# Agent Cockpit 0.1.0: evidence-chain whiteboard MCP for research agents

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/news/agent-cockpit-0-1-0-evidence-chain-mcp · Evidence: Reported · First seen: 2026-11-06 06:47 UTC · Source published: 2026-10-26 18:44 UTC · Brief published: 2026-11-06 07:32 UTC · Updated: 2026-11-06 07:32 UTC · Author: Agentic Weekly

> Agent Cockpit is an AGPL-3.0 open-source local whiteboard plus MCP server for research agents. Its README says it is "a local whiteboard plus an MCP server for AI agents that do research," and npm published @tingyen/agent-cockpit 0.1.0 on November 6, 2026, requiring Node.js 22.13+.

## What changed

- The GitHub repository was created on October 26, 2026. On November 6, 2026 npm published @tingyen/agent-cockpit 0.1.0 (after a 0.0.0-stage tag the same morning), and the MCP Registry listed io.github.chutingyean/agent-cockpit as active.
- The README describes a local whiteboard plus MCP server: any MCP agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others) draws plans, tasks, experiment runs and claims onto one board, and a deterministic engine flags cards when an evidence-chain link changes.
- Evidence is hash-based: each run records hashes of its script, dependent files and reachable functions; if any of those change, the run goes stale and claims built on it are flagged for recheck. Reverting restores the hashes.
- Quick start requires Node.js 22.13+ (for built-in node:sqlite), git and python3 for the demo. Install paths include npx -y @tingyen/agent-cockpit, a global cockpit CLI, and a Claude Code plugin marketplace entry.
- Unreported file changes block git commit, and the board binds to 127.0.0.1 with no LLM calls in the checks. License is AGPL-3.0-or-later; GitHub showed 363 stars and 6 forks when we fetched the repo.

## In the source's words

> "Agent Cockpit is a local whiteboard plus an MCP server for AI agents that do research."
> (Agent Cockpit README (GitHub), https://github.com/chutingyean/Agent-Cockpit)

> "Requires Node.js 22.13+ (for the built-in node:sqlite), git, and python3 for the demo project."
> (Agent Cockpit README (GitHub), https://github.com/chutingyean/Agent-Cockpit)

> "The MCP server is also listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.chutingyean/agent-cockpit."
> (Agent Cockpit README (GitHub), https://github.com/chutingyean/Agent-Cockpit)

## What we have not verified

- We did not install Agent Cockpit, run the demo, or connect it to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI.
- We did not verify that unreported changes always block git commit or Claude Code turn ends, or that the board stays local-only under all configs.
- Star and fork counts are a snapshot from GitHub at fetch time and can change.

## Timeline

- Source published: 2026-10-26 18:44 UTC
- First seen by our watcher: 2026-11-06 06:47 UTC (via GitHub discovery sweep (topic model-context-protocol); primary sources are the repository README, npm and the MCP Registry)
- Brief published: 2026-11-06 07:32 UTC

## Sources

- [Agent Cockpit repository and README (GitHub)](https://github.com/chutingyean/Agent-Cockpit) (primary source) (fetched 2026-11-06)
- [npm registry metadata for @tingyen/agent-cockpit](https://registry.npmjs.org/@tingyen/agent-cockpit) (primary source) (fetched 2026-11-06)
- [MCP Registry listing for io.github.chutingyean/agent-cockpit](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=agent-cockpit) (primary source) (fetched 2026-11-06)

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## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Agent Cockpit 0.1.0: evidence-chain whiteboard MCP for research agents", published 2026-11-06 07:32 UTC, https://theagenticweekly.com/news/agent-cockpit-0-1-0-evidence-chain-mcp