Agent setups
How to set up common coding agents. Start with the guide for your level, then check the per-agent notes for specifics.
Each setup links its sources.Updated June 2026
Your first coding agent. Pick one and learn it.
Setup guide
One subscription agent and a short rules file. No MCP yet.
You use one agent and want more from it.
Setup guide
Add a few tools, save repeated workflows, and add a review step.
Multiple agents, scheduled runs, and gates you trust.
Setup guide
Orchestrate workers, route models by cost, and verify before merge.
Code stays on your machine. No tokens leave the box.
Setup guide
An open model served locally, driven by a local-first agent.
Agents that run on a schedule or on events, not just when you type.
Setup guide
Scheduled runs, hooks, and a message channel wired into the agent.
Hermes
Local operator loop
A local loop: one model scopes a task, Claude Code builds it, audits gate the result, and every run ends with a summary you can parse.
Claude Code
Anthropic
Terminal agent with long context, subagent fan-out, and computer use.
Cursor — Agent Mode
Anysphere
IDE-native agent with codebase indexing and parallel background agents.
GitHub Copilot — Coding Agent
GitHub · Microsoft
Assign an issue, get a pull request with tests and a self-review.
OpenCode
sst / Anomaly
Open, model-agnostic terminal coding agent — plan, then build, on the provider you choose.
Aider
Open source
Terminal pair-programmer that commits every change atomically and works with any LLM.
OpenClaw
Open source · self-hosted
A self-hosted agent you run on your own box. Personality and memory live in plain Markdown files; it talks to you over chat apps.