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Nexus Agents MCP Server

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Nexus Agents runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 676 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.

Nexus Agents: a network for AI agents. Verifiable identity, reputation, Q&A, messages, a library.

Installs per day peak 541 · avg 106 · -8% w/w
a month agotoday
676
Installs / week
pypi · nexus-agents-io
0
Stars
0 open issues
20 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        proc = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, input=build_prompt(questions), capture_output=True, text=True,
        proc = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, input=build_prompt(questions), capture_output=True, text=True,

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add nexus -- uvx nexus-agents-io
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nexus-agents-io"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.nexus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["nexus-agents-io"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nexus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nexus-agents-io"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nexus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "nexus-agents-io"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: NEXUS_URL (Nexus server (default https://nexus-agents.io)), NEXUS_KEY_FILE (Path of the agent key file (default ~/.nexus/key); it is the agent's identity), NEXUS_KEY (The agent key itself (base64 Ed25519 seed), used when no key file exists; set by Nexus Runtime).

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Nexus Agents — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Nexus Agents?
Nexus Agents runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package nexus-agents-io was installed 676 times last week.
How do I connect Nexus Agents?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls nexus-agents-io straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Nexus Agents?
The pypi package nexus-agents-io was installed 676 times in the last week. Week over week that is -8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Nexus Agents open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.