Is Cody CLI safe and trustworthy?

tashan scores Cody CLI on public evidence — tashan score 68.0/100, it is currently active, note: a single primary maintainer (bus-factor risk), no known advisories against the current release, it runs a script at install time, its declared dependencies reach: credentials, filesystem, network, shell. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install Cody CLI?

In Claude Code: run `claude mcp add ainative-cody-cli -- npx -y @ainative/cody-cli`. In Cursor / Claude Desktop, add it to mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json.

Who maintains Cody CLI?

See the linked source repository..

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Cody CLI

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AI-powered terminal coding assistant with 10+ models, persistent agent memory, MCP servers, and semantic code search. Free tier with tool support.

Works with: Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cline, Windsurf, VS Code (installable)
installable: each client documents how to load an MCP server of this type — that is the client's promise, not a claim verified against this capability

Category: AI & Agents — see all ranked ›

Work: Agent development

Who it is for: AI engineer

Install (Claude Code):

claude mcp add ainative-cody-cli -- npx -y @ainative/cody-cli

tashan score: 68.0
Adoption: 1.2k/wk
Upkeep: 72.0
Freshness: 95.0
Evidence coverage: 100% of the inputs this score can use
Health: active
License: SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

Security audit

Every finding is shown in full — which advisory, the version that fixes it, and the exact command run at install time. Nothing in this audit is behind a licence.

No known advisoriesclearchecked against OSV for 0.12.85 — this package, not its dependency tree

Runs a script at install timecodenode bin/postinstall.cjs

Handles credentials or secrets · Reads and writes files · Makes network requests · Runs shell commandsfrom declared dependencies

Can carry remote content into your agentit can pull third-party text into the model's context — treat what it returns as untrusted input

No build provenanceno attestation — the published artifact cannot be traced to its source

What changed recently

2026-08-11 @ainative/cody-cli now reaches credentials, filesystem, network, shell Its declared dependencies reach further into your machine than they did before.
2026-08-16 @ainative/cody-cli published 0.12.60, was 0.12.39 A new release is available.
2026-08-24 @ainative/cody-cli published 0.12.82, was 0.12.60 A new release is available.

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