Codebase Chat MCP Server

by shinzarou-eng Your server? Claim it

local only

Codebase Chat runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 281 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Local-first codebase intelligence: cited answers, audits, reports. EN/FR.

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained.

281

Installs / week

npm · codebase-chat-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

14 Sep 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] index.mjs:1, [пакет] setup.mjs:1

этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет

Runs an external command mcp/setup.mjs:279, src/cli.ts:520, [пакет] setup.mjs:279

  const srv = spawn(entry.command, entry.args, { stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"], env: { ...process.env, ...entry.env } });

Touches key and credential files src/report-git.ts:8

export const SENSITIVE_PATS = /(^|\/)\.env$|(^|\/)\.env\.(local|prod|production|dev|development)$|\.(pem|key|p12|pfx|keystore)$|id_rsa|id_ed25519|credentials\.json|service-account/i;

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 codebase-chat -- npx -y codebase-chat-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-chat": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-chat-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.codebase-chat]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "codebase-chat-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-chat": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-chat-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-chat": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-chat-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Codebase Chat — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Codebase Chat?

Codebase Chat 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 codebase-chat-mcp was installed 281 times last week.

Is Codebase Chat still maintained?

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect Codebase Chat?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls codebase-chat-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Codebase Chat?

The npm package codebase-chat-mcp was installed 281 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Codebase Chat open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 2 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.