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Material UI Tailwind

Integrates Material UI with Tailwind CSS v4 using cascade layers (enableCssLayer, @layer order) and documents Tailwind v3 interoperability (preflight, important, injectFirst, portals). Use when combining MUI with Tailwind utilities, slotProps className, or theme token bridges.

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Web & Frontend

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$ npx skillmds@latest add mui/material-ui-tailwind

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License: MIT
Works with: Claude Code Claude.ai OpenAI Codex +

File contents

Material UI and Tailwind CSS

Agent skill for MUI + Tailwind. SKILL.md is the entry; AGENTS.md is the full guide.

When to apply

Tailwind utilities not overriding MUI (specificity / layer order)
Setting up v4 with Next.js App or Pages Router, or Vite
className / slotProps.*.className on MUI components
Mapping --mui-* variables into Tailwind @theme
Legacy v3 setups or migrations

Sections in AGENTS.md

Area	Topics
v4	`@layer` order, `mui` before `utilities`
Next.js	`enableCssLayer`, Pages `GlobalStyles` + shared cache
SPA	`StyledEngineProvider` + `enableCssLayer`
Usage	Root vs slot `className`
`@theme`	Full snippet on docs site; needs `cssVariables`
IntelliSense	VS Code `classRegex`
v3	preflight, `important`, `injectFirst`, portals

Full guide

Read AGENTS.md. Copy-paste snippets: reference.md.

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Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add mui/material-ui-tailwind