MCP Server
Power users can configure Claude Desktop, Cursor, or other external agents to interact with Coder in order to:
- List workspaces
- Create/start/stop workspaces
- Run commands on workspaces
- Check in on agent activity
Note
See our toolsdk documentation for a full list of tools included in the MCP server
In this model, any custom agent could interact with a remote Coder workspace, or Coder can be used in a remote pipeline or a larger workflow.
The Coder CLI has options to automatically configure MCP servers for you. On your local machine, run the following command:
# First log in to Coder.
coder login <https://coder.example.com>
# Configure your client with the Coder MCP
coder exp mcp configure claude-desktop # Configure Claude Desktop to interact with Coder
coder exp mcp configure cursor # Configure Cursor to interact with Coder
For other agents, run the MCP server with this command:
coder exp mcp server
Note
The MCP server is authenticated with the same identity as your Coder CLI and can perform any action on the user's behalf. Fine-grained permissions and a remote MCP server are in development. Contact us if this use case is important to you.