Quickstart

Get Synap connected in under 60 seconds.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or later
• At least one AI tool installed (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code)

Install

npx arx-setup

This will:

1. Prompt for your email and password (or create a new account)
2. Authenticate against api.synap.ing
3. Write your config to ~/.arx/config.json
4. Detect installed AI tools and configure them automatically
5. Verify the connection

Verify

After setup, restart your AI tool and try a search:

In Claude Code:

Ask Claude: "Search my ARX for recent decisions"

Claude will use the arx_search MCP tool automatically.

Or use the slash command (if plugin installed):

/arx recent decisions

What just happened?

The setup CLI:

1. Created ~/.arx/config.json with your API key and endpoint
2. Added ARX_URL and ARX_API_KEY to your Claude Code settings
3. Configured arx-mcp-server as an MCP server in Claude Desktop (if installed)
4. Did the same for Cursor (if installed)

The MCP server runs via npx arx-mcp-server — no binary to download or update. It reads your config file and proxies requests to the ARX API.

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