derive-to/derive

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npx skills add derive-to/derive --skill derive
claude mcp add --transport http derive https://derive.to/mcp
npm i -g @derive-to/cli

Usage

• •Install the skill if you have npm (npx skills add ...), otherwise read https://derive.to/skill.md and follow it (MCP server: https://derive.to/mcp).
• •Publish from the CLI: derive init my-doc --template slides, then derive publish from that directory.
• •Connect agents over remote MCP with OAuth: claude mcp add --transport http --scope project derive https://derive.to/mcp, or codex mcp add derive --url https://derive.to/mcp.
• •The agent acts at the role you grant: publish access publishes directly; a lower scope files a proposal a human approves.

Key features

• ✓Every revision is a new version at the same URL, so shared links keep resolving with their history.
• ✓Comments pin to exact text, direct edits create new versions, and formal review requests for sign-off.
• ✓Portable context — content, versions, and comments stay with each artifact so a teammate or another agent can continue the work.
• ✓Contexts let agents answer questions from connected data and publish cited results under the same access controls.
• ✓Sandboxed viewer on an opaque origin, flexible storage (SQLite/local disk or Postgres + S3/R2), live collaboration, share previews, and CLI + MCP.
• ✓Fair Source: run, modify, and self-host freely except offering it as a competing commercial product.

Best for

Teams and coding agents who want durable, shareable, continuously improvable artifacts (plans, reports, decks, sites) with versioning, comments, and agent access.

Caveats

• ⚠Fair Source license (FSL-1.1-ALv2): self-hosting and modifying are free, but you cannot offer Derive itself as a competing commercial product (each release converts to Apache-2.0 two years after it ships).
• ⚠Remote MCP is OAuth-based (hosted service); a local stdio server needs DERIVE_SERVER and optionally DERIVE_TOKEN.
• ⚠Agent actions are role-limited — a lower scope files proposals for human approval instead of publishing.