Question 1

What is barkcli?

Accepted Answer

barkcli is an open-source (MIT) management layer between humans and AI coding agents. Tasks, specs, memory, skills, and agent runs live in your git repo. It provides a CLI, terminal UI, web app, and 71 MCP tools for AI agents.

Question 2

Is barkcli free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. barkcli is free and open source under the MIT license — the CLI is free forever, with no per-seat pricing and no account required. A hosted team layer (multiplayer sessions, cloud sync, analytics) is planned at $99/month per team.

Question 3

Does barkcli work with Claude Code, OpenCode, and Cursor?

Accepted Answer

Yes. barkcli exposes 71 MCP tools and works as an MCP server with Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI agent. See the integrations page for setup.

Question 4

Does barkcli upload my tasks to the cloud?

Accepted Answer

No. Tasks are YAML files committed to your git repository. barkcli runs fully locally and can work offline with no accounts.

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