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Nik Richers e0ecaadc21 docs: make AI tools section agent-first (#48167)
## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

This PR reworks the `/guides/ai-tools` docs section to be agent-first.
The overview now leads with the fastest path to a working setup (the
plugin install command), a "What's supported?" card grid showing which
coding agents and IDEs work via Plugin and/or MCP (with each product's
own tagline, not a generated sentence), and a concepts glossary —
instead of a plain four-item list. The sidebar "AI Tools" widget, shown
on every guides page, now links to this hub ("Connect your AI agent")
instead of opening a ChatGPT/Claude chat frontend.

Closes DOCS-1201.

## What is the current behavior?

- The `/guides/ai-tools` overview is a plain four-item bullet list with
no getting-started path, compatibility info, or concepts explanation.
- The sidebar "AI Tools" widget offers "Copy as Markdown", "Ask
ChatGPT", and "Ask Claude" — the latter two send you to a chat frontend
instead of agent setup.

## What is the new behavior?

- `ai-tools.mdx`: intro → plugin install callout → "What's supported?"
card grid (`<ContentListings id="ai-tools-supported-agents" />`, icon +
tagline + Plugin/MCP badge per agent) → "Key concepts" glossary →
"Building AI into your app?" (also converted to `ContentListings`).
- New `data/content-listings/ai-tools.data.ts` builds the card grid from
the existing `PLUGIN_CLIENTS`/`MCP_CLIENT_DATA` client lists (no new
hand-maintained data) — fixing two latent bugs found along the way:
GitHub Copilot was keyed differently between the two sources (would have
produced duplicate cards), and Windsurf has no upstream docs URL (would
have been silently dropped).
- New opt-in `badgePosition` field on `ContentListingItem` so the badge
renders under the title for the agent grid, without changing the one
other existing badge usage (self-hosting's "Official" tag, still
inline).
- `plugins.mdx`/`mcp.mdx`/`ai-skills.mdx` each get a one-line "Quick
start" lead-in so they stand alone via the `.md` content-negotiation
route.
- `GuidesSidebar.tsx` + `telemetry-constants.ts`: Added "Connect your AI
agent" → `/guides/ai-tools`, and the `ask_ai_clicked` event with
`agent_setup_clicked`.
- Accessibility fix (from review): the "Not supported" indicator now
exposes an `sr-only` label instead of being fully `aria-hidden`.

## Additional context

- Worktree:
`~/GitHub/supabase/supabase-worktrees/nikrichers/docs-1201-make-guidesai-tools-agent-first-and-replace-chat-frontend`
- **Open question — Windsurf card**: `windsurf.com` now redirects to a
Devin Desktop page (Cognition acquired Windsurf in 2025), but Supabase's
own `MCP_CLIENT_DATA` still targets Windsurf's distinct config path
(`~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`), so the card is still labeled
"Windsurf" with its pre-acquisition tagline ("The first agentic IDE.
Tomorrow's editor, today."). Needs a follow-up decision on whether to
relabel/merge/drop this card once Devin Desktop's MCP support (if any)
is confirmed.
- Follow-up (not in this PR): deeper IA rework of the ai-tools section
belongs to the broader agent-first audit;
`content/guides/resources/glossary.mdx` has no MCP/Agent
Skills/Plugin/Prompts entries yet — this PR's "Key concepts" is
currently the only definition of these terms site-wide.
- Verification:

  | Check | Result |
  | --- | --- |
| Lint (`lint:mdx`, `eslint`), `typecheck`, `test:local
lib/content-listings.test.ts` | Pass — 13/13 tests, 0 errors |
| `build:guides-markdown` | Pass — card grid flattens cleanly to
markdown |
| Playwright: broken icon requests, light + dark theme, PR preview |
Pass — 0 in either theme |
| `/guides/self-hosting` "Official" badge (existing `ContentListings`
usage) | Pass — unaffected by the new `badgePosition` opt-in |

### Before & After

#### [`/guides/ai-tools`](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai-tools)

Also shows the sidebar change (right rail): "Ask ChatGPT" / "Ask Claude"
→ "Connect your AI agent".

| [Before](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai-tools) |
[After](https://docs-git-nikrichers-docs-1201-make-guidesai-too-7c7493-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/ai-tools)
|
| --- | --- |
|
![Before](https://moijyfpvgnmgoxvwcikq.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pr-proof/supabase/supabase/pr48167/ai-tools-before-79e9cdcf.png)
|
![After](https://moijyfpvgnmgoxvwcikq.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pr-proof/supabase/supabase/pr48167/ai-tools-final-full-7ab9f52f.png)
|

Sub-pages each just add a one-line "Quick start" callout under the intro
(no other layout change):
[plugins](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai-tools/plugins)
([preview](https://docs-git-nikrichers-docs-1201-make-guidesai-too-7c7493-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/ai-tools/plugins))
· [mcp](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai-tools/mcp)
([preview](https://docs-git-nikrichers-docs-1201-make-guidesai-too-7c7493-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/ai-tools/mcp))
· [ai-skills](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/ai-tools/ai-skills)
([preview](https://docs-git-nikrichers-docs-1201-make-guidesai-too-7c7493-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/ai-tools/ai-skills)).

### Test plan

- [x] `/guides/ai-tools` renders callout → card grid → concepts →
Building AI into your app, in order
- [x] Card grid: one card per agent (no duplicate Copilot), Windsurf
present, icons clean in both themes, taglines shown, badges below title
- [x] Sidebar shows "Connect your AI agent"; self-hosting's "Official"
badge unaffected
- [x] `.md` route still serves clean markdown; no lingering
`ask_ai_clicked`, ChatGPT/Claude icon, or `SupportedAgentsTable`
references

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Co-authored-by: Nik Richers <nik@validmind.ai>
2026-07-23 16:01:54 -07:00
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