# Arka

> Arka is a cross-platform AI terminal agent that routes plain-English requests to 70+ local skills, with offline symbolic routing, voice replies, MCP integrations for Cursor and Claude, and 24-provider LLM failover. Install with `pipx install "arka-agent[chat]"`, run `arka setup`, then `arka ask "what is Rust?"`. Canonical docs: https://arka-agent.mintlify.site

Each page includes schema.org JSON-LD structured data (Organization, WebSite, TechArticle) for search and AI indexing.

## Get started

- [Introduction](/index): What Arka is, key capabilities, and documentation map
- [Quickstart](/quickstart): Install on macOS, Linux, or Windows in under five minutes
- [How to code with Arka](/guides/code-with-arka): Terminal coding workflow, agent mode, and Cursor MCP
- [CLI reference](/guides/cli): Commands, aliases, subcommands, and flags

## Core concepts

- [Routing](/concepts/routing): Offline symbolic rules and LLM fallback
- [LLM orchestration](/concepts/llm): 24-provider failover, guardrails, and model selection
- [Security](/concepts/security): Prompt-injection blocks, confirmations, and shell hard-blocks

## Integrations and discovery

- [Skills catalog](/guides/skills): 70+ built-in skills for media, web, docs, dev, and finance
- [MCP integration](/guides/mcp): Connect Arka to Model Context Protocol servers and Cursor
- [Local model selection](/guides/select-model): Pick a runnable local LLM for your hardware
- [Repo health](/guides/repo-health): Scan repos for hygiene, tests, and documentation gaps
- [Configuration reference](/reference/configuration): Environment variables and provider settings

## Optional

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