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title: "How to use smabar"
description: "Install it, connect your agent, ask for a widget, pick a theme, use the store. No SDK reference here: the app serves that to your agent itself."
canonical: "https://smabar.com/docs/"
lang: en
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# How to use smabar

> Install it, connect your agent, ask for a widget, pick a theme, use the store. No SDK reference here: the app serves that to your agent itself.

Canonical HTML version: https://smabar.com/docs/ · Language: en · Publisher: smabar (https://smabar.com)

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- [Install smabar](https://smabar.com/docs/install.md): Linux packages, the Windows installer, what the first start looks like, and how updates work.
- [The bar](https://smabar.com/docs/the-bar.md): Modes, pinned shortcuts, the fisheye, widgets and the settings that shape the bar.
- [Connect your agent](https://smabar.com/docs/connect-your-agent.md): smabar has an MCP server on localhost. Connect Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client and it can build widgets for you.
- [Ask for a widget](https://smabar.com/docs/ask-for-a-widget.md): What to say, what the agent does, where the plugin ends up, and how to get a widget you actually want.
- [Themes](https://smabar.com/docs/themes.md): A theme is one JSON file. Pick a bundled one, install one from the store, or ask your agent for a new look.
- [Use the store](https://smabar.com/docs/use-the-store.md): How the Community Store works, what its labels mean, and what happens when you install something.
- [Publish a plugin or theme](https://smabar.com/docs/publish.md): A public GitHub repository and one request. No review queue, no account.
- [Troubleshooting](https://smabar.com/docs/troubleshooting.md): Where the logs are, what to ask your agent, and answers to the questions everyone asks first.