Agentation Setup

Set up the Agentation annotation toolbar in this project.

Steps

1. •

   Check if already installed

   • •Look for agentation in package.json dependencies
   • •If not found, run npm install agentation (or pnpm/yarn based on lockfile)
2. •

   Check if already configured

   • •Search for <Agentation or import { Agentation } in src/ or app/
   • •If found, report that Agentation is already set up and exit
3. •

   Detect framework

   • •Next.js App Router: has app/layout.tsx or app/layout.js
   • •Next.js Pages Router: has pages/_app.tsx or pages/_app.js
4. •

   Add the component

   For Next.js App Router, add to the root layout:

   tsx

   import { Agentation } from "agentation";
   
   // Add inside the body, after children:
   {process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" && <Agentation />}
   

   For Next.js Pages Router, add to _app:

   tsx

   import { Agentation } from "agentation";
   
   // Add after Component:
   {process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" && <Agentation />}
   

5. •

   Confirm component setup

   • •Tell the user the Agentation toolbar component is configured
6. •

   Check if MCP server already configured

   • •Read ~/.claude/claude_code_config.json if it exists
   • •Check if mcpServers.agentation entry exists
   • •If yes, skip to final confirmation step
7. •

   Configure Claude Code MCP server

   • •Create ~/.claude/ directory if it doesn't exist
   • •Read existing claude_code_config.json if present (preserve other MCP servers)
   • •Add or merge the mcpServers.agentation entry:
     json

     {
       "mcpServers": {
         "agentation": {
           "command": "npx",
           "args": ["agentation-mcp", "server"]
         }
       }
     }
     

   • •Write updated config back to file
8. •

   Confirm full setup

   • •Tell the user both components are set up:
     • •React component for the toolbar (<Agentation />)
     • •MCP server configured to auto-start with Claude Code
   • •Tell user to restart Claude Code to load the MCP server
   • •Explain that annotations will now sync to Claude automatically

Notes

• •The NODE_ENV check ensures Agentation only loads in development
• •Agentation requires React 18
• •The MCP server auto-starts when Claude Code launches (uses npx, no global install needed)
• •Port 4747 is used by default for the HTTP server
• •Run npx agentation-mcp doctor to verify setup