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Adoption Defaults And Ownership Model

Pack: shadcn Parent skill: shadcn Overview And Code Ownership Source: shadcn/shadcn-overview-and-code-ownership/references/adoption-defaults-and-ownership-model.md Default shadcn posture:

  • use the CLI to add code into the app
  • own that code locally
  • customize where needed
  • extract shared wrappers only after patterns stabilize

Good fit:

  • product teams that want direct control over UI code
  • apps that need steady customization
  • teams already comfortable editing React and Tailwind code

Bad fit:

  • teams that want a sealed dependency with minimal local ownership
  • codebases that do not want component source files checked in

Default rollout:

  1. initialize once
  2. set theme tokens and dark-mode strategy
  3. add a few core primitives
  4. customize locally
  5. extract app-specific wrappers only when repetition is obvious