Ckb MCP Server

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What is the Ckb MCP server?

If you already use Ckb, the ckb mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Code intelligence MCP server — 80+ tools for navigation, impact analysis, and architecture.

What the server does

CKB transforms your codebase into a queryable knowledge base. Ask questions, understand impact, find owners, detect dead code—all through CLI, API, or AI assistants.

Installation

The server ships on npm as @tastehub/ckb, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Setup — The Setup tool exposed by this server

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: CKB_REPO. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Using npm (recommended): - Node.js 16+ - Git Building from source: - Go 1.21+ - Git Optional (for enhanced analysis): - SCIP indexer for your language (scip-go, scip-typescript, etc.) — run ckb index to auto-install - LIP v2.3+ semantic embedding daemon (requires Rust/cargo) — strongly recommended for best search quality

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Ckb's toolset — Setup — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by SimplyLiz; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Ckb's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
SetupThe Setup tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Ckb MCP server

Or manually add to `.mcp.json`:
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ckb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@tastehub/ckb", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

Using npm (recommended): - Node.js 16+ - Git Building from source: - Go 1.21+ - Git Optional (for enhanced analysis): - SCIP indexer for your language (scip-go, scip-typescript, etc.) — run ckb index to auto-install - LIP v2.3+ semantic embedding daemon (requires Rust/cargo) — strongly recommended for best search quality

VariableDescriptionRequired
CKB_REPOConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Ckb to Setup.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Ckb to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Setup) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Ckb directly.