# codenav-mcp

> MCP server exposing ty's language-server features (hover, definition, references, workspace symbol search, diagnostics) as MCP tools, plus type-checked refactoring tools (rename, change signature, move, safe delete)

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/codenav-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Daniel Illescas Romero
- homepage: https://github.com/illescasDaniel/codenav-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/illescasDaniel/codenav-mcp
- version: 0.2.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, ty, lsp, python, code-navigation, ai-agents
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:codenav-mcp

### Description (declared)

# codenav-mcp

An MCP server that gives AI agents type-resolved Python navigation, backed by
[ty](https://github.com/astral-sh/ty)'s language server. Definitions,
references and call sites go through real type inference (imports,
dependency-injected parameters, dataclass fields), not text grep.

The same resolution powers its edits: rename a symbol, change a signature, or
move a function or module, and every usage follows, including overriding
methods and injected dependencies. Edits are type-checked and previewable
before they are written, and can be undone.

## Quick start

`ty` is installed with the package, so all you need is
[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) (or `pipx`):

```bash
uvx codenav-mcp
```

Register it with your MCP host. For Claude Code, from the project root:

```bash
claude mcp add codenav -- uvx codenav-mcp
```

Or add it to a project `.mcp.json` (Claude Code) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (Cursor):

```json
{
 "mcpServers": {
 "codenav": {
 "command": "uvx",
 "args": ["codenav-mcp"],
 "env": {
 "CODENAV_MCP_SOURCE_ROOT": "src"
 }
 }
 }
}
```

In Cursor, also set `"CODENAV_MCP_WORKSPACE": "${workspaceFolder}"`, because
Cursor may start MCP servers with your home directory as the working directory.

## Tools

**Start with the name-based tools:**

| Tool | Answers |
|------|---------|
| `symbol_info` | What is this? Header, hover, definition and references in one call |
| `outline` | What's in this file? (classes, methods, functions) |
| `callers` | Who actually calls this function? (call hierarchy, not imports) |
| `implementations` | Which classes structurally implement this `Protocol`? (type-checked) |
| `search_symbol` | Workspace symbol search by name (ranked, capped; optional `kind=` / `path=` filters; production code before tests; fuzzy-only hits summarised unless `fuzzy=true`) |
| `workspace` | Which directory is being navigated, and why |

Then use the position tools once you have a `path:line:col`:

| Tool | Answers |
|------|---------|
| `hover` …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/codenav-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-03T16:26:51.267Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/codenav-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/codenav-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:codenav-mcp