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Choose where you work. Your saved strategies and briefs stay in Kova, and you authorize access once.

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Hosted connection. No installation.

Claude

Connector

Add Kova as a connector, then sign in to authorize your account.

https://kovatools.com/mcp

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For coding agents

Agent Plugin

Recommended

Portable Kova workflows with a secure hosted connection. Install from the public repository, then sign in to authorize your Kova account.

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Need local stdio or a direct API? CLI, local MCP, REST API, and Smithery

Alternative setup

Kova CLI + local MCP

Use the CLI when your client needs a local stdio MCP server or does not support Agent Plugins.

Download binaries from Kova CLI releases (opens in a new tab).

$ brew install kovatools/kova/kova

$ kova auth login

$ kova agent install

Manual MCP configuration

$ kova mcp serve

The stdio server command your MCP client should run.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kova": {
      "command": "kova",
      "args": ["mcp", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

REST API

Build against the same engine for scripts, systems, and custom clients.

Read API docs Install via Smithery (opens in a new tab)

MCP tool catalog

Explore 23 MCP tools See the strategy, portfolio, brief, asset, and liability operations available to agents.

Strategies

Create, read, update, and delete the strategy objects that anchor every evaluation.

Ask your agent

"Create a strategy from these notes."

kova_list_strategies

kova_show_strategy

kova_create_strategy

kova_save_strategy

kova_delete_strategy

Versions

Inspect or restore previous versions when strategy rules change over time.

Ask your agent

"Show what changed since version 3."

kova_list_strategy_versions

kova_show_strategy_version

kova_restore_strategy_version

Evaluations and briefs

Run portfolio checks and retrieve the durable brief history for a strategy.

Ask your agent

"Check this portfolio against my growth strategy."

kova_evaluate_portfolio

kova_show_brief

kova_list_briefs

Portfolio and simulations

Read current holdings or test a what-if allocation without saving new records.

Ask your agent

"Simulate 60% VTI / 40% BND without saving it."

kova_show_portfolio

kova_simulate_portfolio

kova_show_simulation

Assets

Register non-ticker holdings like managed accounts, real estate, Bitcoin, and other assets.

Ask your agent

"Add my 401k as a tracked investment account."

kova_create_asset

kova_update_asset

kova_remove_asset

Liabilities

Keep persistent obligations visible to Kova during evaluation.

Ask your agent

"Add my portfolio line of credit before evaluating."

kova_create_liability

kova_update_liability

kova_remove_liability

Cash Flows

Track deposits and withdrawals so performance calculations reflect true investment returns.

Ask your agent

"Record my $5,000 monthly contribution."

kova_record_cash_flow

kova_list_cash_flows

kova_remove_cash_flow

Kova keeps the strategy layer. Your agent works only within the permissions you grant. Kova does not execute trades.

What makes an investor agentic?
Start with your strategy