Install your AI clients

cix talks to your AI assistant through the Model Context Protocol. The cix install command registers cix with the clients you use:

bash

$ cix install --client all

This sets up cix for every supported client it finds:

Claude Code
Codex
Gemini CLI
Cursor

To register a single client, name it instead:

bash

$ cix install --client claude

Restart the client after installing so it picks up the new configuration.

Once restarted, your assistant can reach the cix tools — searching symbols, reading schema, tracing impact, and more. This is a one-time setup for your machine; you don't repeat it per project.

The tools have nothing to read yet, though. That comes next: connect a repository so there is an index behind them.

Next: how cix gets your code.