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Getting Started With The MATLAB® Agentic Toolkit — Project Management agent for Claude Code

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This guide walks you through setup of the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit.

How to install Getting Started With The MATLAB® Agentic Toolkit

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit and copy the folder into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Getting Started With The MATLAB® Agentic Toolkit does

This guide walks you through setup of the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit. Once complete, the toolkit will be configured globally, for you to use on any project. > For a project overview, tool/skill reference,

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README

Getting Started with the MATLAB® Agentic Toolkit

This guide walks you through setup of the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit. Once complete, the toolkit will be configured globally, for you to use on any project.

For a project overview, tool/skill reference, and documentation links, see the [README](README.md).

Automated setup has been verified with basic workflows on each platform except Cursor. The toolkit is under active development — please [report issues](https://github.com/matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit/issues) if you encounter problems.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

MATLAB R2020b or later installed
An AI coding agent that supports MCP — see Supported Platforms
Git™ (to clone the toolkit)

Choose Your Path

Path	When to use	What you get
Full Setup	First time; want everything automated	MCP server binary + skills + global configuration
Adding Skills Only	Already have the MCP server configured	Skills/prompts only; no MCP changes

Full Setup

Full setup clones the toolkit repository, then uses your agent to automate the entire configuration. This is the recommended path for first-time users.

What Setup Does

Installs the MCP server — downloads the MATLAB MCP Core Server binary to ~/.local/bin/
Configures your agent — connects the MCP server to your agent via global config, defaulting to the most recent MATLAB found (you can change this during setup)
Registers skills — adds MATLAB skills via the platform's native plugin system or global skill links
Verifies — confirms the MCP server can reach MATLAB and reports an environment summary

Setup is re-runnable. Run it again to upgrade the MCP server, switch MATLAB versions, or fix a broken configuration.

Step 1: Clone and Launch

Clone the toolkit to a permanent location outside your project directories (e.g., `~/tools/` or `~/repos/`). Most platforms reference this clone via symbolic links, so the toolkit needs to stay in place after setup.

git clone https://github.com/matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit.git
cd matlab-agentic-toolkit

Then launch your agent:

Platform	Launch command
Claude Code	`claude`
OpenAI Codex	`codex`
Gemini CLI	`gemini`
GitHub Copilot	Open folder in VS Code, then start Copilot chat
Sourcegraph Amp	`amp`
Cursor	Open folder in Cursor

Step 2: Run Setup

Ask your agent:

Set up the MATLAB Agentic Toolkit

The setup skill walks you through detection, planning, and execution. It presents all decisions (which MATLAB to use, display mode, etc.) before making any changes.

After setup completes, start a **new session in any proje