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Shadcn Admin Kit v2.4.0

September 29, 2026
Rob Austin

Rob Austin

Founder

Shadcn Admin Kit v2.4.0 adds a full AI Chat app under /ai-chat/* — composers, conversations, an API platform, workflows, and an agent studio. The kit is now 219 pages and six apps. Next.js is 16.3.5, with route-shaped loading frames across the admin shell.

AI chat composer with model picker, context attachments, and a conversation rail

AI Chat App

A sixth product in the shared admin shell. Sidebar group: AI Chat App.

Composers (7)

Seven chat shells with different rails, headers, and composer toolbars. Model picker, context attachments, suggested prompts, and mock streaming turns. Composers 5–7 use an expandable sidebar search and portal-driven header controls.

Conversations (23)

Conversation layouts on one message model: threaded turns, parent/child threads, web answers, and document-style replies. Navigation and headers share the workspace chrome so a new layout does not invent a new shell.

API platform

  • Model catalog, details, pricing, and benchmarks — filterable catalog with generic API examples
  • API keys, plugins, billing, and organization settings
  • Usage insights, credit usage, and model usage — activity, hourly volume, and per-model charts
  • API requests, batch jobs, incidents, tokenizer, evaluations, and response review

Workflows, automations, and documents

  • Workflow 1–3 — authoring canvases for agents, tools, branches, and approvals
  • Automations — scheduled automation plus a run-history screen
  • Documents — PDF evidence chat, writing workspace, artifact review, file cabinet, comparison, and knowledge base
  • Research — brief builder and an evidence comparison matrix

Applications

Embedded product surfaces, not a second admin:

  • Visual inspection — design review beside an uploaded image
  • Commerce copilot — order, customer, and shipment context with a reply draft
  • Mobile screen workspace — phone-framed preview
  • Video variations and YouTube content — creative canvases

Agent studio

  • Agent builder — instructions, tools, and a test conversation
  • Integrations and skills
  • Agent activity, factory, traces, workspace, and configuration
  • Subagent canvas and mixed agent canvas

Mock data only — no model provider is wired. Swap the chat and usage stores for your API.


Shell

  • Next.js 16.1.6 → 16.3.5
  • Instant navigation frames that match the destination layout (tables, kanban, dashboards, forms) instead of a generic spinner
  • Sidebar stays server-rendered, with labels truncated during pending navigation
  • AI workspace proportions aligned with the rest of the admin shell

At a glance

AI Chat
Routes80 pages under /ai-chat/*
Kit total219 pages, six apps
DataMock / in-memory
SidebarComposers, Conversations, API Platform, Workflows, Automations, Documents, Research, Applications, Skills, Agents

Admin Kit overview