# quill-mcp

> A free open-source thinking partner for coding agents — mediates dialogue between Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Cline, and more via MCP.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/quill-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Jacqueline Carter, Sam Knox, Partha Unnava
- homepage: https://github.com/YG3-ai/quill
- repository: https://github.com/YG3-ai/quill
- version: 0.2.1
- license: MIT License
        
        Copyright (c) 2026 YG3
        
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- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, claude, codex, coding-agent, ai, thinking-partner, agent-collaboration
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:quill-mcp

### Description (declared)

![Quill — ask another mind.](imgs/quill_banner_readme.png)

# Quill — *ask another mind.*

**Free, MIT-licensed open source. A working product *and* an active
research project on coding-agent collaboration.**

Quill mediates dialogue between the AI doing the work and a second AI
giving perspective. The headline: **if you have a Claude Pro and a Codex
Pro subscription, you have a free dual-AI coding setup.** No API key
required, no per-token cost — Quill shells out to whichever CLIs you have
installed and relays their conversation.

Built by [YG3](https://yg3.ai). See
[RESEARCH.md](RESEARCH.md) for the research direction.

Four skills available in any agentic CLI Quill is installed in:

- **`consult`** — for stuck/frustrated moments. Quill's advisor reframes
  what's actually going on.
- **`perspective`** — for exploring/curious moments. Layers in a vantage
  the doer hasn't taken.
- **`assumptions`** — for "what choices is the AI making that I don't
  understand?" Translates technical assumptions into plain-language
  yes/no questions.
- **`mosaic`** *(new in v0.2)* — for multi-aspect tasks. Decomposes the
  task into 2-4 voice-assigned slices, runs them in parallel with
  independent priors preserved, cross-reviews for consistency without
  homogenizing voice. The seams between agents stay visible *on
  purpose* — preserved texture diversity is the value. See
  [MOSAIC_DESIGN.md](MOSAIC_DESIGN.md) for the design rationale.

In Claude Code specifically, you also get safety hooks (gatekeeper for
risky shell commands) and pre-push quality scans (secrets, debug
statements, TODOs, .env files).

## The four ways to run Quill

Pick the doer (the agent in your terminal) × the advisor (who Quill
calls when you ask for perspective):

| Doer (your terminal) | Advisor (Quill calls) | Cost | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Claude Code** | **Codex CLI** | Free (Codex Pro) | `ADVISOR_BACKEND=codex_cli` |
| **Codex CLI** | **Claude CLI** | Free (Claude Pro) | `ADVISOR_BACKEND=claud…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.generation (1, derived)
- dev.terminal (1, derived)
- productivity.tasks (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/quill-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:25:18.279Z)

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