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

# Automate and Customize Plannotator

> Connect Plannotator to coding agents, customize feedback, run it from hooks, and add annotations from scripts and other tools.

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  <Card title="Choose your agent" icon="robot" href="/open-source/agents/" arrow="true">
    Follow the setup guide for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, and other supported tools.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customize feedback" icon="message-pen" href="/open-source/reference/custom-feedback" arrow="true">
    Change the message Plannotator sends after plan review, document annotation, or code review.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add external annotations" icon="comment-code" href="/open-source/reference/external-annotations" arrow="true">
    Send findings from linters, scripts, and other local tools into an open Plannotator session.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run from hooks" icon="code" href="/open-source/reference/hooks" arrow="true">
    Call Plannotator from an agent or editor hook and return plain text or structured JSON.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Understand privacy and data flow" icon="shield-halved" href="/open-source/reference/privacy-and-data-flow" arrow="true">
    See what stays local and which automatic or optional features contact another service.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use the local server safely" icon="server" href="/open-source/reference/local-api" arrow="true">
    Check the unauthenticated local API, remote binding, and session lifetime.
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## Choose the right guide

| If you want to | Start here |
| - | - |
| Use Plannotator with a coding agent | [Choose your agent](/open-source/agents/) |
| Install core or extra Agent Skills | [Install and manage skills](/open-source/start/skills) |
| Install, update, or remove the local executable | [Installation](/open-source/start/installation) |
| Read release notes or reinstall a tagged version | [Release notes and version pinning](/open-source/start/installation#read-release-notes) |
| Change the feedback sent to an agent | [Customize feedback](/open-source/reference/custom-feedback) |
| Add findings from a script, linter, or other tool | [Add external annotations](/open-source/reference/external-annotations) |
| Run Plannotator from a host hook | [Use automation hooks](/open-source/reference/hooks) |
| Build against the local session server | [Read the local API reference](/open-source/reference/local-api) |
| Check storage, telemetry, and outbound requests | [Read privacy and data flow](/open-source/reference/privacy-and-data-flow) |
| Change paths, ports, or runtime behavior | [Check configuration](/open-source/reference/configuration) and [environment variables](/open-source/reference/environment-variables) |

Plannotator's local API has no authentication. Keep it on your computer or behind trusted port forwarding. Start with [external annotations](/open-source/reference/external-annotations) when another tool only needs to add findings to the current session.

Last verified on July 31, 2026, using Plannotator product commit `7cd023c`. Maintained by the Plannotator project.


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