> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.moda.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Moda for Agents

> Give your coding agent or chat assistant a real design tool — the moda CLI wherever there is a shell, the Moda connector everywhere else.

Moda for Agents lets the agent you already use make **real, editable Moda designs** — decks, one-pagers, social posts, diagrams, websites, video — and hand you back a canvas link plus the exported file. Not a screenshot, not a flat image: every layer stays live and editable at [moda.app](https://moda.app).

There are two ways in, and picking is easy:

* **Your agent can run commands** (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and friends) → install the [`moda` CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart). This is the better experience: cheaper in context, faster, versioned, and it can read the files on your machine.
* **Your agent lives in a browser** (claude.ai, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT) → add the [Moda connector](/agents/mcp-connector). Same account, same designs, nothing to install.

Both talk to the same Moda service, so entitlements, credits, brand kits, and canvases are identical either way. There is no transport tax.

## Pick your setup

| Where your agent runs                 | Use                                                     | Why                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Claude Code                           | [CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart)                           | Shell present — three commands and it is wired                                                 |
| Cursor, Codex, and other local agents | [CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart)                           | Same three commands; no per-editor config                                                      |
| Cowork                                | [CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart)                           | It can run commands, so it gets the full surface — no shell in your session, use the connector |
| claude.ai and Claude Desktop          | [Connector](/agents/mcp-connector)                      | No terminal — paste one URL                                                                    |
| Windows                               | [CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart#windows)                   | npm install works; the Windows build is beta, WSL2 is the fallback                             |
| Your own code, CI, cron               | [REST API](/api-reference)                              | Direct HTTP, API-key auth                                                                      |
| ChatGPT                               | [Connector](/agents/mcp-connector#set-it-up-on-chatgpt) | Custom connectors need ChatGPT’s developer mode turned on                                      |

## What your agent can make

| Surface             | What you get                                                                 |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Canvas              | Real editable designs on your account — every layer live, never a flat image |
| Decks and documents | Native editable PPTX and text-layer PDF from a brief, a doc, or a repo       |
| Video and motion    | Generated clips, logo animation, and animation-canvas renders to MP4 or GIF  |
| Export and publish  | PNG, JPEG, PDF, PPTX, MP4, GIF — or publish a live site on `*.moda.page`     |

## How the pieces fit

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect" icon="plug">
    Install the [CLI](/agents/cli-quickstart) or add the [connector](/agents/mcp-connector). One sign-in either way.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Teach" icon="graduation-cap">
    Install the [Moda skills](/agents/skills) so your agent knows Moda's design workflow instead of guessing at it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask" icon="comments">
    Describe the artifact you want. Stuck mid-task, your agent can call [`ask_expert`](/agents/ask-expert) — free,
    grounded answers about how to do something in Moda.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ship" icon="file-export">
    You get a canvas URL you can keep editing, plus the exported file.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Going further

* [CLI quickstart](/agents/cli-quickstart) — install, sign in, first canvas.
* [MCP connector](/agents/mcp-connector) — the claude.ai and Claude Desktop setup.
* [Skills](/agents/skills) — how your agent learns Moda's workflow.
* [`ask_expert`](/agents/ask-expert) — the built-in advice lane.
* [API reference](/api-reference) — the HTTPS surface both the CLI and the connector are built on. Use it directly when
  you are writing the integration yourself.

<Note>
  Looking for the older `mcp.moda.app` MCP server (`start_design_task`, `get_moda_canvas`)? Those docs are still
  published under [MCP Server (Legacy)](/mcp/overview). New integrations belong here.
</Note>