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 56 MCP tools for AI agents.

Question 2

Is barkcli free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. barkcli is fully free and open source under the MIT license — no subscriptions, no per-seat pricing, no cloud. Pro commands are included for free.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Yes. barkcli exposes 56 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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