Local-first repo-memory MCP for coding agents. Best for relationship-heavy edits: symbols, callers, dependencies, diff review, and git-pinned
Local-first repo-memory MCP for coding agents. Best for relationship-heavy edits: symbols, callers, dependencies, diff review, and git-pinned decisions before code changes. Start with a no-write proof receipt; use grep/ripgrep for exact. That is what the sverklo mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
Sverklo gives coding agents repo memory: symbols, callers, diffs, blast radius, and git-pinned decisions before they edit. It is an open-source local-first MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex CLI, and any MCP-speaking coding agent.
The server publishes 4 tools. What each one is for:
search — Hybrid BM25 + vector + PageRank search. Find code without knowing the literal stringrefs — All references to a symbol, with caller context. Flags likely dead-code candidates from the current reference graphimpact — Walk the symbol graph, return ranked transitive callers — the real blast radiusreview_diff — Risk-scored review of git diff: touched-symbol importance x coverage x churnBecause this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Sverklo's toolset — search, refs, impact and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by sverklo; 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 |
|---|---|
| search | Hybrid BM25 + vector + PageRank search. Find code without knowing the literal string. |
| refs | All references to a symbol, with caller context. Flags likely dead-code candidates from the current reference graph. |
| impact | Walk the symbol graph, return ranked transitive callers — the real blast radius. |
| review_diff | Risk-scored review of git diff: touched-symbol importance x coverage x churn. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"sverklo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "sverklo"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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