diff --git a/.changeset/violet-dogs-help.md b/.changeset/violet-dogs-help.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14342dbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-dogs-help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cube-creator/cli": major
+---
+
+Use [cube.link shapes](https://github.com/zazuko/cube-link/tree/main/validation) for validation
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 53b5d6445..0da89c734 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "barnard59-base": "^1.1.0",
     "barnard59-formats": "^1.1.0",
     "barnard59-graph-store": "^1.0.0",
+    "barnard59-http": "^1.1.1",
     "barnard59-rdf": "^1.0.0",
     "barnard59-validate-shacl": "^0.3.8",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
diff --git a/cli/pipelines/publish.ttl b/cli/pipelines/publish.ttl
index 76cb64519..22d39e94e 100644
--- a/cli/pipelines/publish.ttl
+++ b/cli/pipelines/publish.ttl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
       code:link <node:barnard59-validate-shacl/validate.js#shacl>
     ] ;
   code:arguments
-    [ code:name "shape" ; code:value <#loadShapes> ] ,
+    [ code:name "shape" ; code:value <#concatShapes> ] ,
     [ code:name "maxErrors" ; code:value 100 ] ,
     [
       code:name "onViolation" ;
@@ -68,6 +68,29 @@
     ] ;
 .
 
+<#concatShapes> a :Pipeline, :ReadableObjectMode ;
+  :steps [
+    :stepList
+    (
+      <#loadAllShapes>
+    )
+  ].
+
+
+<#loadAllShapes>
+  a :Step ;
+  code:implementedBy
+    [
+      a code:EcmaScriptModule ;
+      code:link <node:barnard59-base/concat.js#object>
+    ] ;
+  code:arguments
+    (
+      <#loadShapes>
+      <#loadCubeShapes>
+    )
+.
+
 <#loadShapes>
   a :Pipeline, :ReadableObjectMode ;
   :steps
@@ -94,6 +117,70 @@
         )
     ] .
 
+<#loadCubeShapes>
+  a :Pipeline, :ReadableObjectMode ;
+  :steps
+    [
+      :stepList
+        (
+          <#shapeURLs>
+          <#getShapes>
+        )
+    ] .
+
+<#shapeURLs> a :Step   ;
+    code:implementedBy [ 
+      a code:EcmaScriptModule  ;
+      code:link <node:stream#Readable.from> ;     
+    ] ;
+     code:arguments (
+      """[
+        'https://cube.link/v0.1.0/shape/standalone-constraint-constraint',
+        // 'https://cube.link/v0.1.0/shape/datacatalog-constraint',        
+      ]"""^^code:EcmaScript  
+     )
+    .
+
+<#getShapes>  a :Step ;
+    code:implementedBy [ 
+      a code:EcmaScriptModule  ;
+      code:link <node:barnard59-base/forEach.js#default> ;     
+    ] ;
+    code:arguments ( <#getShape> "shapeURL" ) 
+  .
+
+<#getShape> a :Pipeline , :ReadableObjectMode;
+  :steps
+    [
+      :stepList
+        (
+          <#fetch>
+          <#parse>
+        ) 
+    ] .
+
+<#fetch>  a :Step ;
+    code:implementedBy
+    [
+      a code:EcmaScriptModule ;
+      code:link <node:barnard59-http/get.js#default>
+    ] ;
+    code:arguments
+    [
+      code:name "url";
+      code:value "shapeURL"^^:VariableName ;
+    ]
+.
+
+<#parse>  a :Step ;
+  code:implementedBy
+    [
+      code:link <node:barnard59-formats/n3.js#parse> ;
+      a code:EcmaScriptModule ;
+    ] 
+  .
+
+
 <#flatten> a :Step ;
   code:implementedBy
     [
diff --git a/cli/shapes.ttl b/cli/shapes.ttl
index 952a250e1..e316c4497 100644
--- a/cli/shapes.ttl
+++ b/cli/shapes.ttl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ base <https://cube-creator.zazuko.com/shape#>
     sh:message "cube:Cube needs at least one cube:ObservationSet" ;
   ] , [
     sh:path cube:observationConstraint ;
-    sh:node <ObservationConstraintShape> ;
+    sh:node <https://cube.link/shape/standalone-constraint-constraint#ObservationConstraintShape> ; # from cube.link
     sh:message "cube:Cube must point to a valid cube:Constraint" ;
   ] ;
 .
@@ -60,84 +60,6 @@ base <https://cube-creator.zazuko.com/shape#>
   ] ;
 .
 
-<ObservationConstraintShape>
-  a sh:NodeShape ;
-  sh:property [
-    # we assume at least 3 dimensions, otherwise we would have an empty list of dimensions
-    # one for cube:observedBy, one for rdf:type and at least one cube dimension
-    sh:path sh:property ;
-    sh:minCount 3 ;
-    sh:message "cube:Constraint needs at least {$minCount} sh:properties" ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:path sh:property ;
-    sh:node <ObservationConstraintProperty> ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:path sh:closed ;
-    sh:hasValue true ;
-  ] ;
-.
-
-<ObservationConstraintProperty> a sh:NodeShape;
-  sh:property [
-    sh:path qudt:scaleType ;
-    sh:in ( qudt:IntervalScale qudt:NominalScale qudt:EnumerationScale qudt:RatioScale qudt:OrdinalScale) ;
-    sh:message "If qudt:scale is used it needs to be within" ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:path sh:path ;
-    sh:minCount 1 ;
-    sh:maxCount 1 ;
-    sh:message "a sh:path is needed on a property" ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:path sh:in ;
-    sh:node <listnode> ;
-    sh:message "sh:in needs to be a list" ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:message "needs a schema:name" ;
-    sh:or (
-      [
-        sh:path schema:name ;
-        sh:minCount 1 ;
-        sh:datatype xsd:string ;
-      ]
-      [
-        sh:path schema:name ;
-        sh:minCount 1 ;
-        sh:datatype rdf:langString ;
-      ]
-      [
-        sh:path sh:path ;
-        sh:in (rdf:type cube:observedBy) ;
-      ]
-    ) ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:message "needs a sh:datatype or sh:nodeKind" ;
-    sh:or (
-      [
-        sh:path sh:datatype ;
-        sh:minCount 1 ;
-      ]
-      [
-        sh:path sh:nodeKind ;
-        sh:minCount 1 ;
-      ]
-    ) ;
-  ] ;
-.
-
-# Testing proper rdf:list construction
-<listnode> a sh:NodeShape ;
-  sh:property [
-    sh:path rdf:first ;
-    sh:minCount 1 ;
-    sh:maxCount 1 ;
-  ] , [
-    sh:path rdf:rest ;
-    sh:minCount 1 ;
-    sh:maxCount 1 ;
-    sh:message "a rdf:List can only have one rdf:rest node, multiples nodes need to be linked" ;
-    #sh:node <restnode>;
-  ] ;
-.
 
 <NoMdHierarchy>
   a sh:NodeShape ;