mcoda

mcoda is a local-first CLI for planning, documentation, and execution workflows with agent assistance.

Install

• Requires Node.js >= 20.
• Global install: npm i -g mcoda
• Verify: mcoda --version

Quick start

mcoda set-workspace --workspace-root .
mcoda docs pdr generate --workspace-root . --project WEB --rfp-path docs/rfp/web.md --agent codex

Docdex & QA

• mcoda depends on the docdex CLI for doc search and context stitching.
• Run docdex setup (or docdexd browser install) to install the headless Chromium browser used for web enrichment.
• Docdex stores state under ~/.docdex; mcoda does not create repo-local .docdex folders.
• If ~/.docdex/agents.md exists, it is prepended to every agent run.

Workspace layout

• ~/.mcoda/workspaces/<fingerprint>/config.json for defaults (docdex URL, branch metadata, telemetry preferences).
• ~/.mcoda/workspaces/<fingerprint>/mcoda.db for backlog, jobs, and telemetry.
• ~/.mcoda/workspaces/<fingerprint>/docs/ for generated artifacts.

Common commands

• Docs: mcoda docs pdr generate, mcoda docs sds generate
• Specs: mcoda openapi-from-docs
• Planning: mcoda create-tasks, mcoda task-sufficiency-audit, mcoda refine-tasks, mcoda order-tasks
• Execution: mcoda add-tests, mcoda work-on-tasks, mcoda code-review, mcoda qa-tasks
• Backlog: mcoda backlog, mcoda task
• Jobs/telemetry: mcoda jobs, mcoda tokens, mcoda telemetry
• Agents: mcoda test-agent, mcoda agent-run
• Updates: mcoda update --check

mcoda work-on-tasks auto-runs the same test-harness bootstrap logic as mcoda add-tests when selected tasks require tests but no runnable harness exists. mcoda create-tasks auto-runs a sufficiency pass (same engine as mcoda task-sufficiency-audit) to compare SDS coverage against generated backlog items and fill obvious planning gaps. If that sufficiency pass errors, create-tasks continues (fail-open) and records audit failure details in job checkpoints/logs.

Configuration

Environment variables are optional overrides for workspace settings:

• MCODA_DOCDEX_URL to point at a docdex server.
• MCODA_API_BASE_URL or MCODA_JOBS_API_URL for job APIs.
• MCODA_TELEMETRY set to off to disable telemetry.
• MCODA_STREAM_IO=1 to emit agent I/O lines to stderr.

Programmatic usage

import { McodaEntrypoint } from "mcoda";

await McodaEntrypoint.run(["--version"]);

Documentation

Full docs live in the repository:

• README: https://github.com/bekirdag/mcoda
• Usage guide: https://github.com/bekirdag/mcoda/blob/main/docs/usage.md
• Quality gates: https://github.com/bekirdag/mcoda/blob/main/docs/quality_gates.md

License

MIT - see LICENSE.