> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rapidreview.io/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Clients

> Every coding agent Merv supports, what each one gets — OAuth, skills, reviewer subagents, long-run wake — and where they differ.

Merv is one plugin content tree served to eleven clients through thin adapters. Everything heavy — state, gates, reviews, sandboxes — lives in the brain; every client connects to the same `POST /mcp` endpoint. Nine clients have a native install and browser OAuth; OpenHands and Replit Agent connect manually.

## What each client gets

| Client                                     | Install          | Sign-in           | Skills         | Reviewers       |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------- | ----------------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| [Claude Code](/docs/merv/clients/claude-code)   | plugin           | OAuth (CLI)       | auto           | subagents       |
| [Codex](/docs/merv/clients/codex)               | plugin           | OAuth (CLI)       | manifest       | via skills      |
| [Copilot CLI](/docs/merv/clients/copilot-cli)   | plugin           | OAuth (in-client) | auto           | subagents       |
| [Cursor](/docs/merv/clients/cursor)             | marketplace      | OAuth (UI)        | auto           | subagents       |
| [Gemini CLI](/docs/merv/clients/gemini-cli)     | extension        | OAuth (in-client) | auto           | agents as tools |
| [Qwen Code](/docs/merv/clients/qwen-code)       | extension        | OAuth (in-client) | auto           | subagents       |
| [OpenCode](/docs/merv/clients/opencode)         | Git plugin       | OAuth (CLI)       | hosted catalog | plugin-injected |
| [Kilo Code](/docs/merv/clients/kilo-code)       | Git plugin       | OAuth (CLI)       | hosted catalog | plugin-injected |
| [Hermes Agent](/docs/merv/clients/hermes-agent) | plugin           | OAuth (CLI)       | plugin         | `delegate_task` |
| [OpenHands](/docs/merv/clients/openhands)       | manual           | project key       | manual         | second session  |
| [Replit Agent](/docs/merv/clients/replit-agent) | account settings | OAuth (UI)        | none           | second session  |

How each client waits for a long sandbox run is on [Long runs and waking](/docs/merv/clients/long-runs).

## The same for every client

* The project comes from the credential and the call — agents pass `project_id` explicitly and never send a checkout path.
* One OAuth grant with **All my projects** covers every project you're a member of.
* The connection is plain HTTP; no local Merv runtime is needed. Byte transfers use the machine's `curl`, OpenSSH, and `rsync`.
* The brain is the only source of tool schemas (`tools/list`); there is no client-side catalog. Committed manifests contain the URL and no credential header, so a 401 starts OAuth discovery.

## How the adapters are built

Codex, Claude Code, Copilot CLI, and Cursor read marketplace manifests on `main`. Gemini, Qwen, Kilo, and OpenCode consume a generated `merv-client` branch that CI force-publishes after every change on `main` — nobody edits it by hand. Hermes gets a generated `merv-hermes-client` repo. Kilo and OpenCode fetch skills from a hosted, content-versioned catalog. Reviewer agent files carry only `name` and `description` frontmatter so every client that supports agents can load them.