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Candor UI with Claude Code

Add the docs MCP server with one command, install the skill into .claude/skills, and build a chat.

1. 01Add the registry

   In a React 19 app with Tailwind 4 (Next.js or Vite), init adds the @candor registry to components.json, installs the theme and imports it after Tailwind; --yes answers shadcn's questions, so a coding agent can run it. Without the CLI, add the registry to components.json by hand and install with npx shadcn@latest add @candor/<name>.

   Set up Candornpx candor-ui@latest init --yes Copy
   Add the chat corenpx candor-ui add thread message composer Copy

   {
     "registries": {
       "@candor": "https://candor.themethodic.com/r/{name}.json"
     }
   }

   See:Get started

2. 02Add the docs MCP server

   The docs MCP server at https://candor.themethodic.com/mcp is remote (streamable HTTP), read-only and needs no key: it searches these docs, reads any page and suggests components for a task. It serves docs, never paid source. One command adds it for you in this project (the local scope). --scope project writes it to .mcp.json for the whole team, and Claude Code asks you to approve it the first time; --scope user adds it to every project of yours. In .mcp.json, keep "type": "http": an entry with only a url is read as a stdio server.

   This project, you onlyclaude mcp add --transport http candor https://candor.themethodic.com/mcp Copy
   Shared with the teamclaude mcp add --transport http --scope project candor https://candor.themethodic.com/mcp Copy

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "candor": {
         "type": "http",
         "url": "https://candor.themethodic.com/mcp"
       }
     }
   }

   See:Claude Code: MCP

3. 03Install the skill

   The skill teaches which component fits which job and the rules the kit keeps. The skills CLI installs it for this tool into .claude/skills/ in your project (-g for every project).

   Install the skillnpx skills add MethodicDev/candor -a claude-code Copy

   See:The skillllms.txt

4. 04Try it

   With the server and the skill in place, the agent can look up Thread, Message, Composer and Tool call in these docs and install them with the CLI. Check what it installed against candor-lock.json.

   An example promptBuild an agent chat with a thread, composer and tool calls using Candor. Copy

   See:ThreadComposerTool callPatterns