Multi-Agent Support

Code Context Engine works with any AI coding agent that supports MCP (Model Context Protocol). The cce init command auto-detects which agents are present in your environment and configures them automatically.

The --agent flag

cce init --agent auto      # Default. Detects installed agents.
cce init --agent claude    # Configure only Claude Code
cce init --agent cursor    # Configure only Cursor
cce init --agent copilot   # Configure only VS Code / Copilot
cce init --agent gemini    # Configure only Gemini CLI
cce init --agent codex     # Configure only Codex CLI
cce init --agent all       # Configure all supported agents

When no --agent flag is provided, cce init defaults to auto, which scans for known config files and editors.

Supported Editors and Agents

Agent	MCP Config Path	Instruction File
Claude Code	.mcp.json	CLAUDE.md
Cursor	.cursor/mcp.json	.cursorrules
VS Code / Copilot	.vscode/mcp.json	.github/copilot-instructions.md
Gemini CLI	.gemini/settings.json	GEMINI.md
Codex CLI	~/.codex/config.toml (global)	AGENTS.md
OpenCode	opencode.json	(none)
Tabnine	.tabnine/agent/settings.json	TABNINE.md

How it works

Each agent integration does two things:

1. Registers the MCP server so the agent can call context_search and other CCE tools.
2. Writes an instruction file telling the agent to prefer CCE’s search over raw file reads.

The instruction file content is managed by CCE and wrapped in markers (CCE:BEGIN / CCE:END) so it can be updated on upgrade without touching your own content.

Re-running for additional agents

You can run cce init --agent <name> multiple times. Each run is additive and will not remove previously configured agents.

cce init --agent claude
cce init --agent copilot   # Adds Copilot config alongside Claude

Or configure everything at once:

cce init --agent all