Nexus-MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 856 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Local code-intelligence server: hybrid code search, call graph and project memory.
We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
proc = subprocess.run(
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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 nexus-mcp -- uvx nexus-mcp-ci
{
"mcpServers": {
"nexus-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nexus-mcp-ci"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.nexus-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["nexus-mcp-ci"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"nexus-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nexus-mcp-ci"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"nexus-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nexus-mcp-ci"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
NEXUS_STORAGE_DIR (Folder for the index, memories and graph (default: .nexus in the project)), NEXUS_OFFLINE (Set to 1 to block the embedding model download after the first run).
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