shadcn-ui/lint
An agent-first linter for Tailwind design systems. Write design system rules that agents can verify.
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Write design system rules that agents can verify. @shadcn/lint is an agent-first linter for Tailwind design systems. You define what’s allowed. When an agent breaks a rule, the error explains what’s wrong and suggests a fix based on your components, variants, and theme. Works with your existing design system. No rewrite required. @shadcn/lint works with Tailwind v4 projects (shadcn/ui not required). Available for both ESLint and Oxlint. Works with React, Svelte, and Vue. Give your coding agent this prompt: Once installed, choose your rules and configure what’s allowed in your design system. Prefer to configure it yourself? See Get started. Take a Button that allows margin and width, but controls its own padding. You can enforce that with types by limiting its style prop to Pick. The rule works. But this error only tells the agent that padding is not allowed. It doesn’t tell it how to size the Button.…
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- @shadcn/lint
- Table of contents
- Quickstart
- TypeScript vs @shadcn/lint
- You decide what can change
- Built for agents
- It works
- It is cheaper
- Why a linter?
- Programmable
- Custom messages
- Placeholders
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What this repository does
An agent-first linter for Tailwind design systems. Write design system rules that agents can verify.
Repository facts
- Owner
- shadcn-ui
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 2,998
- Forks
- 60
- Open issues + pull requests
- 23
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-09-02T11:51:38.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-09-22T11:30:38.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: agents, ai, design, design-system, design-tools, shadcn, shadcn-ui, tailwindcss
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