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list-agents command is an informational command that prints a table of every AI coding agent supported by add-mcp. Use it to look up the exact value to pass to -a / --agent, discover available aliases, and check whether an agent supports project-level or global-only configuration.
Usage
Supported agents
add-mcp supports 15 agents. The table below lists each agent with its --agent flag value, known aliases, and the config file paths used for project-level and global installation.
| Agent | --agent value | Project config path | Global config path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigravity | antigravity | — | ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json |
| Cline VSCode Extension | cline | — | ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json |
| Cline CLI | cline-cli | — | ~/.cline/data/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json |
| Claude Code | claude-code | .mcp.json | ~/.claude.json |
| Claude Desktop | claude-desktop | — | ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |
| Codex | codex | .codex/config.toml | ~/.codex/config.toml |
| Cursor | cursor | .cursor/mcp.json | ~/.cursor/mcp.json |
| Gemini CLI | gemini-cli | .gemini/settings.json | ~/.gemini/settings.json |
| Goose | goose | .goose/config.yaml | ~/.config/goose/config.yaml |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | github-copilot-cli | .vscode/mcp.json | ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json |
| MCPorter | mcporter | config/mcporter.json | ~/.mcporter/mcporter.json |
| OpenCode | opencode | opencode.json | ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json |
| VS Code | vscode | .vscode/mcp.json | ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json |
| Windsurf | windsurf | — | ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json |
| Zed | zed | .zed/settings.json | ~/Library/Application Support/Zed/settings.json |
—) in the project config path column means the agent only supports global installation.
Aliases
Several agents have short aliases you can pass to-a / --agent in place of the canonical name:
| Alias | Resolves to |
|---|---|
cline-vscode | cline |
codeium | windsurf |
cascade | windsurf |
gemini | gemini-cli |
github-copilot | vscode |
Installation scope
Every agent supports global installation. Agents with a project config path (non-dash entries above) also support project-level installation, which is the default when you runadd-mcp inside a project directory.
- Project (default)
- Global (-g)
Config files are written inside the current directory (e.g.
.cursor/mcp.json). These files can be committed with your project and shared with your team.