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When your coding agent can talk to Monk, the full loop closes. Your agent writes and changes the code, Monk deploys it, provisions infrastructure, and keeps everything running. You describe what you want, walk away, and come back to working software on your cloud — no architectural constraints, no manual DevOps steps in between.

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Enable Monk MCP

Every agent connection starts the same way. Open your project in an IDE where Monk is installed, then run the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P): 
Monk: Manage MCP Server → Enable MCP server
Monk will ask which agents to configure. Pick Smart defaults to cover all supported agents at once, or choose a custom target list if you only want specific agents to see Monk. This is a one-time step per project. Enable Monk MCP
Coming soon: Headless mode — no IDE required. Plug Monk directly into Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or any other CLI agent without running a separate IDE window. Upvote it on our roadmap.

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Pick Your Agent

Each agent needs one more step on its side to trust the Monk MCP server. Follow the guide for your agent:

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

Enable Monk tools in Copilot chat

Cursor

Approve Monk tool usage in Cursor

Windsurf

Enable MCP tools in Cascade

Claude Code

Project-local MCP config for Claude Code

Codex

Codex CLI or the Codex IDE extension

Gemini CLI

Project-scoped settings for Gemini

Antigravity

MCP management UI in Antigravity

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Two Patterns

IDE-embedded agents like Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity run inside the same IDE as Monk. You install Monk, enable MCP, and allow the agent to use Monk tools — all in one place. Standalone agents like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex run in a separate terminal. Keep Monk open in your IDE with the project loaded, then launch the standalone agent in the same directory. Monk writes the config file the agent needs automatically.

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What Monk Configures

When you enable MCP, Monk writes client-native config for the current project:
AgentConfig location
VS Code / Copilot.vscode/mcp.json
Cursor / Windsurf.cursor/mcp.json
Claude Code~/.claude.json (project-local entry)
Gemini / Antigravity.gemini/settings.json
Codex.codex/config.toml
Monk only manages its own entries. Disabling Monk MCP removes only the Monk entry from these files.

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Next Steps

First deployment

Deploy your first application through your agent

MCP support details

How Monk MCP works under the hood