Vibe Hnindex runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 95 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Jun 2026.
Index source code into a local knowledge base, search with keyword + semantic + hybrid modes.
We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
const result = spawnSync(cmd, ['update', '-g', 'hnindex-cli'], {
: path.join(project.rootPath, edit.file_path);
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add vibe-hnindex -- npx -y vibe-hnindex
{
"mcpServers": {
"vibe-hnindex": {
"args": [
"-y",
"vibe-hnindex"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.vibe-hnindex]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "vibe-hnindex"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"vibe-hnindex": {
"args": [
"-y",
"vibe-hnindex"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"vibe-hnindex": {
"args": [
"-y",
"vibe-hnindex"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
OLLAMA_URL (Ollama embedding server URL), OLLAMA_MODEL (Ollama embedding model name (default: bge-m3:567m)), QDRANT_URL (Qdrant vector database URL), STORAGE_PATH (SQLite database storage path).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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