# repo-index-mcp

> Local codebase index with MCP retrieval tools

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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/repo-index-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Zhachory Volker
- version: 0.2.3
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:repo-index-mcp

### Description (declared)

# repo-index-mcp

Local codebase retrieval tool for coding agents. It indexes committed code from local git repos into a local SQLite database, then exposes ranked snippets through a CLI and MCP stdio server.

## Install

From GitHub with `pipx`:

```bash
pipx install git+https://github.com/Zhachory1/repo-index-mcp.git@v0.2.3
```

With npm/npx, after installing [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/):

```bash
npx repo-index-mcp doctor
```

The npm package is a thin wrapper around the Python package. It does not bundle local SQLite index data.

For development:

```bash
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e '.[dev]'
```

Check local readiness:

```bash
repo-index doctor
```

## First success path

For a deterministic five-minute smoke test, see `docs/getting-started.md`.

Index this repo or another local git repo:

```bash
repo-index index /path/to/git/repo
```

Query it:

```bash
repo-index query "where is request retry handled" -k 5
```

Lookup a symbol:

```bash
repo-index get-symbol RepoIndex --repo /path/to/git/repo
```

Discover and index every git repo under a root:

```bash
repo-index index-root ~/code
```

Show indexed repos and freshness:

```bash
repo-index status
```

## MCP setup

Run the MCP server over stdio:

```bash
repo-index serve
```

Agent config example:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "repo-index": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "/Users/YOU/.local/bin/repo-index",
      "args": ["--db", "/Users/YOU/.repo-index-mcp/index.sqlite", "serve"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}
```

npm/npx config example:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "repo-index": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "repo-index-mcp", "--db", "/Users/YOU/.repo-index-mcp/index.sqlite", "serve"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}
```

Use `which repo-index` to find the absolute command path for your machine when using direct CLI installs.

## Freshness hooks

Install hooks for one repo or a repo roo…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.756, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/repo-index-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:26:51.491Z)

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