Codebase MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for secure and efficient Codebase analysis

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🌟 Key Features

• Secure Access: Restricts file operations to predefined root directory.
• Efficient File Management: Provides tools for reading and searching files.
• Detailed Metadata: Retrieves comprehensive file metadata including size, creation time, last modified time, permissions, and type.
• Dependency Analysis: Traverses and analyzes dependency trees within projects.

📋 Supported Languages

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• CSS / CSS Preprocessors

🛠️ Tools

• get-project-basics: Retrieves essential project information including package.json details, directory structure.
• search-config-files: Searches for configuration files within the root directory and returns their paths.
• get-dependency-tree: Traverses the dependency tree based on the given file path and root directory, and returns the traversal results.
• list-directory: Lists the contents of a specified directory, distinguishing between files and directories.
• read-file-with-metadata: Reads the content of a specified file and retrieves its metadata.

🚀 QuickStart

Prerequisites

• Node.js v18 or later
• Codebase to communicate with LLM

Installation

First, install the Codebase MCP server with your client. A typical configuration looks like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Codebase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["codebase-mcp-server@latest", "/path/to/your/codebase"]
    }
  }
}

Or, you can install the Codebase MCP server with Docker.

After cloning this repository, build the Docker image:

docker build -t mcp/codebase -f .

And then add the following to your MCP servers file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Codebase": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src=/path/to/your/codebase/dir,dst=/projects/path/to/your/codebase/dir,ro",
        "--mount",
        "type=bind,src=/path/to/some/file.txt,dst=/projects/path/to/some/file.txt",
        "mcp/codebase",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install in VS Code

You can install the Codebase MCP server using the VS Code CLI:

# For VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"Codebase","command":"npx","args":["codebase-mcp-server@latest"]}'

After installation, the Codebase MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.

Install in Cursor

Go to Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new MCP Server. Use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Codebase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["codebase-mcp-server@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Install in Windsurf

Follow Windsuff MCP documentation. Use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Codebase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["codebase-mcp-server@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Install in Claude Desktop

Follow the MCP install guide, use following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Codebase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["codebase-mcp-server@latest"]
    }
  }
}

🔧 Build

Local Development Build

# Install dependencies
npm ci

# Build TypeScript
npm run build

Docker Build

# Build Docker image
docker build -t mcp/codebase -f .

# Or with specific tag
docker build -t mcp/codebase:latest -f .

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide for details on our Code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.