Opencodeintel MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

Install from the publisher. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

No packaged release in the registry yet. Follow the repository README.

RepositoryPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
License: MIT
Last checked: 2026-10-28

Stars: 11
Tools: —
Uptime: —

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

How do I install Opencodeintel?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Opencodeintel need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Opencodeintel use?

Opencodeintel runs locally over stdio.

When was Opencodeintel last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-28. Code-search platform for AI coding agents: vector search fused with BM25 keyword scoring and reranking, tree-sitter AST chunking, a web app, a REST API and a 12-tool MCP server.

From the publisher

Documentation

The Problem

You know the feeling. Day one on a new codebase. Deadline in two weeks.

You need to find "where authentication happens" but the function is called validateSessionToken(). Grep for "auth" and you get nothing. You spend 20 minutes clicking through files, afraid to touch anything because you don't know what might break.

Traditional code search matches text, not meaning. You have to already know what you're looking for to find it.

The Solution

OpenCodeIntel understands your code the way you do. Search by what code does, not what it's named.

You search: "authentication logic"
It finds:   validateSessionToken(), checkJWT(), authMiddleware.ts

You search: "where we handle payments"  
It finds:   stripe/checkout.ts, processRefund(), PaymentService

You search: "error handling"
It finds:   catch blocks, onError(), processFailure()

No regex. No exact matches. Just describe what you're looking for.

Features

Semantic Code Search

Search by meaning, not keywords. Find that function even when you don't know its name.

Dependency Graph

Visualize how your files connect. Understand the architecture at a glance.

Impact Analysis

About to change auth.ts? Know exactly what breaks before you touch it.

Code Style Intelligence

Understand your team's patterns. snake_case or camelCase? How are errors handled? Match conventions instantly.

Works with Claude (MCP)

Connect as an MCP server. Your AI assistant gets real context about your codebase, not just the file you have open.

Research

The retrieval design came out of a week of experiments in December 2025, published with every query set, raw result and the day-by-day log: OpenCodeIntel/retrieval-research.

The headline result is 94% average Hit@1 across 14 open-source codebases (665 queries), using BM25 and embedding fusion with Voyage rerank-2 on top. Most of those queries were generated from function names, so read the caveats in that README before quoting the number. Production search uses a different reranker and is measured by its own regression eval in backend/evals.

Quick Start

Hosted (Fastest)

Go to opencodeintel.com, connect your GitHub, and start searching in under a minute.

Self-Hosted

git clone https://github.com/OpenCodeIntel/opencodeintel.git
cd opencodeintel

cp .env.example .env
# Add your OpenAI + Pinecone API keys

docker compose up -d

Open localhost:3000. Done.

Requirements: Python 3.11+, Node.js 20+, Redis

# Backend
cd backend
python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

# Frontend (new terminal) - MUST use Bun!
cd frontend
bun install && bun run dev

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opencodeintel": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/opencodeintel/mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "BACKEND_API_URL": "http://localhost:8000",
        "API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

See full MCP setup guide

Why I Built This

I got tired of grep.

Every time I joined a new project or inherited a codebase, I spent hours just figuring out where things lived. The original authors were gone. The docs were outdated. And I was scared to change anything because I couldn't see what depended on what.

I wanted code search that actually understood what code does. Not pattern matching on text. Something that could answer "where do we handle user sessions?" without me already knowing the answer.

OpenCodeIntel is the tool I wish I had. It's open source because I think every developer deserves to understand their code, not just those at companies with dedicated platform teams.

Architecture

Roadmap

Shipped

Coming Soon

MCP authentication overhaul (unified config)
VS Code extension
Self-hosted Ollama support (no OpenAI required)
Team workspaces
GitLab / Bitbucket support

Want to influence the roadmap? Open an issue.

Contributing

Found a bug? Open an issue

Have an idea? Request a feature

Want to contribute code? See CONTRIBUTING.md

Documentation

License

MIT

Power your agent

Add this server

Install from the publisher. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

No packaged release in the registry yet. Follow the repository README.

RepositoryPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
License: MIT
Last checked: 2026-10-28

Stars: 11
Tools: —
Uptime: —

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

How do I install Opencodeintel?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Opencodeintel need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Opencodeintel use?

Opencodeintel runs locally over stdio.

When was Opencodeintel last checked?

From the publisher

Documentation

The Problem

You know the feeling. Day one on a new codebase. Deadline in two weeks.

Traditional code search matches text, not meaning. You have to already know what you're looking for to find it.

The Solution

OpenCodeIntel understands your code the way you do. Search by what code does, not what it's named.

You search: "authentication logic"
It finds:   validateSessionToken(), checkJWT(), authMiddleware.ts

You search: "where we handle payments"  
It finds:   stripe/checkout.ts, processRefund(), PaymentService

You search: "error handling"
It finds:   catch blocks, onError(), processFailure()

No regex. No exact matches. Just describe what you're looking for.

Features

Semantic Code Search

Search by meaning, not keywords. Find that function even when you don't know its name.

Dependency Graph

Visualize how your files connect. Understand the architecture at a glance.

Impact Analysis

About to change auth.ts? Know exactly what breaks before you touch it.

Code Style Intelligence

Understand your team's patterns. snake_case or camelCase? How are errors handled? Match conventions instantly.

Works with Claude (MCP)

Connect as an MCP server. Your AI assistant gets real context about your codebase, not just the file you have open.

Research

The retrieval design came out of a week of experiments in December 2025, published with every query set, raw result and the day-by-day log: OpenCodeIntel/retrieval-research.

Quick Start

Hosted (Fastest)

Go to opencodeintel.com, connect your GitHub, and start searching in under a minute.

Self-Hosted

git clone https://github.com/OpenCodeIntel/opencodeintel.git
cd opencodeintel

cp .env.example .env
# Add your OpenAI + Pinecone API keys

docker compose up -d

Open localhost:3000. Done.

Requirements: Python 3.11+, Node.js 20+, Redis

# Backend
cd backend
python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

# Frontend (new terminal) - MUST use Bun!
cd frontend
bun install && bun run dev

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opencodeintel": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/opencodeintel/mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "BACKEND_API_URL": "http://localhost:8000",
        "API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

See full MCP setup guide

Why I Built This

I got tired of grep.

I wanted code search that actually understood what code does. Not pattern matching on text. Something that could answer "where do we handle user sessions?" without me already knowing the answer.

OpenCodeIntel is the tool I wish I had. It's open source because I think every developer deserves to understand their code, not just those at companies with dedicated platform teams.

Architecture

Roadmap

Shipped

Coming Soon

MCP authentication overhaul (unified config)
VS Code extension
Self-hosted Ollama support (no OpenAI required)
Team workspaces
GitLab / Bitbucket support

Want to influence the roadmap? Open an issue.

Contributing

Found a bug? Open an issue

Have an idea? Request a feature

Want to contribute code? See CONTRIBUTING.md

Documentation

License

MIT