diff --git a/src/app/scaffold.ng.html b/src/app/scaffold.ng.html
index 62264be..e9e6a7c 100644
--- a/src/app/scaffold.ng.html
+++ b/src/app/scaffold.ng.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <ng-content select="ai-dag-toolbar"></ng-content>
+<ng-content select="ai-dag-shelf"></ng-content>
 <article aria-label="Graph area" i18n-aria-label="Aria label for graph area of Workflow Graph" class="flex">
   <ng-content select="ai-dag-renderer"></ng-content>
 </article>
diff --git a/src/app/scaffold.spec.ts b/src/app/scaffold.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a43b59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/scaffold.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {NgIf} from '@angular/common';
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, tick, waitForAsync} from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import {ScreenshotTest} from '../screenshot_test';
+
+import {DirectedAcyclicGraphModule} from './directed_acyclic_graph';
+import {DagEdge, DagNode} from './node_spec';
+import {DagScaffoldModule} from './scaffold';
+import {AiDagShelf} from './shelf';
+import {initTestBed} from './test_resources/test_utils';
+import {DagToolbarModule} from './toolbar';
+
+const FAKE_NODES: DagNode[] = [
+  new DagNode('step1', 'execution', 'SUCCEEDED'),
+  new DagNode('artifact1', 'artifact', 'SUCCEEDED'),
+  new DagNode('step2', 'execution', 'RUNNING'),
+  new DagNode('step3', 'execution', 'PENDING'),
+  new DagNode('artifact2', 'artifact', 'NO_STATE_RUNTIME'),
+];
+const FAKE_EDGES: DagEdge[] = [
+  {from: 'step1', to: 'artifact1'},
+  {from: 'artifact1', to: 'step2'},
+  {from: 'artifact1', to: 'step3'},
+  {from: 'step2', to: 'artifact2'},
+];
+
+@Component({
+  standalone: false,
+  template: `
+    <ai-dag-scaffold [features]="features">
+      <ai-dag-toolbar *ngIf="includeToolbar" [nodes]="nodes"></ai-dag-toolbar>
+      <ai-dag-shelf *ngIf="includeShelf">
+        <div class="shelf-content"> </div>
+      </ai-dag-shelf>
+      <ai-dag-renderer [nodes]="nodes" [edges]="edges"></ai-dag-renderer>
+    </ai-dag-scaffold>
+  `,
+  styles: [`
+    ai-dag-scaffold {
+      display: block;
+      height: 1000px;
+    }
+    .shelf-content {
+      padding: 10px;
+      background-color: #eee;
+    }
+  `],
+  jit: true,
+})
+class TestComponent {
+  features = {};
+  includeToolbar = true;
+  includeShelf = false;
+  nodes = FAKE_NODES;
+  edges = FAKE_EDGES;
+}
+
+describe('DagScaffold', () => {
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(async () => {
+    await initTestBed({
+      declarations: [TestComponent],
+      imports: [
+        DagScaffoldModule,
+        DagToolbarModule,
+        DirectedAcyclicGraphModule,
+        AiDagShelf,
+        NgIf,
+      ],
+    });
+  }));
+
+  describe('Component', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
+    let screenShot: ScreenshotTest;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      screenShot = new ScreenshotTest(module.id);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+      fixture.destroy();
+      tick();
+    }));
+
+    it('renders without shelf by default', async () => {
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('ai-dag-shelf')).toBeNull();
+      await screenShot.expectMatch('renders_without_shelf_by_default');
+    });
+
+    describe('when shelf is included', () => {
+      beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        fixture.componentInstance.includeShelf = true;
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        tick();
+      }));
+
+      it('renders the shelf and its projected content', async () => {
+        const shelfElement =
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('ai-dag-shelf');
+        const shelfContent = shelfElement.querySelector('.shelf-content');
+
+        expect(shelfElement).toBeDefined();
+        expect(shelfContent).toBeDefined();
+        expect(shelfContent.textContent).toBe('');
+        await screenShot.expectMatch('renders_shelf_correctly');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/app/shelf.ng.html b/src/app/shelf.ng.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dbc743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shelf.ng.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ng-content></ng-content>
diff --git a/src/app/shelf.ts b/src/app/shelf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f280053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shelf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component} from '@angular/core';
+
+/**
+ * Shelf component for DAG graph.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ai-dag-shelf',
+  templateUrl: './shelf.ng.html',
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  standalone: true,
+  host: {
+    'class': 'ai-dag-shelf',
+  },
+})
+export class AiDagShelf {
+}