Shift MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Aug 2026.
Lightweight coordination layer for multiple AI agents working on the same codebase simultaneously.
Today is the operative word: we check Shift MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 shift-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/shift-mcp-server
{
"mcpServers": {
"shift-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/shift-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.shift-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/shift-mcp-server"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"shift-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/shift-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"shift-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/shift-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_SESSION_MODE (Session handling for the HTTP transport: 'auto', 'stateful', or 'stateless'.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
Shared, git-tracked working memory for AI agents on the same codebase.
Python symbol exploration for codebase onboarding agents.
Local-first codebase intelligence MCP server for AI coding agents.
Local file search for AI agents — semantic + keyword indexing over your codebase.
Inter-agent communication for multi-agent Claude Code workflows.
Analyzes codebases with tree-sitter and generates AGENTS.md files for AI coding agents.
A local intelligence layer for AI coding agents. Maps your repos, matches the open-source frontier.
Evidence-traced codebase understanding and security scanning for AI agents over MCP.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.