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 "title": "Add an agent with chat and generative UI to your existing app",
 "page_title": "How to add an agent with chat and generative UI to your existing app with Copilot Kit",
 "summary": "Let your coding agent run Copilot Kit's onboarding command, which inspects your project and guides the integration.",
 "who": "A developer with a working React or Next.js app who wants an in-app agent.",
 "problem": "Wiring chat, tool calls and UI updates between an agent and a frontend by hand takes days.",
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  "Test the chat UI and one backend tool that renders UI in the client"
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  "Node.js and npx",
  "An existing React, Angular, Vue or React Native app, or a new one scaffolded by the CLI",
  "An agent backend or LLM provider for the agent"
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