The **Search Tools MCP Server** is a powerful toolkit that combines traditional code search with intelligent analysis algorithms. It leverages the
Connect Search Tools MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. The Search Tools MCP Server is a powerful toolkit that combines traditional code search with intelligent analysis algorithms. It leverages the CodeRank algorithm (inspired by PageRank) to identify the most critical modules in your. The search tools mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.
@modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
repo — Repository pathsymbol_name_or_substring — Symbol to search forworking_directory — Command execution directorysymbol_type — Optional type filterPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverSetup — The Setup tool exposed by this serveruv package manager - kit CLI tool (for symbol analysis) - ripgrep (for fast text search)Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Search Tools MCP's toolset — repo, symbol_name_or_substring, working_directory and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by voxmenthe; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| repo | Repository path |
| symbol_name_or_substring | Symbol to search for |
| working_directory | Command execution directory |
| symbol_type | Optional type filter |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
**For macOS users with Homebrew:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"search-tools": {
"command": "/Users/yourusername/.local/bin/uv",
"args": [
"run",
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/search-tools/directory",
"main.py"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
uv package manager - kit CLI tool (for symbol analysis) - ripgrep (for fast text search)Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Microsoft's official browser automation server — drive a real browser through the accessibility tree, no screenshots needed.
GitHub's official server — repos, issues, pull requests, Actions and code security, straight from your assistant.
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.
Timezone sanity for AI — current time anywhere and correct conversions, without the model doing date math.