1. Connect your agent to REA
++ Use a coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. You’ll + need Node.js and npm; the + setup guide lists supported versions. +
++ Install REA and connect it to this coding agent using npx + rea-agents@latest setup. Show me the setup plan for approval, + then verify the installation. +
+Or run this command in your terminal:
+npx rea-agents@latest setup
+
+ + Review the plan, approve the setup, then restart your agent. + Already connected? Continue below. +
+2. Ask where the CSV is written
++ The example is a six-file Electron app with an + Export notes button. Your agent can inspect its + code without installing or launching Electron. +
++ Download https://rea.tools/examples/notes-example.zip into a + new example folder and unpack it. Use REA to find what happens + when I click Export notes. Show where notes.csv is written, + which fields it contains, and the relevant files and + lines. +
++ Your agent downloads the files and gives the unpacked folder to + REA for inspection. +
+ +
+ If your agent can’t download files, unzip this archive yourself.
+ Give it the path to the notes-example folder and the
+ same export question.
+
3. Follow the answer back to the code
+Look for a short explanation with file and line references:
++++ The button sends a
+notes:exportmessage. The main + process formats the notes as CSV and writes +notes.csvin the user’s Downloads folder. The + columns areidandtitle. +
From the button to the file writer
+-
+
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+ Page · renderer.jsExport notesCalls
notes.exportCsv(). +
+ -
+ Bridge · preload.js
notes:exportSends a named message to the main process. +
+ -
+ Handler · main.jsWrite notes.csvCalls the formatter in
csv.jsand writes the + file. +
+
ipcMain.handle("notes:export", () => {
+ const destination = path.join(app.getPath("downloads"), "notes.csv");
+ writeFileSync(destination, toCsv(notes), "utf8");
+ return destination;
+});+ The file path, formatter and write call are together in this + handler. Ask your agent to show these lines if its answer leaves + them out. +
+ +4. Check a prediction
++ A comma separates CSV columns. What happens when a note title + itself contains a comma or quotation marks? +
++ Predict the CSV for a note with id 1 and title Hello, "REA". + Then run the example’s toCsv formatter with Node.js to check + it. Show the prediction and actual output. +
+id,title
+1,"Hello, ""REA"""+ The title stays in one quoted field; each quotation mark is + doubled. This checks the formatter directly with Node.js. +
+Run the check yourself
+
+ Open a terminal in the unpacked
+ notes-example folder:
+
node <<'JS'
+const { toCsv } = require('./csv.js');
+process.stdout.write(toCsv([{ id: 1, title: 'Hello, "REA"' }]));
+JS+ This command uses a shell with here-document support, such as + Bash or Zsh. Your agent can run the same JavaScript in your + platform’s shell. +
+5. Ask another question
+Try a follow-up in the same conversation:
++++ What happens if the file can’t be written? Follow the error back + to the page. +
+
+ Or give your agent an app of your own and ask about one button, + file or behavior. +
+-
+
- + How Notion copies text and HTMLFollow a clipboard feature in a packaged Electron app. + +
- + How DX-Ball calculates sound panningContinue from the homepage into the original instructions and + checks. + +
- + Troubleshoot setup or analysisUpdate REA and check the connection if you get stuck. + +
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