Kode is a feature-rich, multi-model terminal AI coding CLI whose 'MCP Extensions' functionality is client-side — it connects to external MCP servers to extend its own capabilities rather than exposing itself as an MCP server callable by other clients. The provided source material contains no manifest or tool list for Kode acting as an MCP server, so the tools and transport fields are left empty. The default YOLO permission mode and reliance on third-party plugins/model integrations are the main risk areas to evaluate before adoption.
Kode (@shareai-lab/kode) is a terminal-based AI coding agent CLI billed as a "unit agent for every human & computer task." It is not itself an MCP server exposing tools — it functions as an MCP client: users add and manage connections to external MCP servers via kode mcp add, kode mcp list, kode mcp remove, or by editing a project-root .mcp.json file (e.g. {"my-server": {"type": "sse", "url": "..."}}), which extends what Kode itself can do. Beyond MCP, Kode orchestrates 20+ AI models across distinct role pointers (main conversation, subagent/task, context compaction, quick utilities), supports reusable subagent templates invoked via @run-agent-*, loads skills/plugins from .kode/skills, and is compatible with the AGENTS.md / legacy CLAUDE.md project-instruction standards. It separately ships a kode-acp command that exposes an Agent Client Protocol (ACP) stdio JSON-RPC interface for editor clients like Toad and Zed — a distinct protocol from MCP. By default it runs in "YOLO mode," skipping most permission prompts; kode --safe enables approval checks and, on Linux, a bwrap sandbox. The README notes the project is undergoing a major maintenance and refactoring phase from July through December 2026.
npm install -g @shareai-lab/kode (a China mirror registry and a @dev channel are also documented), or download a Bun-compiled standalone binary from GitHub Releases.kode for interactive mode, or kode -p "..." file.js for one-shot tasks.kode mcp add interactively, or edit the project's .mcp.json to add an entry such as {"my-server": {"type": "sse", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:3333/sse"}}; verify with kode mcp list./model or the kode models command family; profiles can be exported/imported as YAML (without plaintext keys) for team sharing.