RepoContext runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.
Read-only, commit-pinned repository context for coding agents.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check RepoContext 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 mcp add repocontext -- npx -y @shmindmaster/repocontext{
"mcpServers": {
"repocontext": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@shmindmaster/repocontext"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.repocontext]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@shmindmaster/repocontext"]{
"mcpServers": {
"repocontext": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@shmindmaster/repocontext"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"repocontext": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@shmindmaster/repocontext"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
REPOCONTEXT_REGISTRY (Path to a registry created by repocontext init.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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