# PAL MCP (formerly Zen MCP)

> Let Claude Code, Gemini CLI or Codex CLI consult other models and spawn CLI subagents from one session.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 11,756
- **Language:** Python
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Last repo activity:** 9 months ago (Dec 15, 2025)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/pal-mcp-server
- **Source code:** https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/pal-mcp-server
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/pal-mcp-server
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Developers who want a second model's review or a separate subagent context without leaving their main coding CLI.

## Avoid if
You don't want to manage API keys for additional model providers, which most of its workflows call.

## About PAL MCP (formerly Zen MCP)
PAL MCP, formerly Zen MCP, is a provider abstraction layer delivered as an MCP server. From a single coding-agent session it brings in Gemini, OpenAI, Grok, Azure, Ollama, OpenRouter or custom models for consensus, code review, planning and debugging workflows. Its clink tool launches other AI CLIs as isolated subagents that return only their final results, keeping the main session's context clean.

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