// Call external services (MCP)
Arcade
Closed / commercial For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Arcade is call external services (MCP).
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to call external services (mcp).
Not for: teams that require open source or self-hosting.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README / docs for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Add it to your agent’s MCP config — Claude Code:
claude mcp add; Cursor:.cursor/mcp.json; Codex:~/.codex/config.toml.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → modelcontextprotocol/servers Model Context Protocol Servers ★ 91k context7 Context7 Platform -- Up-to-date code documentation for LLMs and AI code editors ★ 63k github-mcp-server GitHub's official MCP Server ★ 34k composio Composio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn intent into action. ★ 31k PrefectHQ/fastmcp 🚀 The fast, Pythonic way to build MCP servers and clients. ★ 28k
03Related
- ›Hugging Face AI Agents Course · Hugging FaceMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›huggingface/agents-course · Hugging FaceEnglish
- ›AI Agents for Beginners · MicrosoftMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›Building effective agents · AnthropicEnglish
- ›OpenAI: A practical guide to building agents · OpenAIEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
For AI agents
- Interfaces：its own app or website
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/arcade.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10