MCP AST Explorer MCP Server

by lovranran Your server? Claim it

local only

MCP AST Explorer runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 82 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 3 Jul 2026.

Python symbol exploration for codebase onboarding agents.

Installs per day peak 30 · avg 11 · -5% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

pypi · mcp-ast-explorer

Stars

0 open issues

3 Jul 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check MCP AST Explorer 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 mcp-ast-explorer -- uvx mcp-ast-explorer

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ast-explorer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-ast-explorer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-ast-explorer]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-ast-explorer"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ast-explorer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-ast-explorer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-ast-explorer": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-ast-explorer"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Alternatives to MCP AST Explorer

same job, measured the same way

RLM Tools

by stefanoshea

Persistent Python sandbox for token-efficient codebase exploration in MCP clients

42 installs/wk local only

Agentmako

by drhalto

Local-first codebase intelligence MCP server for AI coding agents.

50 installs/wk local only

patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents

by sainarayana-b

Scan any codebase, generate CONVENTIONS.md, expose conventions as MCP tools for AI agents.

98 installs/wk local only

Sense

by luuuc

Codebase understanding for AI coding agents — symbol graph, blast radius, semantic search.

local only

TeamShared

by xhad

Shared memory for coding agents. Stop re-explaining your codebase every session.

92 tools answering

Graphlens MCP

by neko1313

Semantic code graph MCP server for coding agents

134 installs/wk local only

Shift MCP Server

by cyanheads

Lightweight coordination layer for multiple AI agents working on the same codebase simultaneously.

121 installs/wk local only

CogZ

by balaianu

Local-first engineering cognition for AI coding agents — persistent memory over your codebase.

local only

MCP AST Explorer — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP AST Explorer?

MCP AST Explorer 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 mcp-ast-explorer was installed 82 times last week.

How do I connect MCP AST Explorer?

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 mcp-ast-explorer straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use MCP AST Explorer?

The pypi package mcp-ast-explorer was installed 82 times in the last week. Week over week that is -5%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is MCP AST Explorer open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 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.