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{
"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "shadcn@>=4.23 <5",
"article": "setting-up-and-shipping-a-next-js-16-template-17-traps-with-shadcn-ui-eslint",
"articleRevision": 1,
"assumed": "init prompts for a style (New York) and a base color, as in shadcn 2.x/3.x, and `-b radix` picks Radix primitives.",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "`pnpm dlx shadcn@4.23.0 add button` then creates src/components/ui/button.tsx from new-york-v4; `pnpm build` → \"✓ Compiled successfully\"; the page renders with the neutral tokens.",
"evidence": "CLI prompt text above; globals.css grew from 1 line to 126.",
"fix": "hand-wrote components.json (style new-york, rsc, tsx, baseColor neutral, cssVariables true, iconLibrary lucide, the usual aliases), then `pnpm dlx shadcn@4.23.0 add index --yes --overwrite`. It installed the style's dependencies (class-variance-authority, cn, lucide-react, radix-ui, tw-animate-css, shadcn) and wrote globals.css: `@import \"tw-animate-css\"`, `@import \"shadcn/tailwind.css\"`, `@custom-variant dark`, `@theme inline`, the neutral `:root`/`.dark` variables and the base layer.",
"format": 2,
"happened": "`pnpm dlx shadcn@4.23.0 init -b radix --no-monorepo` stopped at `Which preset would you like to use?` — Nova (Lucide / Geist), Vega, Maia, Lyra, Mira, Luma, Sera, Rhea, Custom. Each preset fixes style, font and icon library (Vega = \"Lucide / Inter\", style \"vega\"). With a components.json already present, init only asks `A components.json file already exists. Would you like to overwrite it?`.",
"kind": "newer",
"learnedBy": "ai",
"lesson": "L-0JVR",
"packages": "shadcn@4.23.0, next@16.4.3, tailwindcss@4.3.3",
"product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
"productRevision": null,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:24:14.471Z",
"rule": "If `shadcn init` asks \"Which preset would you like to use?\" but you need style new-york, write components.json with \"style\": \"new-york\" yourself and run `shadcn add index --yes --overwrite`.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```json\n{\n \"$schema\": \"https://ui.shadcn.com/schema.json\",\n \"style\": \"new-york\",\n \"rsc\": true,\n \"tsx\": true,\n \"tailwind\": { \"config\": \"\", \"css\": \"src/app/globals.css\", \"baseColor\": \"neutral\", \"cssVariables\": true, \"prefix\": \"\" },\n \"iconLibrary\": \"lucide\",\n \"aliases\": { \"components\": \"@/components\", \"utils\": \"@/lib/utils\", \"ui\": \"@/components/ui\", \"lib\": \"@/lib\", \"hooks\": \"@/hooks\" }\n}\n```\n```bash\npnpm dlx shadcn@4.23.0 add index --yes --overwrite\n```",
"title": "`shadcn init` 4.23 asks for a preset (Nova, Vega, …) and never offers the new-york style",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-0JVR",
"version": 1,
"why": "init in 4.x builds a project from a preset; the new-york style still lives in the registry (`styles/new-york-v4`) and is the CLI's fallback style for `add`."
}