Command Comparer

Flisk vs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI

These are the agents. Flisk gives them a stack to run and an MCP server to call.

Task Flisk Local dev stack Claude Code Coding agent CLI Codex Coding agent CLI Cursor Editor and agent CLI Gemini CLI Coding agent CLI
Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
flisk connect claude
flisk connect codex
flisk connect cursor

Writes the MCP entry and Flisk skills

↗︎ Source for Flisk: Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http my-server https://example.com/mcp
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
codex mcp add my-server --url https://example.com/mcp
↗︎ Source for Codex: Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
No equivalent

Edit .cursor/mcp.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

↗︎ Source for Cursor: Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
gemini mcp add my-server https://example.com/mcp --transport http
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Connect the agent to a tool (MCP)
Run an MCP server for agents
flisk mcp

Serves the stack's tools over stdio

↗︎ Source for Flisk: Run an MCP server for agents
claude mcp serve

Serves Claude Code's own tools over stdio

↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Run an MCP server for agents
No equivalent

codex mcp-server was removed from the CLI

↗︎ Source for Codex: Run an MCP server for agents
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Cursor: Run an MCP server for agents
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Run an MCP server for agents
List connected MCP servers
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Flisk: List connected MCP servers
claude mcp list
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: List connected MCP servers
codex mcp list
↗︎ Source for Codex: List connected MCP servers
agent mcp list
↗︎ Source for Cursor: List connected MCP servers
gemini mcp list
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: List connected MCP servers
Remove an MCP server
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Remove an MCP server
claude mcp remove my-server
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Remove an MCP server
codex mcp remove my-server
↗︎ Source for Codex: Remove an MCP server
No equivalent

Edit mcp.json; agent mcp disable only stops loading

↗︎ Source for Cursor: Remove an MCP server
gemini mcp remove my-server
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Remove an MCP server
Run one task without the UI
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Run one task without the UI
claude -p "query"
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Run one task without the UI
codex exec "prompt"
↗︎ Source for Codex: Run one task without the UI
agent -p "prompt"
↗︎ Source for Cursor: Run one task without the UI
gemini -p "query"
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Run one task without the UI
Resume a session
Different job, closest command.
flisk agent sessions bot

Lists sessions of an agent you build with Flisk

↗︎ Source for Flisk: Resume a session
claude -c
claude -r
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Resume a session
codex resume
codex resume --last
↗︎ Source for Codex: Resume a session
agent resume
agent ls
↗︎ Source for Cursor: Resume a session
gemini -r "latest"
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Resume a session
Start the app the agent works on
flisk up
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Start the app the agent works on
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Start the app the agent works on
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Codex: Start the app the agent works on
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Cursor: Start the app the agent works on
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Start the app the agent works on
Update the tool
flisk upgrade
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Update the tool
claude update
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Update the tool
codex update

Only if the install supports self-update

↗︎ Source for Codex: Update the tool
agent update
↗︎ Source for Cursor: Update the tool
gemini update
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Update the tool
Check the setup
flisk doctor
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Check the setup
claude doctor
↗︎ Source for Claude Code: Check the setup
codex doctor
↗︎ Source for Codex: Check the setup
Different job, closest command.
agent about

Prints version, system and account info; no health checks

↗︎ Source for Cursor: Check the setup
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Gemini CLI: Check the setup