Srclight builds a rich, searchable index of your codebase that AI coding agents can query instantly — replacing dozens of grep/glob calls with
If you already use Srclight, the srclight mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Srclight builds a rich, searchable index of your codebase that AI coding agents can query instantly — replacing dozens of grep/glob calls with precise, structured lookups. It is the most comprehensive code intelligence MCP server.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Setup — The Setup tool exposed by this serverStorage — Embeddings are stored in symbol_embeddings table in .srclight/index.db. After indexing, a .npy sidecar snapshot is built for fast GPU loading:Cursor — Start the server: srclight serve --workspace myworkspace (default SSE on port 8742)OpenClaw — OpenClaw connects to srclight via mcporter, its built-in MCP tool server CLIDone — The Done tool exposed by this serverNext — The Next tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: VOYAGE_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
apt install poppler-utils / brew install popplerThe server ships on PyPI as srclight, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
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. Srclight's toolset — Setup, Storage, Cursor and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by srclight; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Srclight's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
| Storage | Embeddings are stored in symbol_embeddings table in .srclight/index.db. After indexing, a .npy sidecar snapshot is built for fast GPU loading: |
| Cursor | Start the server: srclight serve --workspace myworkspace (default SSE on port 8742). |
| OpenClaw | OpenClaw connects to srclight via [mcporter](https://mcporter.dev), its built-in MCP tool server CLI. |
| Done | The Done tool exposed by this server. |
| Next | The Next tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"srclight": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["srclight"],
"env": {
"VOYAGE_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
apt install poppler-utils / brew install poppler| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| VOYAGE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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