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title: "About Cork · Cork"
description: "About Cork: who builds it, what it is for, how it works with the coding agents you already run, and how to reach us."
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last_updated: "2026-11-13"
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# About Cork

Cork keeps AI coding agents that work on one codebase from overwriting each other, and hands each agent what the others already learned. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Hermes, Gemini CLI and any MCP client, on one machine or across a team's machines.

## Why it exists

Running several agents at once is now ordinary, and so is the cost: two agents edit the same function, one renames what the other still calls, and each spends tokens rediscovering what the other just learned. Cork is the coordination layer between them. It does not run your agents or host your code: your agents keep running where they already run.

## How it works

Hooks in each agent tool brief the agent on the code it is about to touch, check every write against teammates' live changes, and pass on renames and new signatures as they happen, with no extra model calls. A remote MCP server (`https://mcp.corkcli.com`) adds tools any MCP client can use. We measure what it saves and [publish the studies](https://corkcli.com/benchmarks), method and raw numbers included.

## Who builds it

Cork is built by Lithometric. The Claude Code plugin, the hooks and the code parser are [open source](https://corkcli.com/open-source) under the MIT license; the local engine is under FSL-1.1-MIT; the cloud service is closed source. The free version runs entirely on your own machine with no account.

## Contact

Write to [kevin@lithometric.com](mailto:kevin@lithometric.com): a person reads every message. Help with setup is on the [support page](https://corkcli.com/support); what Cork stores and why is in the [privacy policy](https://corkcli.com/privacy).

## More

[Documentation](https://corkcli.com/docs) · [Benchmarks](https://corkcli.com/benchmarks) · [Blog](https://corkcli.com/blog) · [Pricing](https://corkcli.com/pricing) · [Install](https://corkcli.com/install) · [Terms](https://corkcli.com/terms)

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