/ui components.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing, checking, running, or releasing this TypeScript MCP server.
Why use it?
They collect the required install, build, lint, test, versioning, and publishing commands in one place.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is sherifButt/shadcn-ui-mcp-server's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on shadcn-ui-mcp-server itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything shadcn-ui-mcp-server configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 165 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Development Commands

Core Development Tasks

npm install        # Install dependencies
npm run build      # Build TypeScript to JavaScript (required before running)
npm run dev        # Watch mode for development
npm run lint       # Type check without emitting files
npm start          # Run the compiled MCP server
npm run clean      # Remove dist/ directory

Publishing Workflow

npm run build      # Build first
npm run lint       # Ensure no type errors
git add .          # Stage changes
git commit -m "description"  # Commit changes
npm version patch|minor|major  # Increment version
npm publish --access public   # Publish to npm

Testing the MCP Server

The server is a stdio-based MCP server. Test configurations:

Claude Code MCP Integration:

# Add MCP server to Claude Code
claude mcp add shadcn-ui npx @sherifbutt/shadcn-ui-mcp-server

# List configured servers
claude mcp list

# Remove if needed
claude mcp remove shadcn-ui

Manual Testing:

# Direct execution (will run and wait for MCP messages)
npx @sherifbutt/shadcn-ui-mcp-server

# Development mode
./dist/index.js

Project Architecture

MCP Server Structure

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides 12 tools for working with shadcn/ui components:

Component Tools: list_components, get_component_source, get_component_metadata, get_component_demo, install_component

Block Tools: list_blocks, get_block_source, install_block

Repository Tools: browse_repository, search_repository

Project Tools: init_shadcn, check_project_status

Core Modules

  1. src/index.ts - Main MCP server implementation

    • Uses StdioServerTransport for MCP communication
    • All tools use Zod schemas for input validation
    • Comprehensive error handling with proper MCP error codes
  2. src/data/ - Static registries with metadata

    • components.ts: 50+ shadcn/ui components with categories, dependencies, registry URLs
    • blocks.ts: 25+ pre-built blocks (auth, dashboard, forms, etc.)

Read the full file on GitHub · 165 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

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shadcn-ui-mcp-server CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sherifButt/shadcn-ui-mcp-server (0 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,258 tokens to every session, about $0.0063 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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