Code-Index-MCP is a fast, **local-first** search index for your code. It plugs into Claude Code and other AI assistants (through the Model Context
Code Index MCP becomes available to MCP clients through the code index mcp mcp server. Code-Index-MCP is a fast, local-first search index for your code. It plugs into Claude Code and other AI assistants (through the Model Context Protocol, "MCP") and lets them look up any symbol or search any text in your repository almost instantly — without your code ever leaving your machine.
Code-Index-MCP is a fast, local-first search index for your code. It plugs into Claude Code and other AI assistants (through the Model Context Protocol, "MCP") and lets them look up any symbol or search any text in your repository almost instantly — without your code ever leaving your machine.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 2 tools directly:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverThe server is distributed via PyPI as target., so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply 6 environment variables: VOYAGE_API_KEY, MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS, VLLM_EMBEDDING_BASE_URL, MCP_CLIENT_SECRET, MCP_PROFILES_PATH, VLLM_SUMMARIZATION_BASE_URL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Code Index MCP sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Prerequisites, Installation — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
#### Docker (Windows/Mac/Linux)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"code-index-docker": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run", "-i", "--rm",
"-v", "${workspace}:/workspace",
"ghcr.io/consiliency/code-index-mcp:v1.4.0"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| VOYAGE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MCP_ALLOWED_ROOTS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| VLLM_EMBEDDING_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| MCP_CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MCP_PROFILES_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| VLLM_SUMMARIZATION_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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Issue tracking at the speed of conversation — Linear's official hosted server with OAuth and zero install.
Local repository surgery — status, diffs, commits, branches and history for any repo on disk.
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