Installation & details
Field Notes Conversation Rail by Prompt Kit. A polished support-operations chat surface built around an anchored message stream. New operator notes and assistant summaries are appended through a compact composer, giving the ChatContainer implementation a clear auto-scrolling interaction to
React · Tailwind CSS · MIT license · Original registry
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Installation and usage
The published examples target React 19 and Tailwind CSS 4. See the recorded installation tests and their limits; verify compatibility in your own project.
01 — Set up your project
First component? Initialize shadcn once.
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest init02 — Install the component
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://podie.dev/r/prompt-kit--chat-container.json03 — Add it to your interface
Import the component from the path created by the installer.
'use client';
import EffectChatContainer from '@/components/podie/prompt-kit--chat-container/demo';
export default function Example() {
return (
<div style={{ width: '100%', height: '100vh' }}>
<EffectChatContainer />
</div>
);
}
Example styling
These styles belong to the demo wrapper. Add them to your stylesheet to reproduce this example.
.expanded-demo { position:relative; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; width:360px; max-width:100%; min-height:180px; padding:15px; isolation:isolate }
.demo-stack { display:flex; flex-direction:column; align-items:center; justify-content:center; gap:22px }
.demo-action { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; gap:8px; border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:8px; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); color:var(--foreground, #171717); padding:10px 16px; font-size:13px; cursor:pointer }
.demo-action:hover { background:var(--accent, #eee) }
.demo-tile { padding:16px 22px; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:12px; color:var(--foreground, #171717); font-size:15px }
.demo-art { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; min-height:140px; padding:30px; width:280px; max-width:100%; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:16px; text-align:center; font-size:25px; letter-spacing:-.7px; color:var(--foreground, #171717) }
.demo-art.h-full { height:100%; min-height:0 }
.demo-gradient { position:relative; background:linear-gradient(145deg,#b6c7d1,#d5bcd6 50%,#e2d5bb); border-radius:16px; padding:20px; color:#222 }
.demo-gradient .demo-tile { background:#ffffff48 }
.demo-scene { position:relative; width:360px; height:260px; max-width:100%; overflow:hidden; border-radius:12px }
.demo-scene-label { position:absolute; left:0; right:0; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); text-align:center; font-size:25px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:-.7px; z-index:1; pointer-events:none }
.demo-dot { display:block; width:60px; height:60px; border-radius:50%; background:var(--foreground, #171717) }
.expanded-demo:has(.codrops-preview) { width:100%; max-width:none; height:100%; padding:0 }
.codrops-preview { width:100%; height:100%; border:0; border-radius:inherit }Dependencies and distribution
use-stick-to-bottom The CLI installs declared dependencies. React is a project prerequisite; scenes may include bundled libraries with their own notices.
By Prompt Kit · MIT license. Original component source and license included.
Choosing and integrating this component
PODIE source review ·
Where it fits
A conversation viewport that follows newly appended messages. Root, content and scroll-anchor primitives use a stick-to-bottom container; they do not generate replies.
Integration boundary
Editable React source. Provide message state and your transport. Test appending messages while the reader is at the bottom and after they scroll upward.
Checks before shipping
The example uses local replies. Model access, persistence, streaming errors and cancellation remain application work.
Recorded verification
The recorded review on 2026-10-09 passed clean npm and pnpm installation checks and the tested desktop and mobile demo flows for this registry hash. Reviewer: PODIE daily visual editor / openai/gpt-5.6-luna. These are historical results, not a new certification of every device or application state. Read the method and limitations.
No component-specific mobile performance or assistive-technology pass is claimed here. Test the final page, including its content, theme and application logic.
Reviewed source identity
Registry SHA-256: c72533d0cd15cbeb32d992242061d1edc43e299326c88959247329955ff70b1d
Entry file: components/podie/prompt-kit--chat-container/components/ui/chat-container.tsx. 4 files in the registry payload.