Context Lens MCP Server

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Context Lens runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 121 installs a week from pypi.

Semantic search knowledge base with serverless LanceDB. Zero setup, 100% local, 25+ file types

Installs per day peak 78 · avg 22 · +4% w/w

a month agotoday

121

Installs / week

pypi · context-lens

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Context Lens 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 context-lens -- uvx context-lens

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-lens": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "context-lens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.context-lens]
command = "uvx"
args = ["context-lens"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-lens": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "context-lens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "context-lens": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "context-lens"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Context Lens — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Context Lens?

Context Lens 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 pypi package context-lens was installed 121 times last week.

How do I connect Context Lens?

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 context-lens straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Context Lens?

The pypi package context-lens was installed 121 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.