Docs

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.

  1. 01

    Install smabar

    Linux packages, the Windows installer, what the first start looks like, and how updates work.

  2. 02

    The bar

    Modes, pinned shortcuts, the fisheye, widgets and the settings that shape the bar.

  3. 03

    Connect your agent

    smabar has an MCP server on localhost. Connect Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client and it can build widgets for you.

  4. 04

    Ask for a widget

    What to say, what the agent does, where the plugin ends up, and how to get a widget you actually want.

  5. 05

    Themes

    A theme is one JSON file. Pick a bundled one, install one from the store, or ask your agent for a new look.

  6. 06

    Use the store

    How the Community Store works, what its labels mean, and what happens when you install something.

  7. 07

    Publish a plugin or theme

    A public GitHub repository and one request. No review queue, no account.

  8. 08

    Troubleshooting

    Where the logs are, what to ask your agent, and answers to the questions everyone asks first.