shieldcn

Before anyone reaches your docs, they land on your README, the front door of every open-source project. shieldcn makes that first impression count: badges, charts, headers, and sponsor walls, rendered as real components. A alternative.

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Usage

Drop a badge into any README and it renders as a real shadcn Button.

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![npm](https://shieldcn.dev/npm/react.svg)![stars](https://shieldcn.dev/github/vercel/next.js/stars.svg)![views](https://shieldcn.dev/views/repo/shieldcn/shieldcn.svg)

Agent skill

Install the shieldcn-badges skill from so your coding agent can add shieldcn badges, charts, and headers to READMEs:

bash
npx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a claude-code # installs to Claude Codenpx skills add jal-co/shieldcn -a cursor # installs to Cursor

See skills/shieldcn-badges/SKILL.md [blocked] for prompt examples and options.

Star history

Rendered by the shieldcn starchart GitHub Action — star charts that survived GitHub's stargazers API restriction, updated daily by shieldcn[bot]. Add it to your repo:

yaml
- uses: jal-co/shieldcn@v1  with:    theme: violet

· action reference [blocked]

Sponsors

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Contributors

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