AI Agents
8Vast works with the AI coding agent you already use. Launch it through 8v agent and your project tools are connected automatically.
8v agent claude
8v agent codex
8v agent aider
8v agent goose
The agent gets access to build, test, lint, search, file operations, and git — without any configuration.
What's different from running the agent directly?
When you run 8v agent claude instead of claude directly:
- Your tools are connected — the agent can build, test, lint, and search your project
- Native tools are disabled — the agent uses 8Vast tools instead of its own, so everything goes through one system
- Your project conventions apply — the agent follows your
CLAUDE.mdinstructions and uses8v buildinstead of raw toolchain commands
Install the agent yourself
8Vast does not install agents for you. Install the one you want:
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code # Claude Code
npm install -g @openai/codex # Codex
pip install aider-chat # Aider
brew install goose # Goose
Then launch it through 8v agent <name>.
See what's available
8v agent list
Shows which agents are installed and which can be configured.
Or just use 8v
You don't need a separate agent installed. Just type 8v — it opens an interactive AI agent directly, using any model you have API access to:
8v # default model
8v --model claude-opus-4-6 # specific model