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Connect your agent

Give your coding agent Anvil's reviews, CI logs, workflows and setup tools through its MCP server. You sign in through the browser; there's no token to copy.

Claude Code

Add Anvil:

bash

claude mcp add --transport http anvil https://itest.wicker.life/mcp

In Claude Code, run /mcp, choose anvil and Authenticate.
Approve the access level in the browser window that opens.

Codex

Add Anvil and sign in:

bash

codex mcp add anvil --url https://itest.wicker.life/mcp
codex mcp login anvil

Approve the access level in the browser window that opens.

Cursor

Click Add to Cursor in Settings → Connect an agent, or put this in .cursor/mcp.json:
json
```
{ "mcpServers": { "anvil": { "url": "https://itest.wicker.life/mcp" } } }
```
In Cursor's MCP settings, click Needs login next to anvil.
Approve the access level in the browser.

VS Code

Click Install in VS Code in Settings → Connect an agent, or run:

bash

code --add-mcp '{"name":"anvil","type":"http","url":"https://itest.wicker.life/mcp"}'

Start the server from the MCP view and sign in when VS Code asks.

Other

Any client with Streamable HTTP and OAuth needs only the address:

https://itest.wicker.life/mcp

A client that only speaks stdio can use a bridge:

bash

npx mcp-remote https://itest.wicker.life/mcp

You're connected #

The agent is listed under Connected agents in Settings → Connect an agent, with its access level and when it was last used. Try:

What needs my attention in Anvil?

Pick an access level #

The browser asks what the agent may do. You can change it by disconnecting and connecting again.

Level	The agent can
Read only	See repositories, CI runs and logs, tests, reviews, findings, learnings and spend
Read and write	Also run, re-run and cancel CI, request reviews, resolve findings, apply suggestions, comment and start agent tasks
Read, write and setup	Also create repositories and mirrors, turn reviews on or off, change `.anvil.yaml` and add SSH keys

Without a browser: API tokens #

For CI jobs, scripts and clients without OAuth, use a personal API token.

In Settings → Connect an agent, create a token under API tokens with the level it needs.
Store it in a secret store or an environment variable. It starts with rvw_ and is shown once.

Send it as a header:

bash

claude mcp add --transport http anvil https://itest.wicker.life/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $ANVIL_TOKEN"

The same token is the password for git over HTTPS on hosted repositories. A read-only token can clone but not push.

Next #

MCP server Every tool, prompt and resource, with the level it needs.
Find failing, slow and flaky CI What the agent reads when it asks why CI failed.