arcade-mcp/README.md

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Arcade AI Platform

Arcade is a developer platform that lets you build, deploy, and manage tools for AI agents.

This repository contains the core Arcade libraries, organized as separate packages for maximum flexibility and modularity:

• arcade-core - Core platform functionality and schemas
• arcade-tdk - Tool Development Kit with the @tool decorator
• arcade-serve - Serving infrastructure for workers and MCP servers
• arcade-evals - Evaluation framework for testing tool performance
• arcade-cli - Command-line interface for the Arcade platform

To learn more about Arcade.dev, check out our documentation.

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Quick Start

Installation

For development, install all packages with dependencies using uv workspace:

# Install all packages and dev dependencies
uv sync --extra all --dev

# Or use the Makefile (includes pre-commit hooks)
make install

For production use, install individual packages as needed:

pip install arcade-ai          # CLI
pip install 'arcade-ai[evals]' # CLI + Evaluation framework
pip install 'arcade-ai[all]'   # CLI + Serving infra + eval framework + TDK
pip install arcade_serve       # Serving infrastructure
pip install arcade-tdk         # Tool Development Kit

Development

Use the Makefile for standard tasks:

# Run tests
make test

# Run linting and type checking
make check

# Build all packages
make build

# See all available commands
make help

Client Libraries

• ArcadeAI/arcade-py: The Python client for interacting with Arcade.

• ArcadeAI/arcade-js: The JavaScript client for interacting with Arcade.

• ArcadeAI/arcade-go: The Go client for interacting with Arcade.

Support and Community

• Discord: Join our Discord community for real-time support and discussions.
• GitHub: Contribute or report issues on the Arcade GitHub repository.
• Documentation: Find in-depth guides and API references at Arcade Documentation.