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Codesearch MCP Server

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Code, package, docs, paper and vulnerability search. 17 tools, keyless lanes.

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Code, package, docs, paper and vulnerability search. 17 tools, keyless lanes.

Security Report

9.5
Low Risk9.5Low Risk

Valid MCP server (3 strong, 1 medium validity signals). 1 known CVE in dependencies Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

4 files analyzed · 2 issues found

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HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

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What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Optional. Groq keys for synthesis and query rewriting.Required

Environment variable: GROQ_API_KEYS

Optional. Tavily search lane.Required

Environment variable: TAVILY_KEYS

Optional. NVIDIA embeddings for ranking.Required

Environment variable: NV_KEY

Optional. Stack Exchange key (10k/day instead of 300).Required

Environment variable: SE_KEY

Optional. Semantic Scholar key (1 RPS).Required

Environment variable: S2_KEY

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-sk-dev-ai-codesearch": {
      "env": {
        "NV_KEY": "your-nv-key-here",
        "S2_KEY": "your-s2-key-here",
        "SE_KEY": "your-se-key-here",
        "TAVILY_KEYS": "your-tavily-keys-here",
        "GROQ_API_KEYS": "your-groq-api-keys-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "skdev-codesearch-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

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From the project's GitHub README.

codesearch MCP Server

mcp-name: io.github.SK-DEV-AI/codesearch

skills.sh · npx skills add SK-DEV-AI/skills

Code, package, docs, and paper search MCP server. Per-package source navigation (npm/PyPI/crates), per-repo intelligence (GitHub URL or owner/repo), Q&A communities, vulnerability data, documentation, and academic papers — with embedding dedup and a local cross-encoder reranker.

Tools (17)

  • analyze — Start here for unfamiliar repos: GitHub metadata + code quality + wiki architecture in one call (10–15s).
  • search_all — Broad multi-source discovery (Context7, GitHub, DeepWiki, CodeWiki, SO, HN, Libraries.io, npm, DevDocs, Semantic Scholar, Tavily…). For surgical single-source work call the tool below directly.
  • code_search — Search code/docs/symbols across indexed dependencies (target=npm:express). npm/PyPI/crates only — for GitHub repos use searchcode or analyze.
  • code_files / code_read — List files / read a file in an indexed dependency by package spec.
  • searchcode — Per-repo intelligence: analyze (overview), search (code within the repo), findings (quality issues), file_tree, get_file. Needs repository for every action. Free, no auth.
  • wiki — Repo architecture Q&A via DeepWiki + CodeWiki. Single repo (owner+repo) or up to 10 repos (repos).
  • search_package — Raw registry queries: versions, dist-tags, deps.dev graphs, advisories (version='latest' OK). For composite intelligence use pkg.
  • pkg — Composite package intelligence: metadata, changelog, upgrade review (vulns + changelog + deps diff), file list/read.
  • search_libraries — Libraries.io metadata and source rank. Compare dependency candidates, find the repo behind a package.
  • vulns — Sonatype Guide + keyless OSV.dev fallback: scan (needs platform+name+version), detail (needs vuln_id; enriched with NVD CVSS/CWE/references), latest_version/license (need purl).
  • docs — Docs with smart fallback (Context7 → ReadTheDocs → llms.txt → DevDocs); then fetch(url) or devdocs_fetch_content for full pages.
  • so_search — Stack Overflow: stackexchange (authoritative resolved answers) or sofa (fresher agent content, needs SOFA_KEY).
  • hn — Hacker News discussion and sentiment (search, stories, items, users).
  • papers — Academic papers. Prefer action=search (S2 → arXiv → OpenAlex → CORE fallback chain); arxiv_search is single-source and rate-limited.
  • enrich — Fetch full content for a result list from any search tool, dedup + rerank.
  • ping — Connectivity check. Use before expensive calls when uncertain.

Setup

Requires Python 3.14+.

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp run.example run   # fill in your API keys (run is gitignored — never commit it)
chmod +x run

Point your MCP client at run (stdio):

{ "codesearch": { "command": "/path/to/codesearch/run" } }

API keys (run)

KeyUsed forRequired?
GITHUB_TOKENGitHub API (repo ops, higher rate limits)Recommended
CONTEXT7_API_KEYContext7 docsOptional
TAVILY_KEYSTavily lane in search_allOptional
S2_API_KEYSemantic Scholar (1 rps dedicated vs shared anonymous pool)Optional
SE_API_KEY / SOFA_KEYStack Exchange / Stack Overflow for AgentsOptional
LI_KEYLibraries.ioOptional
OSS_TOKENSonatype OSS IndexOptional
FIRECRAWL_KEYSFirecrawl fallbackOptional
NV_KEYNVIDIA embedding endpointOptional

Install from PyPI

pip install skdev-codesearch-mcp          # core install, small
pip install skdev-codesearch-mcp[all]     # + browser/OCR/extract extras (multi-GB)

The codesearch-mcp console script speaks MCP over stdio:

{ "codesearch": { "command": "codesearch-mcp" } }

Docker

docker build -t codesearch-mcp .
docker run --rm -i codesearch-mcp

Keys are passed at run time, never baked in: -e GROQ_API_KEYS=.... Heavy extras: docker build --build-arg EXTRAS="[all]" -t codesearch-mcp .

Notes

  • Reranker (optional, local): shared with the websearch server — one cross-encoder worker over a Unix socket. Without it, results return unranked; everything still works.
  • Caching: per-source file caches with TTLs; repeat queries are cheap.
  • Safety: all user-URL fetches are SSRF-validated (private-IP blocking + redirect-hop revalidation).

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