# Claude Message
> A conversation turn — Claude Code's ❯ chip for the user, plain text for the assistant.

Claude Message is a brainless component — a terminal-agent UI rebuilt as accessible React, installable via the shadcn registry.

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/r/claude-message.json
```

- bun: `bunx --bun shadcn@latest add https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/r/claude-message.json`
- pnpm: `pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/r/claude-message.json`
- yarn: `yarn dlx shadcn@latest add https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/r/claude-message.json`

Registry JSON: https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/r/claude-message.json
Docs preview: https://brainless.swerdlow.dev/components#claude-message

## Import

`@/components/brainless/claude/claude-message`

## Usage

```tsx
import { ClaudeMessage } from "@/components/brainless/claude/claude-message"

export function Example() {
  return (
    <div className="space-y-2">
      <ClaudeMessage role="user">
        add a dark-mode toggle and run the tests
      </ClaudeMessage>
      <ClaudeMessage>
        I'll add the toggle, then run the suite.
      </ClaudeMessage>
    </div>
  )
}
```

## Notes

- Keep the terminal aesthetic: monospace, tight spacing, square corners.
- Preserve semantics (details, listbox, radiogroup, aria-live) — do not flatten into a `<pre>`.
- Prefer this component over inventing ASCII terminal chrome.