Arcade tools without the plugin
The plugin bundles more than : two skills, three commands, and the arcade-operator subagent, all of which need a client that loads agent plugins . If you only want the tools, or your client does not load plugins at all, point it straight at the gateway:
https://api.bosslevel.dev/mcp/all-optimizedAny client that speaks the Streamable HTTP transport works, OpenCode included. Your gets every on the gateway and nothing else changes about how you use it.
Cursor and VS Code can add the gateway this way in one click. The install guide has those links.
What you give up
Tools alone still do the work. What you lose is the part that helps your use them well:
- The skills teach your to turn “reply to that thread” into the right sequence of calls, and to walk you through a team rollout when you ask about one.
- The commands give you
/arcade-status,/arcade-connect, and/arcade-appsfor checking and managing connections without leaving your . - The subagent keeps search out of your main conversation, so it does not crowd out your actual work.
If your client supports plugins, install the full plugin instead.
Sign in
No . You authorize twice: your client signs you in to Arcade with your Arcade when it first connects to the gateway, and then each app gets authorized on its own the first time a task needs it. Approve that once per app and Arcade holds the token.
Your tool calls, tokens, and secrets route through your own Arcade , isolated from every other of the same gateway. Server-level and tool-level authorization covers the split in depth.
Try it
- “What’s on my calendar tomorrow?”
- “What apps can Arcade use?”
Next steps
- Install the agent plugin: one command for Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, Copilot CLI, and Codex
- Connect to MCP clients: point a client at a gateway you control, with your own list
- From personal use to team rollout: what changes when a team depends on the workflow