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  "slug": "shadcn-ui",
  "name": "shadcn/ui",
  "url": "https://ui.shadcn.com/",
  "cat": "core",
  "group": "design",
  "tagline": "Component foundation + registry",
  "price": "Free · MIT",
  "tier": "free",
  "pick": true,
  "what": "50+ accessible components built on Radix (now Base UI by default) and Tailwind, distributed as source copied into your repo rather than an npm dependency. Also ships Blocks, Charts, a Themes browser, and the registry protocol. 121k stars.",
  "why": "<b>This is already your project.</b> The reason it matters strategically: React Bits, 21st.dev, Magic UI, Kokonut and ElevenLabs UI all publish into its registry, so wiring the official shadcn MCP once gives Claude an install path into every one of them.",
  "install": "npx shadcn@latest mcp init --client claude",
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    "key": "core",
    "name": "Core design stack",
    "desc": "The foundation your project sits on, and the pieces that re-skin it wholesale.",
    "group": "design",
    "groupName": "Make it look right"
  },
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    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": null,
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T21:22:12.874+00:00"
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