---
title: Use from your coding agent
description: Connect a coding agent to Tripwire, give it the docs, and choose how it should work in your repo.
---

Use **MCP** to work with connected repositories, **CLI** to run commands from a checkout, and the **TypeScript SDK** to define workflows in code.

## Install and connect

Run the installer to add the **Tripwire MCP server** and setup skills to your agent. Pick your client when prompted.

```sh
npx @tripwire-sh/cli install
```

After signing in, ask the agent to list your connected repositories or inspect the latest run for a pull request. [Sign-in instructions](/agent-auth).

## Give your agent the docs

| When the agent needs | Where to start |
| --- | --- |
| A list of guides | [Docs index](/api/docs/pages.json). Follow a page’s `markdownUrl`. |
| Setup instructions | The installed `tripwire-get-started` skill. |
| Terminal commands | [CLI](/cli). |
| TypeScript workflow examples | [TypeScript SDK](/typescript-sdk) or the installed `tripwire-workflows` skill. |

## Set repository instructions

Add a short note to `AGENTS.md` or your client’s project instructions if you want the same behavior in every session.

```md
## Tripwire

Use Tripwire to inspect the rules and runs for this repository. Confirm
the repository from the Git remote. Show the proposed change and ask
before saving rules, pushing workflows, or turning on the gate.
```