Nimbus

io.github.nimbus-agent/nimbus · v0.4.1

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Terminal

claude mcp add nimbus -e NIMBUS_BIN=<NIMBUS_BIN> -e NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS=<NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS> -- npx -y @nimbus-dev/[email protected]

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nimbus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nimbus-dev/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NIMBUS_BIN": "<NIMBUS_BIN>",
        "NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS": "<NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nimbus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nimbus-dev/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NIMBUS_BIN": "<NIMBUS_BIN>",
        "NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS": "<NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "nimbus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nimbus-dev/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NIMBUS_BIN": "<NIMBUS_BIN>",
        "NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS": "<NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`NIMBUS_BIN` Optional	Optional absolute path to the nimbus binary. Only needed when the launcher cannot find it on PATH or in a known install directory — most commonly a GUI-launched editor on macOS, which spawns MCP servers without the user's shell PATH.
`NIMBUS_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS` Optional	Optional. How long the Nimbus CLI's MCP adapter waits for an agent brief before returning a clean timeout error; defaults to 60000. Lower it when your client's own MCP transport timeout is shorter, so the tool reports a timeout instead of having the call severed underneath it. Read by the nimbus mc…

Details

Package	`@nimbus-dev/[email protected]` (NPM, stdio)
First published	25 Aug 2026
Last updated	25 Aug 2026
Registry name	`io.github.nimbus-agent/nimbus`

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