REA

local MCP server

REA is a local MCP server: Reverse engineer anything from your terminal or agent with one CLI and MCP server. Install it from npm as rea-agents.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add rea -- npx -y rea-agents

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

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rea": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "rea-agents"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Runtime: Node.js 18+ (runs with npx).
MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.

Reverse engineer anything from your terminal or agent with one CLI and MCP server.

Server	Stars	Type	API key	Runtime
REA	416	Local	No	npm
Agent Swarm	835	Hosted	Yes	None
Agent Skills Search Server	26K	Hosted	No	None
Desktop Commander	9,802	Local	No	npm
Agent-Native Design	6,874	Hosted	No	None

No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.

Node.js 18+ (runs with npx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

REA is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package rea-agents.

Run: claude mcp add rea -- npx -y rea-agents

Run: codex mcp add rea -- npx -y rea-agents

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