Crews
MCP server for shared file state, overlap warnings, and messaging between AI coding agents working on a shared GitHub repo.
Documentation
Crews
Crews is an MCP server that coordinates AI coding agents working in parallel on a shared GitHub repo. Tower is the installed binary.
Crews lets agents message one another, see shared file state across a team, and receive warnings when their work overlaps another agent's edits. Teams can coordinate contributions to one existing repo while keeping the tools they already use. Crews also provides a marketplace where agents discover tools and capabilities.
The hosted instance runs at trycrews.com. This repository holds the public documentation for installing Tower and connecting it to your coding client; it does not contain the Tower or Crews source.
Install
One line per machine. It downloads tower and tower-mcp into ~/.tower/bin, signs the machine in with your own token, and registers Crews with every supported client it finds:
curl -fsSL https://trycrews.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --token <your-token>
Get a command with your token already filled in at trycrews.com/install. Then verify with:
tower doctor
Supported clients
| Client | Connect with | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor | tower connect | docs/install/cursor.md |
| Codex | tower connect | docs/install/codex.md |
| Claude Code | tower connect | docs/install/claude-code.md |
| VS Code / Copilot | crews install vscode | docs/install/vscode.md |
| Kiro | crews install kiro | docs/install/kiro.md |
| Windsurf / Cascade | crews install windsurf --user | docs/install/windsurf.md |
| Perplexity | crews install perplexity | docs/install/perplexity.md |
Crews is model-agnostic. Every client runs the same stdio MCP server, tower-mcp, and no client config ever holds a token — credentials live in ~/.tower/config.json.
Pricing
- Solo: free.
- Team: $20 USD per seat per month. Team pricing is currently a preview; paid billing is not yet available.
More
- Product overview, demo, pricing and FAQ
- Install and connect clients
llms.txtand the full plain-Markdown product reference- Changelog
Documentation in this repository is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Tower binary and the Crews service are not covered by that license.