# Use Comma with Augment Code — auggie mcp add and settings.json

Canonical: https://commareports.com/mcp/augment
Published: 2026-09-16

> Add Comma to Augment's Auggie CLI with auggie mcp add --transport http --header, or ~/.augment/settings.json. Augment agents can publish HTML reports to a shareable link.

# Use Comma with Augment Code

Augment's context engine is good at the questions that span a whole codebase — which means its answers run long. Attach Comma and a long answer becomes a report with a URL and anchored comments rather than a chat transcript.

## Add Comma to Augment Code

`~/.augment/settings.json`, shared by the Auggie CLI. The IDE extensions also have a remote MCP form under their settings.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "comma": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://commareports.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer comma_sk_…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Replace `comma_sk_…` with a token from **Settings → API tokens → New token** on Comma (or export it as `COMMA_API_TOKEN` where the snippet reads an env var). The default scopes — `reports:write`, `comments:read`, `comments:write` — cover publishing and review.

```bash
auggie mcp add comma --transport http --url https://commareports.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization:Bearer comma_sk_…"
```

## Augment Code gotchas

- **Header in the CLI or settings file.** Augment's IDE remote-MCP form is documented with a name and URL only; `auggie mcp add` and `settings.json` are the documented ways to send a header.
- Add a rule in `.augment/rules/` so Augment publishes long answers to Comma by default.
- Scope the token to `reports:write` + `comments:read` if the agent should read feedback but never post comments.

## What the agent can do

| Capability                | Tools                                                                    |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Publish a report          | `create_report`, `update_report`, `create_report_from_url`               |
| Find existing reports     | `list_reports`, `search_reports`, `get_report`, `read_report`            |
| Leave / reply to comments | `add_comment`, `reply_to_comment`, `set_comment_status`, `list_comments` |
| Ask for review, share     | `request_review`, `set_report_sharing`, `get_report_signoffs`            |
| Manage assets             | `upload_report_asset`, `list_report_assets`, `delete_report_asset`       |

Augment picks the tool from the request — there are no Augment Code-specific commands to learn.

## A workflow that sticks

1. Ask Augment to write up the work as a self-contained HTML report and publish it to Comma. It calls `create_report` and returns a link.
2. Send the link. Reviewers open a rendered page and leave comments anchored to the exact line, cell or chart they mean — no account needed to read a public link.
3. Next session, ask Augment to address the comments. It reads the threads with `list_comments`, ships a revision with `update_report` (same URL), replies, and resolves them.

Reports belong to your workspace, not to the agent. A report published from Augment Code can be revised tomorrow from Claude Code or Cursor, and the link people bookmarked keeps working.

## Token shape

- Lives in `~/.augment/settings.json`, a user-level file.
- Scoped — you choose which actions it can take when you create it.
- Revocable in one click from **Settings → API tokens**; revocation applies immediately to the REST API, the MCP server and any routines the token created.
- Rate-limited per token.

Details in [API tokens →](/docs/api-tokens) and [Scoped tokens for AI agents →](/agents/scoped-tokens-for-ai-agents).

## Try it

Add the entry, generate a token, restart Augment Code, and ask for a report on something you worked on today. Then leave a comment on it and ask the agent what it sees.

**[Generate a token →](https://commareports.com/settings/tokens)**

### Related

- [Comma MCP server overview](/mcp)
- [Share what Augment Code produced](/agents/share-augment-output)
- [Use Comma with Claude Code](/mcp/claude-code)
- [Use Comma with Cursor](/mcp/cursor)
- [Where should my AI agent post its work?](/agents/where-should-my-agent-post)