Give coding agents runtime context for Encore services

Use Encore's AI integration and built-in MCP server so an agent can inspect service architecture, query local resources, call APIs, and analyze traces while iterating on TypeScript or Go backends.

Prerequisites

Encore CLI; Encore TypeScript or Go project; agent runtime with MCP support

Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• Self-hosted: Use the Encore CLI to export your app as Docker images, then supply your infra config to host anywhere.
• This includes all code needed for local development, everything that runs in your application when it is deployed, and everything needed to generate a Docker image for your application, so you can easily deploy your a...
• Should you want to migrate away, it's straightforward and does not require a big rewrite. 99% of your code is regular Go or TypeScript.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Framework: The Encore framework, available for TypeScript and Go, lets you define APIs, services, and infrastructure (databases, Pub/Sub, caching, buckets, cron jobs) as type-safe objects in your code. Write your...

• TypeScript: encore app create --example=ts/hello-world

• Go: encore app create --example=hello-world

• Source: https://github.com/encoredev/encore

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/encoredev/encore/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://encore.dev/docs/ts/ai-integration

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange