sub-agents-mcp

io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 98 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-22
Health score 62

About sub-agents-mcp

sub-agents-mcp is an MCP server published by the GitHub account shinpr. MCP server for delegating tasks to specialized AI sub-agents across coding tools

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package sub-agents-mcp at version 0.15.1.

It asks for 2 secrets: CURSOR_API_KEY and CLI_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs AGENTS_DIR and AGENT_TYPE set before it starts.

Version 0.15.1 was published on 22 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`AGENTS_DIR`	Yes	No	Absolute path to the directory containing agent definition files (.md or .txt)
`AGENT_TYPE`	Yes	No	Type of AI CLI to use: 'cursor', 'claude', 'gemini', 'codex', 'command-code', 'glm', 'kimi', 'grok', 'antigravity', 'opencode', 'mcode', or 'pi'
`AGENT_PERMISSION`	No	No	Approval/sandbox level for sub-agents: 'read-only', 'safe-edit' (default), or 'yolo'
`AGENT_MODEL`	No	No	Optional model override applied to every sub-agent execution by this MCP server
`AGENT_EFFORT`	No	No	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`	No	Yes	API key for cursor-agent authentication (used only when AGENT_TYPE=cursor; passed via env, never via CLI args)
`CLI_API_KEY`	No	Yes	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`	No	No	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`	No	No	Enable session management to maintain execution history across agent calls (default: false)
`SESSION_DIR`	No	No	Directory path for storing session files (default: .mcp-sessions in current working directory)
`SESSION_RETENTION_DAYS`	No	No	Number of days to retain session history before automatic cleanup (default: 1)
`AGENTS_SETTINGS_PATH`	No	No	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.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: CURSOR_API_KEY, CLI_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account shinpr
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	sub-agents-mcp@0.15.1 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 36 files in sub-agents-mcp@0.15.1: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 36 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 62 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity19 / 40

98 GitHub stars, 456 downloads last week, 1 Hacker News post (1 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-22, last release 2026-10-22, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

6 closed of 6 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

17 forks, 111 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

1 Hacker News thread linking to the source code. We link to them and copy nothing.

Show HN: Sub-agents for Cursor via MCP (isolated context, no worktrees) 1 points, 3 comments, 2025-12-14

Look further: search Reddit, search Hacker News, read its GitHub issues. These are not reviews we checked.

Facts

Registry name	`io.github.shinpr/sub-agents-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account shinpr
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account shinpr. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `sub-agents-mcp` 0.15.1 (stdio)
Version	0.15.1
Published	2026-10-22
Last updated	2026-10-22
Source repository	https://github.com/shinpr/sub-agents-mcp
Website	None linked
Category	Productivity & notes (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sub-agents-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sub-agents-mcp@0.15.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENTS_DIR": "<your value>",
        "AGENT_TYPE": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

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