# Tools

Developer tools, libraries, and project templates for building and operating Cyoda applications.

Cyoda maintains a set of open-source tools around the platform. They are
developed in their own repositories under
[github.com/Cyoda](https://github.com/Cyoda) and released independently of
cyoda-go.

| Tool | What it is | Runs against |
|---|---|---|
| [Cyoda Skills](./cyoda-skills/) | Skill set for AI coding agents (Claude Code plugin) | cyoda-go, Cyoda Cloud |
| [Dev Console and model-editor MCP](./dev-console/) | Desktop app and MCP server for viewing and editing workflow and entity model files | Local files, no instance required |
| [Workflow editor libraries](./workflow-editor/) | TypeScript packages to parse, render, and edit Cyoda workflow JSON | Your own application |
| [Environment dashboard](./env-dashboard/) | Web UI for investigating and exploring a running environment | Cyoda Cloud; cyoda-go with a reduced feature set |
| [Java client template](./java-client-template/) | Spring Boot template for Java/Kotlin Cyoda applications and compute nodes | Any Cyoda instance |
| [Python client template and MCP](./python-client-template/) | Quart template for Python compute nodes, plus an MCP server for Cyoda instances | Any Cyoda instance |

## Which tool for which job

- **Designing and building an app with an AI agent** — start with
  [Cyoda Skills](./cyoda-skills/). Add the
  [model-editor MCP](./dev-console/#model-editor-mcp) to watch the agent's
  workflow and entity edits render live.
- **Reviewing or correcting generated workflow JSON** — the
  [Dev Console](./dev-console/).
- **Writing compute nodes** — cyoda-go is language-agnostic: a compute node
  is any process that speaks the gRPC protocol described in
  [Client compute nodes](/build/client-compute-nodes/). AI coding agents
  build them effectively from `cyoda help`, the
  [API reference](/reference/api/), and [Cyoda Skills](./cyoda-skills/).
  If you want an opinionated Java/Kotlin or Python starting point instead,
  fork the [Java](./java-client-template/) or
  [Python](./python-client-template/) template.
- **Inspecting entities, workflows, and processing on a running
  environment** — the [environment dashboard](./env-dashboard/).
- **Showing or editing workflows in your own UI** — the
  [workflow editor libraries](./workflow-editor/).