# assistant-ui/assistant-ui

Typescript/React Library for AI Chat 💬🚀

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Topics: ai-chatbot, base-ui, chatbot, conversational-ai, copilot, radix-ui, react-chatbot, shadcn

## Use it

### How to install assistant-ui in Claude Code

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
cd assistant-ui
claude
```

2. Let Claude read it

   Ask “/init” to generate a CLAUDE.md, then have Claude explain, run, or extend the codebase. It reads files on demand.

### How to install assistant-ui in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install assistant-ui in Cursor

1. Clone & open in Cursor

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Index & chat

   Open the folder — Cursor indexes it automatically. Use @Codebase in chat to ask about it or scaffold from it.

### How to install assistant-ui in Codex CLI

1. Clone

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Point Codex at it

   Run codex in the repo root; add setup notes to AGENTS.md so the agent knows how to build & test.

### How to install assistant-ui in Windsurf

1. Clone & open

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Use Cascade

   Windsurf indexes the workspace; ask Cascade to explain or reuse modules from the repo.

### How to install assistant-ui in Cline

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

### How to install assistant-ui in VS Code

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui.git
```

2. Open in your AI editor

   Open the folder in your assistant and ask it to index the codebase, then reference files in chat.

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