About
An agent's to do list that checks itself off: the current item shows what it is doing in the present tense, done items strike through, and a segmented bar in the header counts progress.
Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Todo List to your project and fits it to your theme.
Code
How Todo List 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 { TaskStatus, TodoItem, TodoList } from "@/components/ui/todo-list"
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>
)
}
const ITEMS: Omit<TodoItem, "status">[] = [
{
id: "1",
title: "Read the runs layout and page",
activeTitle: "Reading the runs layout and page",
},
{
id: "2",
title: "Stop awaiting getProjects()",
activeTitle: "Removing the getProjects() await",
},
{ id: "3", title: "Add RunsHeaderSkeleton", activeTitle: "Adding RunsHeaderSkeleton" },
{ id: "4", title: "Wrap RunsHeader in Suspense", activeTitle: "Wrapping RunsHeader in Suspense" },
{ id: "5", title: "Run pnpm test --filter web", activeTitle: "Running pnpm test --filter web" },
{ id: "6", title: "Run pnpm typecheck", activeTitle: "Running pnpm typecheck" },
{ id: "7", title: "Measure the first paint again", activeTitle: "Measuring the first paint" },
]
/** A todo finishes about every 1.4 s; the list restarts after a pause. */
function TodoListDemo() {
const [step, setStep] = React.useState(0)
React.useEffect(() => {
const id = window.setTimeout(
() => setStep((s) => (s >= ITEMS.length * 2 + 3 ? 0 : s + 1)),
step === 0 ? 900 : step % 2 === 1 ? 1100 : 300,
)
return () => window.clearTimeout(id)
}, [step])
// Odd steps start a todo, even steps finish it.
const items: TodoItem[] = ITEMS.map((item, i) => {
let status: TaskStatus = "pending"
if (step >= i * 2 + 2) status = "done"
else if (step >= i * 2 + 1) status = "in-progress"
return { ...item, status }
})
return <TodoList items={items} className="w-full max-w-md" />
}
/** 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>
)
}
/** The kit's own example, framed for the 21st preview. */
export default function TodoListPreview() {
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-2xl justify-center">
<TodoListDemo />
</div>
<MoreOn slug="todo-list">An agent's to do list that checks itself off. On</MoreOn>
</div>
</FitFrame>
)
}








