| title: Specifying custom directory | |
| description: Learn how to specify custom directories for component snippets | |
| publishedAt: "2024-11-15" | |
| collection: snippets | |
| The generated snippets by the Chakra UI CLI are placed in the `components/ui` | |
| directory by default. | |
| You can specify a custom directory by running the CLI with the `--outdir` flag. | |
| ```bash | |
| npx chakra snippets --outdir ./components/custom | |
| ``` | |
| > To learn more about the CLI snippets command, refer to the | |
| > [CLI](/docs/get-started/cli) docs. | |