Add napari-mcp migration notice to README

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Summary

Introduces napari-mcp as the next-generation solution for AI-powered napari control, built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard.

Changes

Adds a new section to the README highlighting napari-mcp's advantages:

• 🤖 Multi-LLM Support - Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and more
• 📦 Zero Configuration - One-command CLI setup: napari-mcp-install <app-name>
• 🌐 Industry Standard - Built on MCP, supported by Anthropic, OpenAI, and broader AI ecosystem
• 🔧 No Plugin Required - Direct integration through MCP clients
• ✨ Modern Architecture - Better error handling, session management, and extensibility

Positioning

The notice positions both projects as complementary:

• Omega excels at autonomous widget creation
• napari-mcp provides broader LLM compatibility and standardized tooling

This respects Omega's pioneering work while guiding users to explore the next evolution of AI-powered napari workflows.

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/royerlab/napari-mcp
• Documentation: https://royerlab.github.io/napari-mcp/

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Introduced a new README section presenting napari-mcp as a next-generation solution built on MCP.
  • Highlights: multi-LLM support, zero-configuration CLI, industry-standard protocol, no plugin requirement, modern architecture.
  • Clarifies relationship to Omega and adds promotional links plus a callout to explore napari-mcp.
  • Includes a video/example narrative demonstrating SLIC-based segmentation.
  • No code or functional changes.

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Walkthrough

README updated to introduce napari-mcp as a next-generation solution built on MCP, outline features and relationship to Omega, and add promotional links plus a narrative example (SLIC-based segmentation). No code or API changes.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Docs README.md	Added new section describing napari-mcp (features, MCP basis, relation to Omega), links, callout, and an example narrative; no functional code changes.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

I twitch my whiskers, README bright,
New tales of napari-mcp take flight.
From MCP roots to SLIC we hop,
Links like clover—pop, pop, pop! 🌱
No code to tweak, just docs to see—
A carrot of context, crisp and free. 🥕

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title Check	✅ Passed	The title succinctly and accurately describes the primary change introduced by the pull request, namely adding a napari-mcp migration notice to the README, and it clearly conveys the nature and location of the update without unnecessary detail.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.

✨ Finishing touches

🧪 Generate unit tests

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch feat/add-napari-mcp-notice

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 0c5a56b and 48a1f57.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• README.md (1 hunks)

🔇 Additional comments (1)

README.md (1)

48-64: Approve napari-mcp section in README.md
Links are verified (HTTP 200) and the new section is clear, well-structured, and integrates smoothly into the document—no further changes needed.

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