Reuse Before Generate MCP Server

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Reuse Before Generate runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.

Checks whether your idea already exists before your agent builds it. Searches GitHub, npm, Python.

Installs per day peak 167 · avg 20 · -29% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · reuse-before-generate

Stars

0 open issues

23 Sep 2026

Last commit

2 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Reuse Before Generate every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add reuse-before-generate -- npx -y reuse-before-generate

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reuse-before-generate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reuse-before-generate"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.reuse-before-generate]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "reuse-before-generate"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reuse-before-generate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reuse-before-generate"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "reuse-before-generate": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reuse-before-generate"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: GITHUB_TOKEN (Optional GitHub token. Raises the search rate limit from 10 requests/minute to 30).

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Reuse Before Generate — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Reuse Before Generate?

Reuse Before Generate runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package reuse-before-generate was installed 93 times last week.

How do I connect Reuse Before Generate?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls reuse-before-generate straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Reuse Before Generate?

The npm package reuse-before-generate was installed 93 times in the last week. Week over week that is -29%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Reuse Before Generate open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 6 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.