DevSpace

What DevSpace does

DevSpace runs on your own machine and exposes a single /mcp endpoint through a tunnel you control. You approve each connection with an Owner password and choose which root folders are allowed. Once connected, ChatGPT can open an approved project as a workspace, inspect the repo, make scoped edits, run commands and show what changed. The same endpoint serves the 2026-07-28 per-request protocol and falls back to stateless handling for older 2025-era clients, with no protocol mode to configure.

Inside a workspace the client can read, write and edit files, search code, list directories, and run shell commands for tests, builds, git and package scripts. It can use isolated Git worktrees for parallel sessions, follows project instructions in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, and discovers local agent skills from your skill folders. The README states that a connected client can execute shell commands, so it advises treating it as a trusted coding partner with access to your machine. DevSpace supports Linux, macOS and Windows with a Bash-compatible shell.

Key features

• Single /mcp endpoint exposed through a tunnel you control
• Owner-password approval and an allow-list of project root folders
• File read, write and edit tools plus code search and directory inspection
• Shell command execution for tests, builds, git and package scripts
• Isolated Git worktrees for parallel coding sessions
• Reads AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md and discovers local agent skills

When to use it

• Use ChatGPT as a coding agent on a local repository without uploading the code
• Run parallel coding sessions in separate Git worktrees
• Connect another MCP client named in the repository description, such as Hermes, Claude or OpenClaw, to the same project folders

Who it is for: Developers who want a chat client or agent to work in their real local projects through MCP while keeping the code on their own machine.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

The repository description names Hermes among the clients it is meant for, alongside ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Bot and OpenClaw, though the opening part of the README documents only the ChatGPT setup.

Requirements: Node >=22.19, npm, Git and a Bash-compatible shell (Git Bash or WSL on Windows), plus a tunnel you control to expose the /mcp endpoint

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