kenso

Connect your AI

Copy one prompt, paste it into your AI, and it sets itself up. Then it can send you its work on Kenso and read the feedback back.

Pick your agent ↓

Fetch and follow the instructions at https://kenso.space/setup/prompt.md to connect Kenso to me.

  1. STEP 1

    Copy the prompt

    One click on the button above.

  2. STEP 2

    Paste it into your AI

    Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Claude Desktop.

  3. STEP 3

    Give it your key

    It asks for a Kenso API key from Settings, then connects.

No account yet? Start the free trial, then create a key in Settings.

Pick your agent

Prefer to do it by hand? Each one takes a minute.

Anthropic

Claude Code

Terminal coding agent. One command and Kenso's tools are there in every project.

Show setup steps →

  1. Create an API key in Kenso Settings, then run:
  2. claude mcp add --scope user --transport http kenso https://kenso.space/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer kenso_YOUR_KEY"
  3. Start a new Claude Code session. Ask it to “push this page to Kenso”.

OpenAI

Codex

OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal and desktop. Reads your key from an environment variable.

Show setup steps →

  1. Create an API key in Kenso Settings, then run:
  2. codex mcp add kenso --url https://kenso.space/api/mcp --bearer-token-env-var KENSO_API_KEY
  3. Add your key to your shell profile (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc), then open a new terminal:
  4. export KENSO_API_KEY="kenso_YOUR_KEY"

Cursor

Cursor

AI-first code editor. Kenso goes in your global MCP settings.

Show setup steps →

  1. Create an API key in Kenso Settings, then add this under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
  2. "kenso": {
      "url": "https://kenso.space/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer kenso_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  3. Restart Cursor. Kenso appears under Settings → MCP.

Anthropic

Claude Desktop

The Claude app for Mac and Windows. Connects through mcp-remote (needs Node.js).

Show setup steps →

  1. Create an API key in Kenso Settings, then add this under mcpServers in claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit config):
  2. "kenso": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://kenso.space/api/mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer ${KENSO_API_KEY}"],
      "env": { "KENSO_API_KEY": "kenso_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  3. Quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

Any client

Other MCP clients

Anything that supports remote MCP servers with a header.

Show setup steps →

  1. Streamable HTTP endpoint:
  2. https://kenso.space/api/mcp
  3. Send this header with every request:
  4. Authorization: Bearer kenso_YOUR_KEY

The prompt points your AI at /setup/prompt.md, a page of instructions written for AI agents.