# A1 Yandex Kit Setup > Connect a Yandex KIT store to the current AI client, or reconnect it by replacing its token. Use for natural-language setup requests, including Russian text or voice transcripts such as «Связь с магазином», «Подключим магазин», «Переподключим магазин», «Переустановим связь с магазином» and «Поменяем токен». Treat short «Связь с магазином» as an orientation request. - Skill: `ztemerbekov/a1-yandex-kit-setup` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 28 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ztemerbekov/a1-yandex-kit-setup` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ztemerbekov/a1-yandex-kit-setup/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: ztemerbekov (https://skillmd.com/u/ztemerbekov) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ztemerbekov/a1-yandex-kit-setup --- # A1 Yandex KIT Setup ## Communication Before producing any user-facing message, read and apply [`../a1-yandex-kit/references/merchant-communication.md`](../a1-yandex-kit/references/merchant-communication.md) completely. Make setup a concierge flow for typed requests and voice transcriptions alike. Start from the branch that invoked it: - For the short orientation request `Связь с магазином`, ask one question: `Что сделать: подключить магазин или переподключить его с новым токеном?` - A concrete request to connect or reconnect authorizes updating the selected client's user-level MCP configuration after the required inputs are collected and the candidate token passes validation. Reinstalling the connection and changing the token are both reconnection requests. A project-local skill installation does not limit the configuration to that project. Use `scripts/setup.mjs` for configuration and the direct read-only smoke test. Resolve every relative path from this skill directory, not from the user's project. ## 1. Identify the client and prerequisite Infer the current client from the host when it is clear. Otherwise ask one short question: `В каком приложении вы сейчас хотите подключить Яндекс KIT?` Normalize the answer to one of: `claude-code`, `claude-desktop`, `cursor`, `codex`, `vscode`, `kimi`, `kimi-desktop`, `hermes`, `openclaw`. Treat Kimi Code and Kimi Desktop as different clients. Use `kimi` only for the Kimi Code CLI and `kimi-desktop` for the Kimi Work desktop application. When the user says only “Kimi” and the host does not disambiguate it, ask: `Вы используете приложение Kimi на компьютере или Kimi Code в терминале?` For a tested client, run: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" status --client --json ``` `status` verifies both Node.js 20+ and an executable `npx` before any token is requested or any config is changed. If either prerequisite is unavailable, give one exact Node.js installation link or instruction appropriate to the operating system and stop. Leave installation to that operating-system installer. For another client, run the independent preflight and continue to the compatibility ladder in step 2: For Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Kimi Code, `status` also checks whether a known project- or local-scope server named `yandex-kit` would override the user-level entry. On an exact-name collision it selects the managed fallback name `a1-yandex-kit-global`. It ignores every differently named MCP server. A previously configured canonical fallback stays selected on later runs. ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" preflight --json ``` Run `status` later only when the ladder establishes a supported format and path. If `status` reports that the existing file is unparseable, preserve that file and continue to step 2; the compatibility ladder may select a native CLI for the remainder of this run. This step is complete when Node.js 20+, `npx` and one client are identified. ## 2. Validate the compatibility profile Read [`references/client-profiles.md`](references/client-profiles.md) for the selected client. Check the installed client's version or MCP help when its CLI is available, and check that the resolved user-level path and configuration shape match the local installation. Use the tested profile when those signals agree. Treat an unparseable config as a mismatch: leave it unchanged and continue with the compatibility ladder. On any other mismatch, an unknown client, or a client not listed above, read [`references/compatibility.md`](references/compatibility.md) completely and run its compatibility ladder. The ladder selects one adapter for the rest of the setup: either a file adapter with a verified format and absolute path, or a native CLI with its documented add and verification commands. Carry that selection into steps 3, 4 and 5, including a native CLI fallback for a known client whose file could not be parsed. This step is complete when the chosen adapter is supported by local evidence or current official vendor documentation. ## 3. Obtain the token Use the selected adapter evidence and any `status` result without reading or displaying the stored token. For a native CLI without a supported file adapter, use its documented list/show command: treat an existing managed `yandex-kit` or `a1-yandex-kit-global` entry as `configured: true` without attempting to read its token. Every concrete connect or reconnect runs `token-route` and the same acquisition flow. An existing token selects the protected page's `replace` mode on the local file-adapter route; it never selects chat or makes the protected page optional. A reconnect on that route always obtains a fresh one-time page URL before any replacement write. Native CLI and hosted routes use their documented secure input or secrets mechanism, with chat only after an explicit choice. For a first-connection request when a token is already configured, ask: `Токен Яндекс KIT уже сохранён в настройках. Хотите переподключить магазин с новым токеном?` - For `нет`, finish with: `Принято! Оставляем действующий токен Яндекс KIT без изменений. Всё работает в прежнем режиме.` - For `да`, continue below as a reconnection. ### Onboard before the token Send one short onboarding message before the first token request of the conversation, on every route. In the owner's business language (`merchant-communication.md`), name three or four jobs they can hand over once the store is connected, and frame the token as the single remaining step. For example: `После подключения мне можно будет поручать дела магазина: обновлять цены и остатки, следить за заказами, запускать акции и промокоды, наводить порядок в каталоге. Остался один шаг — токен магазина.` ### Let the environment choose the route ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" token-route --json ``` - `route: "web"` — the desktop loopback is available. Use the local one-time page below for every connect or reconnect when the selected adapter is a verified file adapter. The environment result alone does not prove that an in-app browser can reach the helper: confirm the browser and shell run on the same desktop. - `route: "hosted"` — the session is remote (`reason` names the SSH, container or headless marker), so no browser can reach a local page. Use the hosted route below and present it as the normal, supported route for this environment; skip the page entirely so the user never receives a link that cannot open. ### Native CLI adapter When the compatibility ladder selected a native CLI, use this adapter on every environment route, including a known client that fell back because its config was unparseable. A native CLI currently has no supported page adapter: use the client's documented secure input or native credential settings when available. On a hosted route, use the environment-first branch. Do not request a token in chat unless the owner explicitly chooses that route. For a token received in chat, validate it with `smoke-token --token-stdin` and configure through `native-configure` in step 4; then verify it with the native list/show or test command established in `references/compatibility.md` in step 5. When the hosted environment supplies the token, follow the client's documented environment exposure and read-only verification instead. The pre-configuration direct smoke is the smoke proof for the chat path of a native CLI without a file adapter. Do not select the local page or the file-based status, client-check or smoke commands for this adapter. ### Local one-time page (`route: "web"` + file adapter) Select this branch only when `token-route` reports `route: "web"` and the compatibility ladder selected a verified file adapter. Start the page as a long-running background process, passing the same `--format`, `--config`, `--project-dir` and `--server-name` flags the ladder established for that adapter: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" token-web --client --json ``` For a dynamic file adapter, include those flags explicitly. Keep the selected server name, including `a1-yandex-kit-global` after an exact-name collision. The first stdout line is `{"url": …, "expires_in_seconds": …}`. Take the lifetime from `expires_in_seconds` (five minutes by default) and immediately inspect the capabilities actually exposed by the current host. Keep this page in a persistent, host-owned browser surface for the owner: - In Codex, when `mcp__codex_app__open_in_codex` is available, call it with `target: { type: "browser", url: }` (and the right-side placement when supported). This is the persistent Codex browser panel. Do not use `cua_repl`, `createBrowserTab`, `browser-use`, or computer-use tab creation for this page: those activity-scoped tabs can close when the assistant turn ends. - In Claude Code or Claude Desktop, use the client's native Browser or preview pane for the current session. Do not replace it with a temporary browser-use or screen-control tab. If the native pane is unavailable, cannot reach the local page, or is not persistent for the owner, use the operating-system opener and then the clickable URL fallback below. Do not invent a client-specific browser API, artifact iframe, or screenshot workflow, and never inspect a filled token form. A built-in browser being available does not prove that this shell's loopback belongs to the same desktop (the browser may run in a cloud session or VM). When no suitable persistent in-app capability is exposed, use the operating system's default browser opener: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" open-token-page --url --json ``` If the host policy does not permit starting an OS opener, skip that command and relay the URL directly as the clickable fallback. The command accepts only the loopback one-time URL emitted by `token-web`, uses the OS opener without a shell, and returns with `opened: false` if the opener is missing or fails. An opener failure never stops the running `token-web` process. If it reports `opened: false`, keep the page alive and relay its returned URL as a clickable fallback. When opening succeeds, tell the owner that the one-time page is open and give the actual lifetime from `expires_in_seconds`. The one-time page's URL secret is not the store token; never log, echo, or request the store token itself. The command keeps serving the page while the owner enters the token. It runs the same read-only `get_store` validation as `smoke-token` before writing anything — it needs the same external network access — re-shows the form on a rejected token without a retry limit, and on success performs the exact `configure` write from step 4. Its final JSON carries the `configure` fields plus `smoke`: when it reports `configured: true`, steps 3 and 4 are complete — keep its rollback values (`changed`, `backupPath`, `backupHash`, `configHash`) and continue at step 5. The displayed lifetime bounds waiting for validation and the start of the configuration write. Once validation has passed and persistence begins, that commit finishes with its actual success or error and full metadata even if the lifetime expires or the browser closes. If the lifetime expires before persistence begins, `token-web` returns `TOKEN_WEB_TIMEOUT` and performs no write. If `token-web` ends with `TOKEN_WEB_TIMEOUT` before persistence, discard its expired URL and start a fresh `token-web` run. Repeat the browser-opening order with the new URL; never reopen an expired URL. Keep the current configuration unchanged while doing so. If it ends with `TOKEN_WEB_UNAVAILABLE` or `TOKEN_WEB_ABUSE`, explain the diagnostic and keep the current configuration unchanged. Use a documented secure-input or secrets route when available. Do not request or suggest pasting a token in chat by default; chat is available only after the owner explicitly chooses it. A reconnect follows the same fresh one-time-page route. ### Hosted route (`route: "hosted"`) Offer the client's session environment or secrets settings first — a token stored there never enters the conversation: `Ассистент работает в удалённой сессии, поэтому локальная страница ввода токена здесь не откроется — это нормальный, предусмотренный маршрут. Надёжнее всего задать токен переменной YANDEX_KIT_TOKEN в настройках окружения или секретов этой сессии: тогда он не попадёт в переписку.` When the user stores the token in those settings, follow the client's documentation for exposing the variable to the managed server, then prove the connection in step 5. When the user cannot reach those settings, ask whether they explicitly want to use the chat route. Wait for that choice before requesting a token, then continue with the selected adapter branch: `native-configure` for a native CLI or `configure` for a file adapter. Once the requested work is finished, remind them once: `Токен побывал в истории этого чата. Когда закончите задачу, его можно отозвать в кабинете Яндекс KIT: Настройки → API — и при необходимости выпустить новый.` ### Explicit chat route (only after the owner chooses it) - After the owner explicitly chooses chat and `configured` is false, ask: `Для настройки потребуется токен Яндекс KIT. Чтобы его получить, зайдите в кабинет Яндекс KIT: Настройки → API и скопируйте ключ. Вставьте его сюда — я привяжу его к приложению и не буду повторять в ответе. Токен останется в истории этого чата и будет сохранён в пользовательском конфиге приложения.` - After the owner explicitly chooses chat for a reconnection, including reinstallation or token replacement, ask: `Пришлите новый токен из **Настройки → API** — я обновлю подключение и не буду повторять его в ответе. Новый токен останется в истории этого чата и будет сохранён в пользовательском конфиге приложения.` Accept the token in chat. Do not echo, summarize, quote, log or interpolate it into a shell command. Pass a new token only through stdin to `setup.mjs`: write the token followed by one newline. The first newline terminates the input, so the helper starts immediately and never waits for the stdin pipe to close; closing stdin after the newline is also safe. Before writing any new or replacement token, validate it with the direct read-only MCP smoke test: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" smoke-token --token-stdin --json ``` `smoke-token` and `smoke` require external network access: the helper reaches the npm registry to start `mcp-yandex-kit@latest` and the Yandex KIT API for `get_store`. In a host that sandboxes shell commands, such as Codex, run these commands with network access granted on the first attempt — request the network-enabled or escalated execution mode instead of trying an isolated sandbox first. The helper probes connectivity before starting the server and fails fast with `code: "NETWORK_UNAVAILABLE"` when the network is blocked; re-run the same command with network access instead of treating it as a token problem. The whole smoke run shares one wall-clock deadline, so it either finishes or fails within about a minute. If authentication fails (`code: "SMOKE_AUTH"`), ask for another token with the replacement-token prompt and repeat this validation until it succeeds or the user explicitly cancels. Do not impose a retry limit. Because configuration has not started, cancellation leaves the current client settings unchanged. Treat other smoke failures as their own diagnostics instead of asking for a different token. This step is complete when the local page has reported `configured: true` or one candidate token has passed `get_store`. The explicit `нет` branch for an existing first connection finishes the skill without reaching this point. ## 4. Configure the user-level client A token saved through the local page is already configured: `token-web` performed this step's write, so continue to step 5 with its reported values. For a token accepted in chat on the selected native CLI adapter, including a native fallback from a known client, follow [`references/compatibility.md`](references/compatibility.md) and run `native-configure`. The helper reads the token from stdin, substitutes it into the documented child-process arguments, keeps it out of the agent-issued shell command and shell history, and redacts it from output. Do not run the file-adapter `configure` command for this branch. For a token accepted in chat on the selected file adapter, run the helper in an interactive process and write the token followed by a newline to its stdin; the newline completes the input, so the helper does not wait for the pipe to close. For a known profile, use: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" configure --client --token-stdin --json ``` For a dynamic file adapter, pass its verified capability and path when they were established by the ladder: ```bash node "/scripts/setup.mjs" configure --client