M
MethodicDev/candor
Honest agent UI for shadcn/ui: chat, tool calls and permission prompts that never overstate what an agent did
View on GitHub ↗Link checked 2026-11-12 · HTTP 200 · opens the vendor's own site
Install & config
Client config (built from the install command this repo gives)
{
"mcpServers": {
"methodicdev-candor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["degit"]
}
}
}Parsed from the README we fetched on 2026-11-09; 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": {
"methodicdev-candor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["degit"]
}
}
}Same server, but VS Code keeps it under <code>servers</code>.
Claude Code (command line)
claude mcp add --transport stdio methodicdev-candor -- npx degit
Claude Code does not read a config file; add the server with this command.
Key names differ by client: Clients & CLI
- Star count
- 0 ★ · MethodicDev/candor · read from the GitHub search API · (checked 2026-11-13 20:00:50)
- Source
- read directly from its GitHub page · type: open-source project
- Harvest history
- first seen 2026-11-10 · last seen 2026-11-14 · seen 5× · listed by 1 sources
- Score
- score 103 · 1 sources · repo
- Install
npx degit
FAQ (answers come from our records)
How do I install it?
The repository provides this install command:
npx degit. It comes from the repository itself; we cannot guarantee it runs as-is in your client.Who is it for?
We filed it under these tags: 开源项目. The tags come from the entry itself, not a taxonomy we imposed.
Who maintains it?
repository
MethodicDev/candor；first catalogued 2026-11-10；last seen 2026-11-14。There is no official certification or quality rating here — we record sources and dates only.# Candor UI: the free tier
以下摘录自该仓库的 README（片段） · 在 GitHub 读完整 README →
Honest agent UI for shadcn/ui: chat, tool calls and permission prompts that never overstate what an agent did. MIT.
Try the app demo · Honest against typical, side by side · Docs · Changelog
Interface components for agent apps: a thread, messages, a composer, tool calls, reasoning and citations, the
building blocks under them, a light, dark and high-contrast theme, and adapters for the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude
Agent SDK and AG-UI. For shadcn/ui projects, installed with the candor-ui CLI or shadcn's own, MIT licensed.
This repo is the source of Candor UI's 69 free items (version 2.6.2), the skill and plugins for coding
agents and three starter apps. Docs and live examples: https://candor.themethodic.com.
The same free items are on npm as @candor-ui/react, for people who
would rather npm install than copy code in. That package changes only when a free item changes, so its version can be
behind the kit's after a release that changed only Pro items; the CLI, candor-ui, has a version of its own. The
changelog says which release changed what.
## Try it in a minute, no key
bash
npx degit MethodicDev/candor/starter-vite-ag-ui my-app
cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev
Open the address it prints. A scripted agent answers in the page: fixed replies, no model, no server and no API key,
and the page says so. Ask it to add "Try a Candor block" to your list and you'll see a line of its reasoning, a tool
call marked "Needs you", and a permission prompt that shows what it will run, with Deny and Allow and neither
chosen for you. That is what the image above shows. Point VITE_AGENT_URL at an AG-UI agent (LangGraph, CrewAI…)
when you want a real one.
## Why Candor
An agent that acts on real systems can mislead without saying anything false: a spinner nobody has heard from, a total
that treats a missing cost as zero, an approval that now applies to a different change. Candor's components keep these
9 rules. Where Honest against typical has a moment that shows one, the link goes to its
Typical and Honest switch; the others go to Principles.
Model output is text, never markup: Adapters read what a model writes as a small safe subset of markdown; a link becomes plain text with its address beside it.
Unknown stays unknown: A cost or duration the service didn't report reads “not measured”, not zero, and an estimate says it is one.
A control that can't be used says why: A control that can't be used carries its reason, on hover and focus and to screen readers.
Nothing is pre-selected in a decision: Approve and reject, allow and deny start with neither chosen.
Approve the exact change: A decision is tied to a hash of the change that was asked about; a change that moved since is refused.
Reasoning is believed, not verified: Reasoning is shown as the model's own account and marked as unchecked; evidence is shown as evidence.
The agent is always named, by the app: Every agent message names its agent from the app's data, never from model output.
Say what can and can't be undone: Destructive actions say what they remove and whether it can be brought back.
Motion follows the outcome: A success mark is drawn after the result settles; motion reports a change and never predicts one.
Try the app demo · Honest against typical, side by side · Docs · Changelog
Interface components for agent apps: a thread, messages, a composer, tool calls, reasoning and citations, the
building blocks under them, a light, dark and high-contrast theme, and adapters for the Vercel AI SDK, the Claude
Agent SDK and AG-UI. For shadcn/ui projects, installed with the candor-ui CLI or shadcn's own, MIT licensed.
This repo is the source of Candor UI's 69 free items (version 2.6.2), the skill and plugins for coding
agents and three starter apps. Docs and live examples: https://candor.themethodic.com.
The same free items are on npm as @candor-ui/react, for people who
would rather npm install than copy code in. That package changes only when a free item changes, so its version can be
behind the kit's after a release that changed only Pro items; the CLI, candor-ui, has a version of its own. The
changelog says which release changed what.
## Try it in a minute, no key
bash
npx degit MethodicDev/candor/starter-vite-ag-ui my-app
cd my-app
npm install
npm run dev
Open the address it prints. A scripted agent answers in the page: fixed replies, no model, no server and no API key,
and the page says so. Ask it to add "Try a Candor block" to your list and you'll see a line of its reasoning, a tool
call marked "Needs you", and a permission prompt that shows what it will run, with Deny and Allow and neither
chosen for you. That is what the image above shows. Point VITE_AGENT_URL at an AG-UI agent (LangGraph, CrewAI…)
when you want a real one.
## Why Candor
An agent that acts on real systems can mislead without saying anything false: a spinner nobody has heard from, a total
that treats a missing cost as zero, an approval that now applies to a different change. Candor's components keep these
9 rules. Where Honest against typical has a moment that shows one, the link goes to its
Typical and Honest switch; the others go to Principles.
Model output is text, never markup: Adapters read what a model writes as a small safe subset of markdown; a link becomes plain text with its address beside it.
Unknown stays unknown: A cost or duration the service didn't report reads “not measured”, not zero, and an estimate says it is one.
A control that can't be used says why: A control that can't be used carries its reason, on hover and focus and to screen readers.
Nothing is pre-selected in a decision: Approve and reject, allow and deny start with neither chosen.
Approve the exact change: A decision is tied to a hash of the change that was asked about; a change that moved since is refused.
Reasoning is believed, not verified: Reasoning is shown as the model's own account and marked as unchecked; evidence is shown as evidence.
The agent is always named, by the app: Every agent message names its agent from the app's data, never from model output.
Say what can and can't be undone: Destructive actions say what they remove and whether it can be brought back.
Motion follows the outcome: A success mark is drawn after the result settles; motion reports a change and never predicts one.
Listed badge (optional)
Copy this line into the README if you want the listing mark. Optional, and it does not affect being listed.
[](https://anclum.com/en/s/methodicdev-candor/)
- Source
- github · https://github.com/MethodicDev/candor
- Browse by field
- Open source
- added
- today
More like this
Filed under
Every tag opens the full list for that filter. Counts are the live catalogue figures.