Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis MCP Server

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Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 277 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Sep 2026.

Codebase analysis: dependency graphs, security scanning, and refactor plans for GitHub and GitLab.

Installs per day peak 92 · avg 18 · +96% w/w

a month agotoday

277

Installs / week

npm · grasp-mcp-server

Stars

0 open issues

7 Sep 2026

Last commit

3 releases in 90 days

Elastic-2.0

License

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What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

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.

Runs an external command jetbrains-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/ashforde/grasp/GraspProjectService.kt:86

                val proc = ProcessBuilder(cmd)

Runs an external command mcp/src/index.ts:8672, mcp/src/ingest/youtube.ts:17

      diffOutput = execSync(`${gitCmd} --unified=0`, { cwd: repoPath, maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024 }).toString();

Reads files and sends them to the network mcp/src/index.ts:7908

          for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {

Page executes code built at runtime team-dashboard.html:1067

      setTimeout(function(b, h){ b.innerHTML = h; }.bind(null, btns[i], html), 1800);

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

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.

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 grasp -- npx -y grasp-mcp-server

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grasp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grasp-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.grasp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "grasp-mcp-server"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grasp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grasp-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "grasp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grasp-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis?

Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis 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 grasp-mcp-server was installed 277 times last week.

How do I connect Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis?

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 grasp-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis?

The npm package grasp-mcp-server was installed 277 times in the last week. Week over week that is +96%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Grasp — Code Architecture & Dependency Analysis open source?

No, and the distinction matters: its licence is declared as Elastic-2.0. That makes it source-available — you can read the code, but the terms are the author's own, not one of the recognised open-source licences. Read them before you build on it.