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Install & config
Client config (built from the install command this repo gives)
{
"mcpServers": {
"joinearlybird-annokit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["skills"]
}
}
}Parsed from the README we fetched on 2026-10-29; we have not executed it.
command/args come from the install command the repository states. When it is ambiguous, the project README wins.
VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json - the key is servers)
{
"servers": {
"joinearlybird-annokit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["skills"]
}
}
}Same server, but VS Code keeps it under <code>servers</code>.
Claude Code (command line)
claude mcp add --transport stdio joinearlybird-annokit -- npx skills
Claude Code does not read a config file; add the server with this command.
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npx skills
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joinearlybird/annokit；first catalogued 2026-10-30；last seen 2026-11-14。There is no official certification or quality rating here — we record sources and dates only.# AnnoKit
以下摘录自该仓库的 README（片段） · 在 GitHub 读完整 README →
Tap any element in your React Native app, say what should change, and
send it to your AI coding agent — or to your team.
AnnoKit is an in-app annotation overlay for React Native and Expo apps in
development.
Tap an element and it lights up with its real component name and source
location. Write what you mean, then choose who it is for: an agent task
goes to a coding agent, which acts on it, and a team note goes to your
teammates, who discuss it. Both travel over one small HTTP contract, the
AnnoKit Protocol,
so any server that implements it works. The Earlybird app builder is the
reference implementation.
## Features
Real component identity. Aiming names the nearest user component —
PrimaryButton, not View — symbolicated to its definition site
(FeedRow · FeedRow.tsx:9). Drag to survey before you commit.
One mark, two destinations. Write the sentence first; the button you
tap to send is the choice: Comment for the team, Create Agent Task
for the agent.
Context the agent can act on. Component stack, testID, nearby text,
an optional screenshot and attached references — trimmed to the
Output Detail
level you choose.
Markers on the element. Every task and note leaves a marker anchored
to the element it was made on, re-measured as the screen scrolls.
The answer comes back to the device. Agent replies land in the task's
thread; reply yourself and the task is reopened for another pass.
Development only. Inert outside DEV, zero runtime dependencies,
and every native integration is an optional peer that degrades instead of
breaking.
## What it looks like
| Toolbar | Aim | Compose | Markers |
| Queue | Team notes | Task detail | Note detail |
Captured from examples/expo
on the iOS Simulator (Expo SDK 58, React Native 0.88, Fabric), talking to
the example stub server with Claude Code as the agent. The agent's replies
and edits are real.
How it works
walks through each surface.
## Quick start
From nothing to annotating on the iOS Simulator in about five minutes.
This is exactly how the
Expo example
was made, and npm run verify:starter -- --fresh repeats it against the
latest scaffold. Already have an app? Skip the first command; the steps
are the same.
Using a coding agent? Install the setup skill, then ask the agent to
"set up AnnoKit in this app". It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
and other agents, and follows the steps below:
bash
npx skills add joinearlybird/annokit --skill annokit-setup
1. Install. In a new Expo app:
bash
npx create-expo-app@latest my-app --yes
cd my-app
npx expo install @joinearlybird/annokit \
react-native-view-shot react-native-svg expo-sensors expo-paste-input
In a bare React Native app, npm install @joinearlybird/annokit.
It requires react >=18 and react-native >=0.69. Everything else is
optional, and each one switches a feature on:
| Optional peer | Adds |
| react-native-view-shot | Screenshots in the composer |
| react-native-svg | Vector icons (text glyphs without it) |
| expo-router | Markers per screen, and jumping to a note on another screen |
| expo-sensors | Shake to arm |
| expo-paste-input | Paste an image into the composer; it is uploaded to the app's assets and attached |
2. Wrap your app root in the provider. Mount exactly one. For Expo
send it to your AI coding agent — or to your team.
AnnoKit is an in-app annotation overlay for React Native and Expo apps in
development.
Tap an element and it lights up with its real component name and source
location. Write what you mean, then choose who it is for: an agent task
goes to a coding agent, which acts on it, and a team note goes to your
teammates, who discuss it. Both travel over one small HTTP contract, the
AnnoKit Protocol,
so any server that implements it works. The Earlybird app builder is the
reference implementation.
## Features
Real component identity. Aiming names the nearest user component —
PrimaryButton, not View — symbolicated to its definition site
(FeedRow · FeedRow.tsx:9). Drag to survey before you commit.
One mark, two destinations. Write the sentence first; the button you
tap to send is the choice: Comment for the team, Create Agent Task
for the agent.
Context the agent can act on. Component stack, testID, nearby text,
an optional screenshot and attached references — trimmed to the
Output Detail
level you choose.
Markers on the element. Every task and note leaves a marker anchored
to the element it was made on, re-measured as the screen scrolls.
The answer comes back to the device. Agent replies land in the task's
thread; reply yourself and the task is reopened for another pass.
Development only. Inert outside DEV, zero runtime dependencies,
and every native integration is an optional peer that degrades instead of
breaking.
## What it looks like
| Toolbar | Aim | Compose | Markers |
| Queue | Team notes | Task detail | Note detail |
Captured from examples/expo
on the iOS Simulator (Expo SDK 58, React Native 0.88, Fabric), talking to
the example stub server with Claude Code as the agent. The agent's replies
and edits are real.
How it works
walks through each surface.
## Quick start
From nothing to annotating on the iOS Simulator in about five minutes.
This is exactly how the
Expo example
was made, and npm run verify:starter -- --fresh repeats it against the
latest scaffold. Already have an app? Skip the first command; the steps
are the same.
Using a coding agent? Install the setup skill, then ask the agent to
"set up AnnoKit in this app". It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
and other agents, and follows the steps below:
bash
npx skills add joinearlybird/annokit --skill annokit-setup
1. Install. In a new Expo app:
bash
npx create-expo-app@latest my-app --yes
cd my-app
npx expo install @joinearlybird/annokit \
react-native-view-shot react-native-svg expo-sensors expo-paste-input
In a bare React Native app, npm install @joinearlybird/annokit.
It requires react >=18 and react-native >=0.69. Everything else is
optional, and each one switches a feature on:
| Optional peer | Adds |
| react-native-view-shot | Screenshots in the composer |
| react-native-svg | Vector icons (text glyphs without it) |
| expo-router | Markers per screen, and jumping to a note on another screen |
| expo-sensors | Shake to arm |
| expo-paste-input | Paste an image into the composer; it is uploaded to the app's assets and attached |
2. Wrap your app root in the provider. Mount exactly one. For Expo
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