# Thread
URL: /docs/legacy/styled/thread

Full-screen message list and composer UI for chat interfaces.

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title: Thread
description: Full-screen message list and composer UI for chat interfaces.
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import { InstallCommand } from "@/components/docs/fumadocs/install/install-command";

## Overview

The raw message list and message composer UI. Useful for full screen chat use cases.

## Getting Started

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Install `@assistant-ui/react-ui`

    <InstallCommand npm={["@assistant-ui/react-ui"]} />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Import CSS styles

    Add the following to your `tailwind.config.ts`:

    <Tabs items={["Tailwind", "Tailwind + shadcn-ui", "Not using Tailwind"]}>
      ```ts title="/tailwind.config.ts" tab="Tailwind"
      {
        plugins: [
          require("tailwindcss-animate"), // make sure to "npm install tailwindcss-animate"
          require("@assistant-ui/react-ui/tailwindcss")({
            components: ["thread"],
          })
        ],
      }
      ```

      ```ts title="/tailwind.config.ts" tab="Tailwind + shadcn-ui"
      {
        plugins: [
          require("tailwindcss-animate"), // make sure to "npm install tailwindcss-animate"
          require("@assistant-ui/react-ui/tailwindcss")({
            components: ["thread"],
            shadcn: true
          })
        ],
      }
      ```

      ```ts title="/app/layout.tsx" tab="Not using Tailwind"
      import "@assistant-ui/react-ui/styles/index.css";
      ```
    </Tabs>
  </Step>

  <Step>
    ### Use it in your app

    ```tsx title="/app/page.tsx"
    import { useChatRuntime } from "@assistant-ui/react-ai-sdk";
    import { Thread } from "@assistant-ui/react-ui";

    const MyApp = () => {
      const runtime = useChatRuntime({
        api: "/api/chat",
      });

      return (
        <div className="h-full">
          <Thread runtime={runtime} />
        </div>
      );
    };
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>