arcade ai platform

arcade is a developer platform that lets you build, deploy, and manage tools for ai agents.

this repository contains the core arcade libraries, organized as separate packages for maximum flexibility and modularity:

• arcade-core - core platform functionality and schemas
• arcade-tdk - tool development kit with the @tool decorator
• arcade-serve - serving infrastructure for workers and mcp servers
• arcade-evals - evaluation framework for testing tool performance
• arcade-cli - command-line interface for the arcade platform

to learn more about arcade.dev, check out our documentation.

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quick start

installation

for development, install all packages with dependencies using uv workspace:

# install all packages and dev dependencies
uv sync --extra all --dev

# or use the makefile (includes pre-commit hooks)
make install

for production use, install individual packages as needed:

pip install arcade-ai          # cli
pip install 'arcade-ai[evals]' # cli + evaluation framework
pip install 'arcade-ai[all]'   # cli + serving infra + eval framework + tdk
pip install arcade_serve       # serving infrastructure
pip install arcade-tdk         # tool development kit

development

use the makefile for standard tasks:

# run tests
make test

# run linting and type checking
make check

# build all packages
make build

# see all available commands
make help

client libraries

• arcadeai/arcade-py: the python client for interacting with arcade.

• arcadeai/arcade-js: the javascript client for interacting with arcade.

• arcadeai/arcade-go: the go client for interacting with arcade.

support and community

• discord: join our discord community for real-time support and discussions.
• github: contribute or report issues on the arcade github repository.
• documentation: find in-depth guides and api references at arcade documentation.