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reevesagents

reevesagents is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Spawn, read and steer AI coding CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, Kimi and more) in local tmux windows. It has 107 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y reevesagents.

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Install reevesagents

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reevesagents": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reevesagents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio reevesagents -- npx -y reevesagents

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reevesagents": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reevesagents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "reevesagents": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reevesagents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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).

Tools (16)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • reevesagents

    Launch the TUI.

  • runs

    List active runs.

  • setup

    First-run check. --attach connects every installed host CLI.

  • doctor

    Check Node, tmux, state, and provider CLIs.

  • providers

    List provider ids, aliases, models, and availability.

  • approvals

    List pending approval requests.

  • hosts

    Show which host CLIs have ReevesAgents attached.

  • presets

    List saved run presets.

  • save-preset

    Save a live run as a preset.

  • start-preset

    Start a run from a preset.

  • delete-preset

    Delete a preset.

  • delete

    Delete one ended agent record. Requires confirmation.

  • delete-run

    Delete one ended run and archive it. Requires confirmation.

  • history

    List archived runs.

  • delete-history

    Delete one archived history record. Requires confirmation.

  • reap

    End zombie agents and agents past maxlifetimems, and kill orphan tmux sessions no run record owns.

About reevesagents

ReevesAgents is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license. ReevesAgents is a local workspace for AI coding CLIs. It runs Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Hermes, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen, Pi, Aider, Gemini CLI, Cline CLI, Crush, Goose, Kilo Code, Letta Code, Mistral Vibe, Grok Build, Kiro CLI, Factory Droid, Qoder CLI, Warp, Junie CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Cursor CLI, Rovo Dev CLI, and other provider CLIs side by side in tmux.

  • ai-agents
  • claude-code
  • codex
  • hermes-agent
  • kimi-cli
  • opencode
  • tui
  • webui
  • npm
  • multi-agent

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FAQ

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How do I install the reevesagents MCP server?

Add the command npx -y reevesagents 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 reevesagents free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is reevesagents actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v2.1.0, published Oct 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.