ui-styling

# UI Styling Skill

Comprehensive skill for creating beautiful, accessible user interfaces combining shadcn/ui components, Tailwind CSS utility styling, and canvas-based visual design systems.

## Reference

- shadcn/ui: https://ui.shadcn.com/llms.txt
- Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/docs

## When to Use This Skill

Use when:
- Building UI with React-based frameworks (Next.js, Vite, Remix, Astro)
- Implementing accessible components (dialogs, forms, tables, navigation)
- Styling with utility-first CSS approach
- Creating responsive, mobile-first layouts
- Implementing dark mode and theme customization
- Building design systems with consistent tokens
- Generating visual designs, posters, or brand materials
- Rapid prototyping with immediate visual feedback
- Adding complex UI patterns (data tables, charts, command palettes)

## Core Stack

### Component Layer: shadcn/ui
- Pre-built accessible components via Radix UI primitives
- Copy-paste distribution model (components live in your codebase)
- TypeScript-first with full type safety
- Composable primitives for complex UIs
- CLI-based installation and management

### Styling Layer: Tailwind CSS
- Utility-first CSS framework
- Build-time processing with zero runtime overhead
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Consistent design tokens (colors, spacing, typography)
- Automatic dead code elimination

### Visual Design Layer: Canvas
- Museum-quality visual compositions
- Philosophy-driven design approach
- Sophisticated visual communication
- Minimal text, maximum visual impact
- Systematic patterns and refined aesthetics

## Quick Start

### Component + Styling Setup

**Install shadcn/ui with Tailwind:**
```bash
npx shadcn@latest init
```

CLI prompts for framework, TypeScript, paths, and theme preferences. This configures both shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS.

**Add components:**
```bash
npx shadcn@latest add button card dialog form
```

**Use components with utility styling:**
```tsx
import { Button } from "@/componen