# mcp-setup-assist

> An MCP setup assistant package

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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/mcp-setup-assist/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/Eki23/mcp-setup-assistant
- repository: https://github.com/Eki23/mcp-setup-assistant/issues
- version: 0.9.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, setup, assistant
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-setup-assist

### Description (declared)

# mcp-setup-assist

Generic utilities for configuring [codebase-memory-mcp](https://pypi.org/project/codebase-memory-mcp) in any Python project. Designed as a foundation for project-specific setup tools — handle the mechanics here, keep only project-specific defaults in the consumer package.

## What It Does

- Resolves installed packages to their source directories via `pip show` (supports regular, editable, and system-wide installs)
- Indexes one or more source trees into a `codebase-memory-mcp` knowledge graph — either as a single combined project (default) or as separate independent projects
- Registers the `codebase-memory-mcp` MCP server with your IDE (Amazon Q, Claude, Cursor)
- Copies agent rules and `.cbmignore` files into the correct IDE config locations
- Provides a generic CLI builder so consumers expose a consistent `init` / `index` interface

## Installation

```bash
pip install mcp-setup-assist
```

## Building on top of this package

`mcp-setup-assist` is a library, not an end-user tool. The typical pattern is to create a thin project-specific package that defines defaults and delegates to the generic functions:

```python
# myproject_mcp/index.py
from mcp_setup_assist.indexing import run_index as _run_index
from myproject_mcp.templates import get_template_path

PACKAGES = ["my-lib", "my-other-lib"]
PROJECT_FOLDERS = ["src", "custom"]
STAGING_DIR = ".myproject-index"

def run_index(venv_path, extra_packages=None, extra_folders=None,
              include_system_packages=True, separate_packages=False):
    _run_index(
        venv_path=venv_path,
        packages=PACKAGES + (extra_packages or []),
        project_folders=PROJECT_FOLDERS + (extra_folders or []),
        cbmignore_file=get_template_path(".cbmignore"),
        include_system_packages=include_system_packages,
        separate_packages=separate_packages,
        staging_dir_name=STAGING_DIR,
    )
```

```python
# myproject_mcp/cli.py
from mcp_setup_assist.cli import run_cli
from myprojec…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- knowledge.knowledge-graph (0.836, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-setup-assist/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:22:56.316Z)

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