Developer Concepts

Architectural concepts specifically relevant to developers building and integrating with Niksphere Apps — how a local development environment can be set up, and how AI coding agents integrate with the CLI.

• Developer Environment Topologies — The possible combinations of CLI, Engine, and VS Code Extension across local and cloud setups.
• Dev Container Concept — The Dev Containers concept, the Niksphere Dev Container's app/engine/db stack, and its use in VS Code and GitHub Codespaces.
• CLI MCP Server Concept — How nik mcp exposes CLI commands as AI agent tools, and how nik dev mcp registers it with AI clients.