Supported coding and work agents
Unity Gateway connects coding agents in the terminal and IDE, and work agents on the desktop, to models, MCP tools, and shared skills. Choose a guide below, or use the capability matrix to compare agents.
Use Codex CLI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT desktop with supported open-source models through Unity Gateway. Compatibility varies by model and agent.
Connect coding agents
Each guide includes setup with the Unity Gateway CLI (ug), manual configuration, and instructions for connecting MCP tools.
Agent | Set up models and skills | Add MCP tools |
|---|---|---|
Claude Code | ||
Codex | ||
Cursor | ||
GitHub Copilot |
Work agents
Work agents are desktop applications, such as Claude desktop and ChatGPT desktop, for users who don't work in a terminal or IDE. ug configure sets them up along with Claude Code and the Codex CLI.
Agent | Setup guide |
|---|---|
Claude desktop | |
ChatGPT desktop |
Capability matrix
Agent | Configured via Unity Gateway CLI | Databricks models | External providers | MCP servers | Skills | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claude Code (CLI) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Claude desktop (Work agent) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Codex (CLI) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ChatGPT desktop (Work agent) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Cursor (IDE) |
| Yes | — | Yes | Yes | |
Cursor Agent (CLI) |
| No | No | Yes | Yes | |
GitHub Copilot CLI (CLI) |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code (IDE) |
| Yes | Yes | — | — | |
Gemini CLI (CLI) |
| Yes | Yes (Gemini Enterprise) | Yes | Yes | |
OpenCode (CLI) |
| Yes | — | Yes | Yes | |
Pi (CLI) |
| Yes | — | No (Pi has no MCP client) | Yes |
Support varies by agent and version. Run ug --help to see supported agents. Workspace admins can configure Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot centrally. A — means this guide does not document setup for that capability. Follow the agent's link under Setup for configuration details.
Among work agents, Claude desktop supports bringing your own Claude subscription, and ChatGPT desktop supports bringing your own ChatGPT subscription.