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Codeman

Codeman is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Start, prompt and read AI coding agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and more) in Codeman. It has 814 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y aicodeman.

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Install Codeman

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codeman": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env CODEMAN_API_URL=your-value --env CODEMAN_PASSWORD=your-value --transport stdio codeman -- npx -y aicodeman

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codeman": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "codeman_password",
      "description": "CODEMAN_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "codeman": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aicodeman"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CODEMAN_API_URL": "your-value",
        "CODEMAN_PASSWORD": "${input:codeman_password}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
CODEMAN_API_URLYesWhere your Codeman server runs, for example https://127.0.0.1:3000. Never guessed.
CODEMAN_PASSWORDsecretNoCodeman's HTTP Basic password, when the server has one.

About Codeman

Claude Code • OpenCode • Codex • Antigravity • Gemini • Pi • Grok • DeepSeek • OMP • Copilot • Terminal - One Dashboard • Any Device

  • claude
  • claude-ai
  • claude-code
  • tmux
  • opencode
  • agent
  • ai-agents
  • codex
  • developer-tools
  • docker

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FAQ

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How do I install the Codeman MCP server?

Add the command npx -y aicodeman to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Codeman free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (CODEMAN_PASSWORD) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Codeman actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 24, 2026. The latest release is codeman@1.45.0, published Oct 24, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.