# proletariat-cli

Wires the prlt orchestrator into your agent: tickets, boards, workspaces and several workers from one CLI. Useful once a single chat stops keeping up with the backlog.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 36
- Author: chrismcdermut
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/chrismcdermut/proletariat/tree/HEAD/apps/cli
- Updated: 2026-06-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/proletariat-cli

## What it does

The server plugs into a client over MCP and exposes prlt tooling: file a ticket, move it into work, start a worker on it. Everything lands in one SQLite database, and sessions run under tmux, so closing the terminal does not kill the job. A worker gets its own git branch and worktree, and writes code inside a Docker container rather than on the host.

The CLI itself is installed separately; the server has nothing to start without it. Pick either path: `brew install chrismcdermut/proletariat/prlt` on macOS, or `npm install -g @proletariat/cli` everywhere. On pnpm 10 run `pnpm approve-builds` in the global store first, or the native module build fails. Check with `prlt --version`.

The project is labelled beta, and its commands and APIs shift between releases. Pin the prlt version on a repo you care about instead of pulling the newest one before every run. A `--json` mode lets an agent drive the CLI programmatically when interactive menus get in the way.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add proletariat-cli -- npx -y @proletariat/cli
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add cli -- npx -y @proletariat/cli
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cli": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@proletariat/cli"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "cli": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@proletariat/cli"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add cli npx -y @proletariat/cli
```

## When to use it
- turn a ticket with acceptance criteria into an agent assignment
- run several workers in parallel without their edits colliding
- carry task context from one agent run into the next
- keep an agent session alive after the terminal window closes
- drive the same workflow from a script through `--json`

## Example prompts
- Create a feature ticket for OAuth and spawn a worker on it
- List every ticket on the board, grouped by priority
- Spawn an agent to review that ticket and print the result as JSON

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