AgentX

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AgentX stands for Agent eXtension: A unified CLI tool for managing MCP (Model Context Protocol) Servers and Skills across multiple AI coding agents.

Overview

AgentX simplifies the installation, management, and monitoring of MCP servers and skills across popular AI coding tools:

• Claude Code
• Codex
• Cursor
• Gemini CLI
• OpenCode

It provides both a command-line interface and an interactive terminal UI (TUI) for seamless configuration management.

Features

MCP Server Management

• Install/remove MCP servers across multiple agents
• Check installation status
• Bulk installation to all supported agents
• Supported MCP servers:
  • Playwright - Browser automation capabilities
  • Context7 - Library documentation access

Claude Code & Codex Skills Management

• Install skills from local paths or Git repositories
• Support for skill directories (with SKILL.md); Claude Code also supports command files (.md)
• Install from GitHub URLs with tree fragments
• Personal and project scope management
• Skills health checking and validation

Interactive TUI

• Three main tabs: MCP Servers, Skills, Code Agents
• Visual status matrix showing MCP installations across agents
• Keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation
• Real-time status updates

Installation

1. npm (global install)

npm install -g @agentsdance/agentx

2. Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

# Add the tap (points to this repo)
brew tap agentsdance/agentx https://github.com/agentsdance/agentx.git

# Install agentx
brew install agentx

# Upgrade to the latest version
brew upgrade agentx

3. Download Binary

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

4. Go Install

go install github.com/agentsdance/agentx@latest

5. Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/agentsdance/agentx.git
cd agentx

# Build
make build

# Install to /usr/local/bin (customize with PREFIX env var)
make install

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25+ for building
• Node.js with npm for MCP server execution (via npx)
• Git for cloning skill repositories

Usage

Interactive Mode

Launch the interactive TUI:

agentx

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate:

• Tab / Shift+Tab - Switch between tabs
• ↑ / ↓ - Navigate items
• Enter - Select/toggle
• q / Ctrl+C - Quit

CLI Commands

Command Aliases

The tool responds to: agentx, agents, or ax

Configuration

Agent Configuration Locations

Agent	Config Path
Claude Code	~/.claude.json
Codex	~/.codex/config.toml
Cursor	~/.cursor/mcp.json
Gemini CLI	~/.gemini/settings.json
OpenCode	~/.opencode/config.json

Skills Storage

Claude Code:

Scope	Skills Directory	Commands Directory
Personal	~/.claude/skills/	~/.claude/commands/
Project	.claude/skills/	.claude/commands/

Codex:

Scope	Skills Directory
Personal	$CODEX_HOME/skills/ (default ~/.codex/skills/)
Project	.codex/skills/

Project Structure

agentx/
├── cmd/                    # CLI commands
├── internal/
│   ├── agent/             # Agent implementations (Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode)
│   ├── config/            # Configuration management
│   ├── skills/            # Skills management
│   ├── mcp/               # MCP-specific logic
│   └── version/           # Version information
├── ui/
│   ├── components/        # Reusable UI components
│   ├── views/             # Tab views (MCP, Skills, Agents)
│   └── theme/             # Styling
├── main.go                # Entry point
├── Makefile               # Build targets
└── go.mod                 # Go module definition

Available Skills

AgentX comes with pre-configured skills:

Skill	Description
frontend-design	Production-grade UI design
mcp-builder	Build MCP servers
pdf	PDF document handling
docx	Word document handling
xlsx	Excel document handling
pptx	PowerPoint document handling

License

Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for details.