codicil MCP Server

Codicil indexes the documentation already in a repository and exposes two MCP tools: query_docs for retrieval and reindex_docs for refreshes. It uses an Ollama-compatible embedding endpoint when one…

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What is the codicil MCP Server?

codicil is an MCP project maintained in the colehellman/codicil repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Codicil indexes the documentation already in a repository and exposes two MCP tools: query_docs for retrieval and reindex_docs for refreshes. It uses an Ollama-compatible embedding…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using .venv/bin/codicil. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the codicil MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codicil": {
      "command": ".venv/bin/codicil",
      "args": [
        "serve",
        "."
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.