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Kagan

local MCP server

Kagan is a local MCP server: AI-powered Kanban TUI for autonomous development workflows with agent orchestration. Install it from pypi as kagan.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add kagan -e KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... -e KAGAN_DB_PATH=... -- uvx kagan

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kagan": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kagan"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY": "...",
        "KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "...",
        "KAGAN_DB_PATH": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY, KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, KAGAN_DB_PATH

Summary

AI-powered Kanban TUI for autonomous development workflows with agent orchestration

Kagan vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Kagan12LocalYespypi
Agent Swarm835HostedYesNone
Agent Skills Search Server26KHostedNoNone
Agent-Native Design6,874HostedNoNone
OpenOSINT1,661LocalYespypi

Questions

It reads 3 environment variables: KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY, KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, KAGAN_DB_PATH. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Kagan is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package kagan.

Run: claude mcp add kagan -e KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... -e KAGAN_DB_PATH=... -- uvx kagan

Run: codex mcp add kagan --env KAGAN_OPENAI_API_KEY=... --env KAGAN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... --env KAGAN_DB_PATH=... -- uvx kagan

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