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Files an agent writes into a reply, with type, size, generating progress, download and preview.
Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds File Card to your project and fits it to your theme.
Code
How File Card is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.
Usage.tsx
"use client"
import * as React from "react"
import { FileCard } from "@/components/ui/file-card"
const CSV = `region,q2_revenue,q3_revenue,change
North America,4.81,5.32,+10.6%
Europe,3.12,3.29,+5.4%
Asia Pacific,2.07,2.61,+26.1%
Latin America,0.64,0.71,+10.9%`
const reducedMotion = () => window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches
const TICK_MS = 100
/** The finished reply holds first, so the cover shows it; then the three files write again. */
const HOLD_MS = 4200
const LOOP_MS = HOLD_MS + 4600
const PDF = { from: 300, done: 2700 }
const DECK = { from: 600, done: 4000 }
const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"
/**
* 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
* phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
* render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
*
* - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
* - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
* that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
*
* `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
* to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
* shrinks evenly on both sides.
*
* Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
* shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
*/
function FitFrame({
children,
mode = "scale",
hideBelow = 360,
minWidth,
}: {
children: React.ReactNode
mode?: "scale" | "crop"
hideBelow?: number
minWidth?: string
}) {
const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)
React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
const el = content.current
if (!el) return
const measure = () => {
const vw = window.innerWidth
const vh = window.innerHeight
el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
// Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
}
measure()
const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
observer.observe(el)
// Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
// the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
let frame = 0
const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
})
mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
return () => {
observer.disconnect()
mutations.disconnect()
cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
}
}, [mode, hideBelow])
const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
return (
<div
className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
style={{
height: "100dvh",
alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
}}
>
<style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
<div
ref={content}
className="w-full shrink-0"
style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
>
{children}
</div>
</div>
)
}
/** When each file finishes, in ms after the rewrite starts, and when its progress begins. */
const CSV_DONE = 900
function CsvPreview() {
const [head = [], ...rows] = CSV.split("\n").map((line) => line.split(","))
return (
<div className="chatcn-scroll overflow-auto p-5">
<table className="text-[0.8125rem]/[1.25rem] w-full border-collapse tabular-nums">
<thead>
<tr>
{head.map((cell) => (
<th
key={cell}
className="border-(color:--chatcn-border) text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) border-b px-3 py-2 text-start font-medium"
>
{cell}
</th>
))}
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{rows.map((row) => (
<tr key={row[0]}>
{row.map((cell, i) => (
<td key={`${row[0]}-${head[i]}`} className="border-(color:--chatcn-border) border-b px-3 py-2">
{cell}
</td>
))}
</tr>
))}
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
)
}
/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
return (
<p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
{children}{" "}
<a
href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
target="_blank"
rel="noopener"
className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
>
chatcn.dev
</a>
</p>
)
}
/**
* Files an agent writes into a reply: a CSV, a PDF report and a slide deck. The tour shows them
* finished, then writes them again: the CSV lands first, the report and the deck fill their
* progress bars and finish in turn. Open the CSV to preview it.
*/
export default function FileCardPreview() {
const [t, setT] = React.useState(0)
const blob = React.useMemo(
() => (typeof window === "undefined" ? undefined : URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([CSV]))),
[],
)
React.useEffect(() => {
if (reducedMotion()) return
const id = window.setInterval(() => setT((n) => (n + TICK_MS) % LOOP_MS), TICK_MS)
return () => window.clearInterval(id)
}, [])
/** Ms into the rewrite, or Infinity while the finished reply holds. */
const w = t < HOLD_MS ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : t - HOLD_MS
const track = (f: { from: number; done: number }) =>
w >= f.done
? ({ state: "ready", progress: undefined } as const)
: ({ state: "generating", progress: Math.max(0.04, (w - f.from) / (f.done - f.from)) } as const)
const pdf = track(PDF)
const deck = track(DECK)
const allReady = w >= DECK.done
return (
<FitFrame minWidth="34rem">
<div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
<div className="flex w-full max-w-md flex-col gap-3">
<div className="flex flex-col items-end gap-1.5">
<FileCard variant="compact" name="q3-raw-export.xlsx" size={612_400} href={blob} />
<p className="bg-(color:--chatcn-fill) text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] tracking-[-0.003em] text-(color:--chatcn-fg) rounded-(--chatcn-radius-xl) px-3.5 py-2">
Turn this into a CSV, a short report and a board deck
</p>
</div>
<p className="text-[0.875rem]/[1.25rem] tracking-[-0.003em] text-(color:--chatcn-fg)">
{allReady ? "Here are the three files." : "Writing the three files."}
</p>
<div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
<FileCard
name="q3-revenue-by-region.csv"
type="text/csv"
size={2_184}
state={w >= CSV_DONE ? "ready" : "generating"}
href={blob}
renderPreview={() => <CsvPreview />}
/>
<FileCard
name="quarterly-business-review-q3.pdf"
size={4_404_019}
detail="14 pages"
state={pdf.state}
progress={pdf.progress}
href={blob}
/>
<FileCard
name="board-deck-q3.pptx"
size={8_912_000}
detail="18 slides"
state={deck.state}
progress={deck.progress}
href={blob}
/>
</div>
</div>
<MoreOn slug="file-card">Files an agent writes, with type, size, progress and preview. On</MoreOn>
</div>
</FitFrame>
)
}
















