Sourcesyncai MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for the [SourceSync.ai](https://sourcesync.ai) API. This server allows AI models to interact

Local serverstdioTypeScript

What is the Sourcesyncai MCP MCP server?

Sourcesyncai mcp mcp server connects Sourcesyncai MCP to AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for the SourceSync.ai API. This server allows AI models to interact with SourceSync.ai's knowledge management platform through a standardized interface.

What Sourcesyncai MCP does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for the SourceSync.ai API. This server allows AI models to interact with SourceSync.ai's knowledge management platform through a standardized interface.

Key capabilities

  • Manage namespaces for organizing knowledge
  • Ingest content from various sources (text, URLs, websites, external services)
  • Retrieve, update, and manage documents stored in your knowledge base
  • Perform semantic and hybrid searches against your knowledge base
  • Access document content directly from parsed text URLs
  • Manage connections to external services
  • Default configuration support for seamless AI integration

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 7 tools directly:

  • Required — The Required tool exposed by this server
  • Optional — The Optional tool exposed by this server
  • Authentication — The Authentication tool exposed by this server
  • Namespaces — The Namespaces tool exposed by this server
  • Documents — The Documents tool exposed by this server
  • Search — The Search tool exposed by this server
  • Connections — The Connections tool exposed by this server

Installing the sourcesyncai mcp mcp server

The server is distributed via npm as sourcesyncai-mcp, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply 4 environment variables: SOURCESYNC_API_KEY, SOURCESYNC_NAMESPACE_ID, SOURCESYNC_TENANT_ID, SOURCESYNCAI_API_KEY. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. Sourcesyncai MCP sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Required, Optional, Authentication among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • With 7 tools exposed, expect a noticeable bump in prompt size — disable it in projects that never use Sourcesyncai MCP.
  • Maintained by scmdr, written in TypeScript.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the sourcesyncai mcp mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
RequiredThe Required tool exposed by this server.
OptionalThe Optional tool exposed by this server.
AuthenticationThe Authentication tool exposed by this server.
NamespacesThe Namespaces tool exposed by this server.
DocumentsThe Documents tool exposed by this server.
SearchThe Search tool exposed by this server.
ConnectionsThe Connections tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Sourcesyncai MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcesyncai-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "soucesyncai-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SOURCESYNC_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
        "SOURCESYNC_NAMESPACE_ID": "your_namespace_id",
        "SOURCESYNC_TENANT_ID": "your_tenant_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SOURCESYNC_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
SOURCESYNC_NAMESPACE_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SOURCESYNC_TENANT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SOURCESYNCAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Sourcesyncai MCP to Required.
  • Use Sourcesyncai MCP to Optional.
  • Use Sourcesyncai MCP to Authentication.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Sourcesyncai MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (Required, Optional, Authentication, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Sourcesyncai MCP directly.