An MCP server to wrap ripgrep
MCP Ripgrep MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP Ripgrep directly instead of describing what you should do. An MCP server to wrap ripgrep.
An MCP server that provides ripgrep (rg) search capabilities to any MCP client such as Claude.
This server provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) interface for the powerful ripgrep search tool. It enables Claude AI and other MCP-compatible clients to perform high-performance text searches across files on your system.
Once MCP Ripgrep is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonWindows — %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonsearch — The search tool exposed by this serverSetup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
rg) command installed and available in your PATH. Install it with brew install ripgrep on macOS.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. MCP Ripgrep's toolset — macOS, Windows, search — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mcollina; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against MCP Ripgrep's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json |
| search | The search tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"ripgrep": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-ripgrep@latest"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
rg) command installed and available in your PATH. Install it with brew install ripgrep on macOS.Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
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