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Claude Code

Install the CodePanel plugin for Claude Code: the MCP server and review-loop skills in one command, for the terminal, IDE and desktop app.

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One install covers the terminal, the IDE extensions and the desktop app, which share settings.

Note

Do the Quickstart up to adding a provider key first. Claude Code cannot add provider keys or change spending limits.

Setup

Step 1: Install the plugin

claude plugin install codepanel --marketplace Code-Panel-AI/codepanel-tools

--marketplace needs Claude Code 2.1.292 or later. In the desktop app, add the marketplace once, then open + → Plugins → Add plugin and choose codepanel. A plugin installed in the terminal also appears in the app's local sessions.

Step 2: Sign in

In a new session, run /mcp, choose plugin:codepanel:codepanel, then Authenticate. On CodePanel's consent page, sign in with GitHub, untick any permissions you don't want to give, and choose Approve.

Step 3: Set up the repository

In a session in your repository, run:

/codepanel:codepanel-setup

It writes .codepanel/rules.md from your CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md, adds the review loop to them, and opens one pull request. It runs only when you ask; Repository setup shows its prompt.

Verify

Ask Claude: "Use the CodePanel whoami tool." It answers with your GitHub account and its permissions. Then: "Read CodePanel's review of owner/name#123." If either fails, see Troubleshooting.

Share with your team

Commit .mcp.json at the repository root with the URL only. Each person signs in with their own GitHub account, so ratings are recorded as theirs.

.mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codepanel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://codepanel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

For the skills, copy plugins/codepanel/skills/ from the codepanel-tools repository into .claude/skills/. Or run the setup skill once: it writes the review loop into CLAUDE.md, which everyone's Claude reads.

What the plugin adds

Name What it does
codepanel skill Runs the review loop on its own when Claude works on a pull request CodePanel reviews. Run it by hand with /codepanel:codepanel.
/codepanel:codepanel-setup Sets a repository up (step 3).
codepanel MCP server The tools in MCP server.

Update the plugin

Third-party marketplaces do not update on their own:

claude plugin update codepanel@codepanel

Or turn on auto-update under /plugin → Marketplaces.

MCP server only

Without the skills. With Sign in, authenticate from /mcp afterwards.

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user codepanel https://codepanel.ai/mcp

The plugin's server always points at codepanel.ai.

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