agents

One config to rule them all.
Practical standard layer for multi-LLM development.

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The Problem

Every AI coding tool wants its own config format:

	Codex	Claude	Gemini	Cursor	Copilot	Antigravity	Windsurf	OpenCode
Config	`.codex/config.toml`	CLI commands	`.gemini/settings.json`	`.cursor/mcp.json`	`.vscode/mcp.json`	Global `mcp.json`	Global `mcp_config.json`	`opencode.json`
Instructions	`AGENTS.md`	`CLAUDE.md`	`AGENTS.md`	`.cursorrules`	—	`AGENTS.md`	`AGENTS.md`	`AGENTS.md`
Format	TOML	JSON (via CLI)	JSON	JSON	JSON	JSON	JSON	JSON

Result: Duplicated configs, team drift, painful onboarding.

agents gives you one source of truth in .agents/ and syncs MCP servers, skills, and instructions to every tool automatically.

Quick Start

# 1. Install
npm install -g @agents-dev/cli

# 2. Interactive setup — picks integrations, adds MCP servers, syncs everything
agents start

# 3. Re-sync whenever config changes
agents sync

That's it. Your .agents/agents.json is now the single source of truth.

Supported Integrations

Integration	MCP Servers	Skills	Instructions	How it syncs
Codex	✅	✅	✅	Writes `.codex/config.toml`
Claude Code	✅	✅	✅	Calls `claude mcp add/remove` CLI
Gemini CLI	✅	✅	✅	Writes `.gemini/settings.json`
Cursor	✅	✅	✅	Writes `.cursor/mcp.json` + CLI enable
Copilot	✅	✅	✅	Writes `.vscode/mcp.json`
Antigravity	✅	✅	✅	Writes to global user profile `mcp.json`
Windsurf	✅	✅	✅	Writes to global user profile `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json` + workspace `.windsurf/skills`
OpenCode	✅	✅	✅	Writes project `opencode.json` (`mcp` block)

Project Layout

your-project/
├── AGENTS.md                        ← Instructions for all tools
├── .agents/
│   ├── agents.json                  ← MCP servers & config (commit this)
│   ├── local.json                   ← Secrets & overrides (gitignored)
│   ├── skills/                      ← Reusable workflow definitions
│   │   └── my-skill/SKILL.md
│   └── generated/                   ← Auto-generated artifacts (gitignored)
│       ├── codex.config.toml
│       ├── gemini.settings.json
│       ├── cursor.mcp.json
│       ├── windsurf.mcp.json
│       ├── opencode.json
│       └── ...
│
│  ┌─── Generated by `agents sync` ───┐
├── .codex/config.toml                │  Materialized tool configs
├── .gemini/settings.json             │  (gitignored in source-only mode)
├── .cursor/mcp.json                  │
├── .vscode/mcp.json                  │
├── opencode.json                     │
└── .claude/skills/ → .agents/skills  │  Symlinked skill bridges
    .cursor/skills/ → .agents/skills  │
    .gemini/skills/ → .agents/skills  │
    .windsurf/skills/ → .agents/skills│

Git strategy: By default only .agents/agents.json, .agents/skills/, and AGENTS.md are committed. Everything else is gitignored and regenerated with agents sync.

Command Overview

Setup & Sync

Command	Description
`agents start`	Interactive setup wizard — integrations, MCP servers, skills, first sync
`agents init`	Scaffold `.agents/` directory without guided setup
`agents sync`	Regenerate and materialize all tool configs
`agents sync --check`	Dry-run — exits `2` if config is out of sync
`agents watch`	Auto-sync on `.agents/` file changes

Diagnostics

Command	Description
`agents status`	Show integrations, MCP servers, file states, and live probes
`agents status --fast`	Skip external CLI probes for quicker output
`agents doctor`	Validate configs, check for issues, suggest fixes
`agents doctor --fix`	Auto-fix what can be fixed
`agents update`	Check for newer CLI version on npm

MCP Server Management

Command	Description
`agents mcp add <name>`	Add a server interactively
`agents mcp add <url>`	Import a server from URL (mcpservers.org, GitHub, etc.)
`agents mcp import --file config.json`	Bulk import from JSON/JSONC file
`agents mcp list`	List all configured servers
`agents mcp remove <name>`	Remove a server
`agents mcp test`	Validate server definitions
`agents mcp test --runtime`	Live connectivity check via tool CLIs

Integrations

Command	Description
`agents connect --llm cursor,claude`	Enable integrations
`agents disconnect --llm codex`	Disable integrations
`agents reset`	Remove generated files, keep `.agents/`
`agents reset --hard`	Full cleanup — removes everything

How It Works

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      agents sync                             │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                              │
│   .agents/agents.json ─── merge ──→ Resolved    ──→ Codex   │
│         (shared)           ↑        Registry          TOML   │
│                            │           │                     │
│   .agents/local.json ──────┘           ├────────→ Claude     │
│      (secrets)                         │          CLI calls  │
│                                        ├────────→ Gemini     │
│   ${ENV_VARS} ─── resolve ─────────────┤          JSON       │
│   ${PROJECT_ROOT}                      ├────────→ Cursor     │
│                                        │          JSON + CLI │
│                                        ├────────→ Copilot    │
│                                        │          VS Code    │
│                                        ├────────→ Antigravity│
│                                        │          Global     │
│                                        ├────────→ Windsurf   │
│                                        │          Global MCP │
│                                        └────────→ OpenCode   │
│                                                   opencode.json │
│                                                              │
│   .agents/skills/ ── symlink ──→ .claude/skills              │
│                                  .cursor/skills              │
│                                  .gemini/skills              │
│                                  .windsurf/skills            │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Load — reads .agents/agents.json + merges secrets from .agents/local.json
Resolve — expands ${PROJECT_ROOT}, ${ENV_VAR} placeholders, filters by enabled and requiredEnv
Route — sends each server to its target integrations (or all, if no targets specified)
Generate — renders tool-specific config formats (TOML for Codex, JSON for others)
Materialize — writes configs atomically (project-local and global targets), calls CLIs for Claude/Cursor
Bridge skills — creates symlinks from tool directories to .agents/skills/ (including Windsurf workspace bridge)

MCP Server Examples

Add from mcpservers.org

agents mcp add https://mcpservers.org/servers/context7-mcp

Add a stdio server

agents mcp add my-server \
  --command "npx" \
  --args "@my-org/mcp-server /path/to/project"

Add an HTTP server with secrets

agents mcp add company-api \
  --url "https://api.company.com/mcp" \
  --secret-header "Authorization=Bearer {{API_TOKEN}}"

Secrets are automatically detected and split: placeholders go to agents.json (committed), real values to local.json (gitignored).

Target specific tools

# Only for Claude
agents mcp add claude-only-server --url "https://..." --target claude

# Only for Cursor and Copilot
agents mcp add ide-server --command "ide-mcp" --target cursor --target copilot_vscode

Security

	What	Where
🔓	Server definitions, team config	`.agents/agents.json` — committed
🔒	API keys, tokens, secrets	`.agents/local.json` — gitignored

How secrets work:

When you add a server, agents detects secret-like values (API keys, tokens, JWTs)
Secrets are moved to local.json and replaced with ${PLACEHOLDER} in agents.json
agents doctor warns if it finds literal secrets in committed config
All env keys and header names are validated to prevent injection

Team Workflow

Lead sets up the project:

agents start
agents mcp add https://mcpservers.org/servers/context7-mcp
agents mcp add company-api --url "https://api.company.com/mcp" \
  --secret-header "Authorization=Bearer {{API_TOKEN}}"
git add .agents/agents.json .agents/skills/ AGENTS.md && git commit -m "Add agents config"

New member onboards:

git clone <repo> && cd <repo>
agents start        # Prompts for API_TOKEN, syncs everything

One command. Same MCP servers, same skills, same instructions. No drift.

FAQ

Does this replace AGENTS.md?

No. It extends it. AGENTS.md is human-readable guidance for LLMs; agents handles machine-readable config (MCP servers, skills) and keeps everything in sync.

Can I use this with only one tool?

Yes. You still get cleaner config management, safer git defaults, secret splitting, and easy MCP server management — even for a single tool.

Where should secrets live?

In .agents/local.json (gitignored by default). The CLI automatically splits secrets from public config when you add MCP servers.

What happens during agents sync?

It reads your .agents/ config, merges secrets, resolves placeholders, generates tool-specific files, and writes them atomically. For Claude and Cursor it also calls their CLIs to register servers. The whole process is idempotent and safe to run repeatedly.

How do I keep configs in sync automatically?

Run agents watch — it polls .agents/ files and auto-syncs on changes. Or run agents sync manually after editing config.

Can I target an MCP server to specific tools only?

Yes. Add "targets": ["claude", "cursor"] to a server definition in agents.json, or use the --target flag with agents mcp add. Servers without targets go to all enabled integrations.

Docs

	Resource
📖	Usage Examples — solo dev, teams, monorepos, scripting
🏗️	System Architecture — sync internals, file formats, security model
📋	Changelog — version history and migration notes

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 30 Commits
.github/workflows		.github/workflows
bin		bin
docs		docs
fixtures/basic/.agents/mcp		fixtures/basic/.agents/mcp
src		src
templates/agents		templates/agents
tests		tests
.gitignore		.gitignore
AGENTS.md		AGENTS.md
CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
NOTICE		NOTICE
README.md		README.md
eslint.config.js		eslint.config.js
package-lock.json		package-lock.json
package.json		package.json
tsconfig.json		tsconfig.json
vitest.config.ts		vitest.config.ts

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