---
title: "Step 2: Setup CopilotKit"
---

Now that we have our todo list app running, we're ready to integrate CopilotKit. For this tutorial, we will install the following dependencies:

- `@copilotkit/react-core`: The core library for CopilotKit, which contains the CopilotKit provider and useful hooks.
- `@copilotkit/react-ui`: The UI library for CopilotKit, which contains the CopilotKit UI components such as the sidebar, chat popup, textarea and more.

## Install Dependencies

To install the CopilotKit dependencies, run the following:

```npm
npm install @copilotkit/react-core
```

## Setup CopilotKit

<TailoredContent id="hosting">
<TailoredContentOption
  id="copilot-cloud"
  title="Copilot Cloud (Recommended)"
  description="Use our hosted backend endpoint to get started quickly."
  icon={<FaCloud />}
>
In order to use CopilotKit, we'll need to configure the `CopilotKit` provider.

<CopilotCloudConfigureCopilotKit />
</TailoredContentOption>
<TailoredContentOption
  id="self-hosted"
  title="Self-hosting"
  description="Learn to host CopilotKit's runtime yourself with your own backend."
  icon={<FaServer />}
>

<Steps>
<Step>
### Set up Copilot Runtime Endpoint
<SelfHostingCopilotRuntimeCreateEndpoint />
</Step>
<Step>

### Configure the CopilotKit Provider

<SelfHostingCopilotRuntimeConfigureCopilotKit />

</Step>
</Steps>
</TailoredContentOption>
</TailoredContent>

### CopilotKit Chat Popup

We provide several plug-and-play components for you to interact with your copilot. Some of these are `<CopilotPopup/>`, `<CopilotSidebar/>`, and `<CopilotChat/>`. You can of course use CopilotKit in headless mode and provide your own fully custom UI via [`useCopilotChat`](/reference/v1/hooks/useCopilotChat).

In this tutorial, we'll use the `<CopilotPopup/>` component to display the chat popup.

```tsx title="app/page.tsx" showLineNumbers {6-7,15}
"use client";

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <>
      <TasksProvider>
        <TasksList />
      </TasksProvider>
      {/* [!code highlight:1] */}
      <CopilotPopup />
    </>
  );
}
```

Here's what we did:

- We imported the `<CopilotPopup />` component from `@copilotkit/react-ui`.
- We wrapped the page with the `<CopilotKit>` provider.
- We imported the built-in styles from `@copilotkit/react-ui`.

Now, head back to your app and you'll find a chat popup in the bottom right corner of the page. At this point, you can start interacting with your copilot! 🎉

<Cards>
<Card
  title="← Previous: Check out the repo"
  href="/tutorials/ai-todo-app/step-1-checkout-repo"
  description="Clone the starter and install dependencies."
/>
<Card
  title="Next: Read app state →"
  href="/tutorials/ai-todo-app/step-3-copilot-readable-state"
  description="Use useCopilotReadable so the copilot can answer questions about your todos."
/>
</Cards>
