Question 1

What is shads.app?

Accepted Answer

Design once. Agents build in your taste. shads.app is a visual theme builder for shadcn/ui — human taste in the studio, installable themes for MCP and the CLI.

Question 2

How do I install a shads.app theme in a shadcn/ui project?

Accepted Answer

Run npx shadcn@latest add https://shads.app/r/system-modern-workspace-theme.json or shads install system-modern-default-theme.

Question 3

How do AI agents use shads.app?

Accepted Answer

Connect to the remote MCP server at https://mcp.shads.app. It can list starter themes, fetch theme.json and CSS, and validate documents.

Question 4

How much does shads.app Pro cost?

Accepted Answer

Pro is $8/month and adds unlimited activations, up to 500 hosted AI generations per month, editing saved themes and version history, all exports (CSS, JSON, ZIP, and tokens), the bookmarklet and Chrome extension, CSS import, unlimited permanent/view-only/private shares, and MCP write tools.

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