What is Jive?
When teams use Claude Code, each developer maintains their own isolated configuration. When someone creates a useful subagent or configures a helpful MCP server, there's no easy way to share it with the team.
Jive provides:
- Shared Subagents: Create custom AI agents with specialized prompts and share them instantly with your team
- MCP Server Distribution: Configure MCP servers once, deploy to everyone
- Telemetry & Analytics: Track subagent usage and tool invocations across your team
- Version Control: Maintain history of all changes to subagents and MCP configurations
- Team Management: Organize users, manage permissions, and collaborate seamlessly
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure you have:
- Claude Code: The official Claude CLI tool (claude.ai/code)
- Node.js: Version 18 or higher (required for MCP servers)
- Jive CLI:
npm install -g @jive-ai/cli - A Jive Account: Sign up at next.getjive.app
Quick Start Guide
Follow these steps to get up and running with Jive in under 5 minutes.
Step 1: Create an account
- Visit next.getjive.app
- Enter your email and create a password
Step 2: Authenticate
Authenticate the CLI:
jive login
Enter the same email and password you used during signup.
Tip: Your authentication token is stored securely in
~admin/.jive/credentials.json. You can revoke access anytime from your account settings.
Step 3: Initialize your project
Navigate to your project directory and initialize Jive:
jive init
This will scrape the project for subagents and MCP servers, then upload them to your team. If you don't have a team selected, the CLI will walk you through choosing from a list or creating one from scratch.