add-atomic-chat-tool
This skill integrates locally running models from the Atomic Chat desktop application into a container agent by creating an MCP server that exposes Atomic Chat's OpenAI-compatible API. Use this when you need Claude to delegate tasks to local models managed by Atomic Chat while maintaining Claude as the orchestration layer, provided Atomic Chat is installed and running with at least one model loaded.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw /tmp/add-atomic-chat-tool && cp -r /tmp/add-atomic-chat-tool/.claude/skills/add-atomic-chat-tool ~/.claude/skills/add-atomic-chat-toolSKILL.md
# Add Atomic Chat Integration
This skill adds a stdio-based MCP server that exposes models running in the local [Atomic Chat](https://github.com/AtomicBot-ai/Atomic-Chat) desktop app as tools for the container agent. Claude remains the orchestrator but can offload work to local models served by Atomic Chat on `http://127.0.0.1:1337/v1` (OpenAI-compatible).
Tools exposed:
- `atomic_chat_list_models` — list models currently available in Atomic Chat (`GET /v1/models`)
- `atomic_chat_generate` — send a prompt to a specified model and return the response (`POST /v1/chat/completions`)
Model management (download, delete) is done through the **Atomic Chat desktop UI** — the app is a fork of Jan and manages its own model library.
The skill ships the MCP server source (and its test) in this folder and copies them into the agent-runner tree at install time, then registers the server in `index.ts` and forwards host env vars in `container-runner.ts`. Registering the server is enough to expose its tools — the agent's allow-pattern (`mcp__atomic_chat__*`) is derived from the registered server name.
## Phase 1: Pre-flight
### Check if already applied
Check if `container/agent-runner/src/atomic-chat-mcp-stdio.ts` exists. If it does, skip to Phase 3 (Configure).
### Check prerequisites
Verify Atomic Chat is installed and its local API server is running. On the host:
```bash
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:1337/v1/models | head
```
If the request fails:
1. Install Atomic Chat from the [latest release](https://github.com/AtomicBot-ai/Atomic-Chat/releases) (macOS only for now — `atomic-chat.dmg`).
2. Open the app.
3. Open **Settings → Local API Server** and make sure it's enabled on port `1337`.
4. Go to the **Hub** (or **Models**) tab and download at least one model (e.g. Llama 3.2 3B, Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B).
5. Load the model once by sending any message in Atomic Chat's UI to warm it up.
## Phase 2: Apply Code Changes
### Copy the skill's source and tests into both trees
This skill reaches into both the container (Bun) tree and the host (Node) tree, so its
files go into both, alongside the integration points they cover.
```bash
S=.claude/skills/add-atomic-chat-tool
# Container (Bun) tree — the MCP server and the registration wiring test
cp $S/atomic-chat-mcp-stdio.ts container/agent-runner/src/atomic-chat-mcp-stdio.ts
cp $S/atomic-chat-registration.test.ts container/agent-runner/src/atomic-chat-registration.test.ts
# Host (Node) tree — the env-forwarding helper and the wiring test
cp $S/atomic-chat-env.ts src/atomic-chat-env.ts
cp $S/atomic-chat-wiring.test.ts src/atomic-chat-wiring.test.ts
```
### Register the MCP server in the agent-runner
Edit `container/agent-runner/src/index.ts`. Find the `mcpServers` object that currently looks like this:
```ts
const mcpServers: Record<string, { command: string; args: string[]; env: Record<string, string> }> = {
nanoclaw: {
command: 'bun',
args: ['run', mcpServerPath],
env: {},
},
};
```
Add an `atomic_chat` entry alongside `nanoclaw`:
```ts
const mcpServers: Record<string, { command: string; args: string[]; env: Record<string, string> }> = {
nanoclaw: {
command: 'bun',
args: ['run', mcpServerPath],
env: {},
},
atomic_chat: {
command: 'bun',
args: ['run', path.join(__dirname, 'atomic-chat-mcp-stdio.ts')],
env: {
...(process.env.ATOMIC_CHAT_HOST ? { ATOMIC_CHAT_HOST: process.env.ATOMIC_CHAT_HOST } : {}),
...(process.env.ATOMIC_CHAT_API_KEY ? { ATOMIC_CHAT_API_KEY: process.env.ATOMIC_CHAT_API_KEY } : {}),
},
},
};
```
`atomic-chat-registration.test.ts` asserts this entry is present and points at the server module — the tool only appears to the agent if it is registered here.
### Forward host env vars into the container
The env-forwarding logic lives in the copied `src/atomic-chat-env.ts` (`atomicChatEnvArgs()`), so the reach-in into `buildContainerArgs` is a single call.
Import it in `src/container-runner.ts` (alongside the other local imports):
```ts
import { atomicChatEnvArgs } from './atomic-chat-env.js';
```
Then, in `buildContainerArgs`, find the `TZ` env line and add the call right after it:
```ts
args.push('-e', `TZ=${TIMEZONE}`);
args.push(...atomicChatEnvArgs());
```
`atomic-chat-wiring.test.ts` asserts this `args.push(...atomicChatEnvArgs())` call exists inside `buildContainerArgs`.
### Surface `[ATOMIC]` log lines at info level
> **Shared block.** This rewrites the `container.stderr` logger, which other local-model tools (e.g. `add-ollama-tool` for `[OLLAMA]`) also edit to surface their own prefix. Touch only the `[ATOMIC]` branch and leave the rest of the block intact, so the edits coexist and removal restores it cleanly.
In the same file, find the stderr logger:
```ts
container.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
for (const line of data.toString().trim().split('\n')) {
if (line) log.debug(line, { container: agentGroup.folder });
}
});
```
Replace it with:
```ts
container.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
for (const line of data.toString().trim().split('\n')) {
if (!line) continue;
if (line.includes('[ATOMIC]')) {
log.info(line, { container: agentGroup.folder });
} else {
log.debug(line, { container: agentGroup.folder });
}
}
});
```
### Add env-var stubs to `.env.example`
Append to `.env.example`:
```bash
# Atomic Chat MCP tool (.claude/skills/add-atomic-chat-tool)
# Override the host where Atomic Chat exposes its OpenAI-compatible API.
# Default: http://host.docker.internal:1337 (with fallback to localhost)
# ATOMIC_CHAT_HOST=http://host.docker.internal:1337
# Optional API key. Leave unset for a local Atomic Chat install — it does not require auth.
# ATOMIC_CHAT_API_KEY=
```
### Validate code changes
```bash
pnpm run build
pnpm exec tsc -p container/agent-runner/tsconfig.json --noEmit
# Host tree: buildContainerArgs wiring
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