Sub Agents MCP

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Other
• You need to fill in: AGENTS_DIR, AGENT_TYPE, CURSOR_API_KEY, CLI_API_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sub-agents": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sub-agents-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENTS_DIR": "your-value",
        "AGENT_TYPE": "your-value",
        "AGENT_PERMISSION": "your-value",
        "AGENT_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AGENT_EFFORT": "your-value",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "CLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SESSION_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "SESSION_DIR": "your-value",
        "SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add sub-agents --env AGENTS_DIR=your-value --env AGENT_TYPE=your-value --env AGENT_PERMISSION=your-value --env AGENT_MODEL=your-value --env AGENT_EFFORT=your-value --env CURSOR_API_KEY=your-value --env CLI_API_KEY=your-value --env EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_MS=your-value --env SESSION_ENABLED=your-value --env SESSION_DIR=your-value --env SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS=your-value --env AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH=your-value -- npx -y sub-agents-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sub-agents": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sub-agents-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENTS_DIR": "your-value",
        "AGENT_TYPE": "your-value",
        "AGENT_PERMISSION": "your-value",
        "AGENT_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AGENT_EFFORT": "your-value",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "CLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SESSION_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "SESSION_DIR": "your-value",
        "SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "sub-agents": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sub-agents-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENTS_DIR": "your-value",
        "AGENT_TYPE": "your-value",
        "AGENT_PERMISSION": "your-value",
        "AGENT_MODEL": "your-value",
        "AGENT_EFFORT": "your-value",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "CLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SESSION_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "SESSION_DIR": "your-value",
        "SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• AGENTS_DIR required env
  Absolute path to the directory containing agent definition files (.md or .txt)
• AGENT_TYPE required env
  Type of AI CLI to use: 'cursor', 'claude', 'gemini', 'codex', 'command-code', 'glm', 'kimi', 'grok', 'antigravity', 'opencode', 'mcode', or 'pi'
• AGENT_PERMISSION env
  Approval/sandbox level for sub-agents: 'read-only', 'safe-edit' (default), or 'yolo'
• AGENT_MODEL env
  Optional model override applied to every sub-agent execution by this MCP server
• AGENT_EFFORT env
  Optional backend-specific reasoning effort or model variant. Supported by codex, claude, command-code, glm, kimi, grok, antigravity, opencode, mcode, and pi.
• CURSOR_API_KEY secret env
  API key for cursor-agent authentication (used only when AGENT_TYPE=cursor; passed via env, never via CLI args)
• CLI_API_KEY secret env
  Provider API key for AGENT_TYPE=glm or kimi (passed to the claude binary via env, never via CLI args). Restart/reconnect the MCP server after changing it.
• EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_MS env
  Agent execution timeout in milliseconds, as a positive whole number (default: 300000). The server refuses to start on an invalid value such as "5min".
• SESSION_ENABLED env
  Enable session management to maintain execution history across agent calls (default: false)
• SESSION_DIR env
  Directory path for storing session files (default: .mcp-sessions in current working directory)
• SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS env
  Number of days to retain session history before automatic cleanup (default: 1)
• AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH env
  Path to CLI settings file/directory. Claude: --settings arg, Cursor: CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR, Codex: CODEX_HOME. GLM/Kimi/Gemini/Grok/Antigravity/OpenCode/Command Code/MiniMax Code/Pi not supported.

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What it can do

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