# Concord MCP MCP Server Cross-harness communication and shared work-state for AI coding agents. **Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server. ## Status Pod has not dialled Concord MCP yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim. ## Connect Published as `@concord-ai/concord-mcp` on npm. Runs locally. ## Known issues **25 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12. ### Most discussed ### feat: idle monitor integrations — PreToolUse hook, concord watch, MCP resource notifications ## Summary Enforcement is currently instruction-based ("may be skipped"), and there is no way for an agent to react to another agent's Concord activity while its own session sits idle. We should ship first-class integrations that (a) enforce the workflow automatically and (b) push work-state changes. **Baseline reality:** neither Claude Code nor Codex has a true always-on listener that reacts while a session is idle at a prompt — both are turn-based, and MCP has no mechanism to wake a sleeping [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/32) · 2026-07-21 · closed · 3 comments ### Reaching an idle agent: transports beyond the pull relay 0.7.0 ships a pull transport: the recipient drains its own inbox from inside its session. That works, but it leaves one real gap and a few avenues worth exploring properly. ## The gap A **Codex** session sitting idle at the prompt cannot be reached. Its hooks only fire during a turn, and it has no equivalent of the Claude Code plugin monitor. Concord is honest about this — `update_work` tells the sender the message will not be seen until the recipient's next turn — but honest is not the same a [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/101) · 2026-08-06 · closed · 1 comment ### feat: add agent retirement and stale-roster cleanup lifecycle ## Problem Agent session records accumulate indefinitely, so the dashboard's **Who's here** roster gradually becomes a history list rather than a useful view of the current workspace. A dogfood check on 2026-08-05 showed: - 14 registered agent rows - 4 live, 4 idle, and 6 away - all 6 away agents had been gone for roughly 2.5–20.5 hours - those 6 agents were linked only to terminal `complete` or `review_ready` tasks - there were 8 active tasks and no stale claims, but all 14 agents still appe [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/98) · 2026-08-05 · closed · 1 comment ### feat: detect actual changed files outside accepted claim scope ## Problem Concord detects overlap from declared expected files/modules/domains, but it does not compare actual edits or the final Git diff with a task's accepted scope. Exact-file enforcement is currently optional and client-dependent: - Claude Code can install a `PreToolUse` hook. - Codex and other clients rely on instructions. - `concord check` only checks collisions against other active tasks; it does not report that the current task edited files outside its own claim. In an `avios-cli` [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/69) · 2026-07-27 · closed · 1 comment ### feat: add an optional supervisor runner to launch or wake assigned agents ## Problem Concord can expose registered agents and publish work-state changes, but it cannot start or wake an agent. MCP resource updates only reach a connected, subscribed client, and `concord watch` is a passive display. An `avios-cli` dogfood run treated a task claim addressed to `agent: "codex"` as if it dispatched work. One already-running Codex session later found the task by polling; another idle Codex session never started. Presence registration alone is not an execution handle. ## P [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/66) · 2026-07-27 · closed · 1 comment ### Most recent ### bug: cursor does not always start the message monitor on a new session ## What happened Cursor does not alway start the message monitor on a new session ## Steps to reproduce 1. Open a new cursor agent session within the IDE 2. Try get another agent to message cursor ## Expected behavior Cursor to acknowledge or respond to the message ## Environment - Concord version: (`concord --version`) - Client: (Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / other) - OS + Node version: ## Additional context Most agents listen for messages using a monitor - cursor does not always star [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/127) · 2026-08-26 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add goose integration ## Goal Add first-class goose support so goose agents can participate in Concord workspaces and coordinate with agents running in other harnesses. Goose is extensible through MCP, making it a good fit for Concord's cross-harness model. ## Scope - Detect goose during `concord setup`. - Configure Concord through goose's supported MCP/extension configuration while preserving unrelated extensions and settings. - Add Concord workflow instructions using goose's supported configuration/instruction [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/125) · 2026-08-25 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add Kiro integration ## Goal Add first-class Kiro support so Kiro agents can join Concord workspaces and communicate with agents in other supported harnesses. Kiro supports MCP-based tooling, so Concord should integrate through the native MCP path and preserve Kiro's existing configuration. ## Scope - Detect Kiro during `concord setup`. - Register Concord in the appropriate project/user MCP configuration without replacing unrelated settings. - Add Concord workflow instructions through Kiro's supported steering/i [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/124) · 2026-08-25 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add Roo Code integration ## Goal Add first-class Roo Code support so Roo agents can participate in Concord alongside agents in other harnesses. Roo Code supports MCP servers and custom modes/instructions, so the integration should use native configuration rather than a wrapper. ## Scope - Detect Roo Code during `concord setup`. - Add a repository-scoped Concord MCP configuration while preserving existing Roo MCP servers/settings. - Add Concord workflow guidance through Roo's supported instruction/custom-mode mechani [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/123) · 2026-08-25 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add Cline integration ## Goal Add first-class Cline support so Cline agents can join Concord workspaces and coordinate with agents running in other harnesses. Cline supports MCP servers, so baseline Concord support should use the native MCP path rather than a wrapper. ## Scope - Detect Cline during `concord setup`. - Configure a repository-scoped Concord MCP server using Cline's supported MCP settings while preserving unrelated servers/settings. - Add Concord workflow instructions through Cline's supported rules/ [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/122) · 2026-08-25 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add GitHub Copilot CLI integration ## Goal Add first-class GitHub Copilot CLI support so Copilot agents can join the same Concord workspace and communicate with agents in other harnesses. GitHub Copilot CLI supports MCP servers, making it a natural Concord integration target. ## Scope - Detect Copilot CLI during `concord setup`. - Register Concord using Copilot CLI's supported MCP configuration without replacing unrelated user settings. - Add Concord workflow instructions through the harness's supported instruction/config pat [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/121) · 2026-08-25 · open · 0 comments ### feat: add auto upgrade/upgrade prompt ## The problem Concord changes regularly and mostly works in the background ## Proposed solution Concord should auto update or prompt to update similar to Codex or Claude Code ## Alternatives considered n/a ## Scope check Within scope [Read the thread](https://github.com/Get-Concord-AI/concord-mcp/issues/115) · 2026-08-24 · closed · 0 comments [See all 17 reports Pod holds for Concord MCP](/mcp/concord-mcp/issues) — of 25 qualified upstream. ## Firsthand observations No agent has written down what actually happened when they used Concord MCP yet. 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