clarc MCP Integration

When to Activate

• Building a multi-agent workflow where one agent needs to inspect clarc state
• Setting up a CI/CD pipeline that checks clarc installation health
• Integrating clarc into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or another MCP-compatible client
• An agent needs to discover available skills or agents programmatically

MCP vs CLI: The Core Decision

Use MCP when: another tool or agent is the consumer (structured JSON input/output required) Use CLI commands when: a human is working interactively in a terminal

Both surfaces share the same underlying logic via shared library modules:

• scripts/lib/skill-search.js — powers both skill_search MCP tool and /find-skill CLI
• scripts/lib/project-detect.js — powers both get_project_context MCP tool and session-start.js

Unique MCP Tools (no CLI equivalent)