This MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enables AI clients like Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Continue, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Cline
Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Codealive MCP MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. This MCP (Model Context Protocol) server enables AI clients like Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Continue, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Cline, Codex, OpenCode, SourceCraft Code Assistant, SourceCraft CLI, Zed, KodaCode, GigaCode, Qwen.
CodeAlive is a Context Engine for large codebases, powered by graph-based retrieval and exposed through MCP. It gives AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and other MCP-compatible tools precise repository context instead of forcing them to read files blindly. In our RepoQA benchmark, CodeAlive + Qwen3.6 deep reached frontier-agent quality at ~25x lower model cost, and semantic search reduced captured tokens by 45%.
The server publishes 2 tools. What each one is for:
Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverBecause this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
Configuration is passed through the environment: CODEALIVE_API_KEY, CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS, CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS, CODEALIVE_BASE_URL, YOUR_KEY, CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_ID, CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_SECRET, YOUR_API_KEY. 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.
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. Codealive MCP's toolset — Prerequisites, Installation — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by CodeAlive-AI; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"codealive": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "skills"],
"env": {
"CODEALIVE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "your-value",
"CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS": "your-value",
"CODEALIVE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"YOUR_KEY": "your-value",
"CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
"CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value",
"YOUR_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CODEALIVE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| CODEALIVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| CODEALIVE_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| YOUR_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| CODEALIVE_OAUTH_INTERNAL_CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| YOUR_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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