React AI Chain Of Thought

Chain Of Thought preview

Ever noticed how some AI apps show you the thinking process—like "searching the web", "analyzing results", "forming response"? That's what this component does. It's a collapsible panel that breaks down the AI's reasoning into visible steps, so users aren't just staring at a spinner wondering what's happening. Each step can have its own status (complete, active, pending), custom icons, and even nested content like search results or images. Super useful for research assistants, agents that browse the web, or anywhere you want to build trust by showing your work. The whole thing collapses down to a single line when users don't care about the details. Built on Radix primitives so the animations and accessibility are solid out of the box.

Install with AI

If you've connected the shadcn.io MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-ready AI editor, prompt your agent to install this AI component for you — no copy-paste, no CLI:

use shadcnio to install the chain-of-thought AI component into my project

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