--- title: Introducing the Kilo MCP | daily.dev description: Kilo launched a remote MCP server that exposes the Kilo platform's API to any MCP-compatible client, such as the Kilo CLI or VS Code extension. Instead of one... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-kilo-mcp-5ltrbdlxl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing the Kilo MCP | daily.dev og:description: Kilo launched a remote MCP server that exposes the Kilo platform's API to any MCP-compatible client, such as the Kilo CLI or VS Code extension. Instead of one... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-kilo-mcp-5ltrbdlxl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5LTrBDLxL.png og:image:alt: Introducing the Kilo MCP og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing the Kilo MCP **[Kilo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/kilo-ai-blog)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kilo launched a remote MCP server that exposes the Kilo platform's API to any MCP-compatible client, such as the Kilo CLI or VS Code extension. Instead of one tool per API endpoint, it offers two tools: search to find relevant endpoints and call to execute them. Setup takes two steps: adding the server to kilo.json and running an OAuth sign-in command. Use cases include querying usage and spend, managing agent profiles, and starting, monitoring, and controlling cloud agents entirely through natural-language prompts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Kilo MCP server and what can it do? The Kilo MCP server is a remote MCP server that exposes the Kilo platform's API to any MCP-compatible client, including the Kilo CLI and VS Code extension. It gives agents two tools: search, which finds relevant API endpoints, and call, which executes them. It lets agents query usage and spend, manage agent profiles, and start, monitor, or control cloud agents through natural-language prompts. _Developers wiring agents into platform APIs can track new MCP server releases like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I connect to the Kilo MCP server? Add an entry to kilo.json specifying type remote, the url https://mcp.kiloapps.io/mcp, and enabled true, then run kilo mcp auth kilo to sign in. A browser window opens for authentication, followed by a second tab to choose a personal account or organization. Other MCP clients connect the same way by pointing at the same URL and completing OAuth sign-in. _daily.dev helps developers configuring MCP server connections keep up with setup changes like this._ ### Why does the Kilo MCP server only expose search and call tools instead of one tool per API endpoint? The Kilo platform's API is too large to load as one tool per endpoint, so the MCP server exposes just two: search, which looks through the API catalog and returns matching endpoints with descriptions and expected inputs, and call, which runs a chosen endpoint and returns the missing field name if inputs are wrong so the agent can retry. _Teams designing MCP tool interfaces can compare approaches like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Building agents that reach production systems with MCP](https://daily.dev/posts/building-agents-that-reach-production-systems-with-mcp-zz2sr0sr5) · Claude · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google Cloud CLI remote MCP server in preview](https://daily.dev/posts/google-cloud-cli-remote-mcp-server-in-preview-nu7cyakeu) · Google Cloud · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot CLI](https://daily.dev/posts/using-mcp-servers-with-github-copilot-cli-yht9grxjc) · We Are .NET · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Build AI Agents That Can Control Cloud Infrastructure](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-ai-agents-that-can-control-cloud-infrastructure-yyzbrnqg9) · freeCodeCamp · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [What is a remote MCP server? 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