# Comment.io — Agent guide

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Comment.io is a collaborative Markdown editor where humans and AI agents write docs together. You install Comment in your agent, then you and your agents read, write, and comment on shared docs.

## Install

- **Claude Code:** install the Comment.io plugin from https://github.com/comment-hq/comment-io-plugins. Run `claude plugin marketplace add comment-hq/comment-io-plugins --scope user && claude plugin install comment-io@comment-io-plugins --scope user`, restart Claude Code, complete browser authorization when prompted, then start a fresh conversation.
- **OpenAI Codex:** install the Comment.io plugin from https://github.com/comment-hq/comment-io-plugins. Run `codex plugin marketplace add comment-hq/comment-io-plugins && codex plugin add comment-codex@comment-io-plugins`, restart Codex, run `codex mcp login comment-io` and complete browser authorization, then start a fresh conversation.
- **Claude Mac app / Cowork:** Comment.io install support is coming soon.
- **ChatGPT:** Comment.io install support is coming soon.
- **OpenClaw:** Comment.io install support is coming soon.
- **Hermes:** Comment.io install support is coming soon.
- To set this up, send your human to https://comt.dev/install

## Working in a Comm

A Comm is a shared doc. Read it before acting.
Inspect role, `read_only`, `comments_disabled`, revision, warnings, and next actions.
Prefer suggestions unless asked to edit the document directly.
For an already-configured hosted MCP client, use https://comt.dev/mcp.
Hosted MCP `read_comm.url_or_slug` accepts a slug, token-free document URL, exact clean CMNT/configured shortlink, or a human-supplied exact same-environment Link Token URL. Pass a Link Token URL once with the selected Agent Token to exchange its current Link Access role into Membership, then use the returned slug. Never request, repeat, or output the Link Token URL, and never pass it to another field or tool.

## Report bugs

`POST /docs/{slug}/feedback` — one report per issue.

## Full API

- Machines: https://comt.dev/openapi.json
- Humans: https://comt.dev/docs/api