What it is

An unstyled command-palette primitive, v1, from Paco Coursey — the Cmd+K search box pattern. It handles filtering, fuzzy scoring, keyboard navigation, groups and nested pages, and is what shadcn's Command and Combobox components wrap.

Why it earns a slot

Already in your project if you used shadcn's Combobox or Command. Building a searchable, keyboard-accessible dropdown by hand is where most homegrown accessibility bugs live.

Know before you commit

Its built-in filtering can be slow past a few thousand items — switch to controlled filtering and virtualization. Default scoring sometimes surprises, but you can override filter.

Getting started

npm install cmdk

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Free · MIT

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Evaluate cmdk (https://cmdk.paco.me) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Command menu. An unstyled command-palette primitive, v1, from Paco Coursey — the Cmd+K search box pattern. It handles filtering, fuzzy scoring, keyboard navigation, groups and nested pages, and is what shadcn's Command and Combobox components wrap.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Already in your project if you used shadcn's Combobox or Command. Building a searchable, keyboard-accessible dropdown by hand is where most homegrown accessibility bugs live.
Watch out for: Its built-in filtering can be slow past a few thousand items — switch to controlled filtering and virtualization. Default scoring sometimes surprises, but you can override filter.
Pricing: Free · MIT
Setup: npm install cmdk
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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