AI coding agents spend most of their token budget *finding* code before they can *work on* it. They grep, read files, grep again, backtrack. On a
AI coding agents spend most of their token budget finding code before they can work on it. They grep, read files, grep again, backtrack. On a large codebase the
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| explore | Explore project structure: metadata, subprojects, files grouped by directory |
| search | Unified full-text search across symbols, files, and texts (FTS5, BM25-ranked) with scope/kind/path/project filters |
| get_file_symbols | List all symbols in a file |
| get_children | Get children of a class/module |
| get_callers | Find all places that call or reference a symbol |
| get_callees | Find all symbols that a function/method calls |
| flush_index | Flush pending index changes to disk |
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"codeix": {
"command": "codeix"
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Read, search and edit files inside allowed directories with the Model Context Protocol reference Filesystem server.
Retrieve version-aware library documentation and code examples with Context7 MCP, using resolve-library-id and query-docs.
Use Microsoft’s Playwright MCP server to navigate pages, inspect accessibility snapshots, fill forms and capture browser screenshots.
Connect GitHub MCP to repositories, issues and pull requests with GitHub’s hosted service or a locally run server.
Use the Supabase MCP server to inspect database schemas, query project data and retrieve docs through a project-scoped connection.
Search Linear issues and projects, inspect work context and manage updates through Linear’s hosted MCP server with OAuth.