Codesearch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 183 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.
Code, package, docs, paper and vulnerability search. 17 tools, keyless lanes.
What the code does
We read the source, 17 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.Popen(
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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 mcp add codesearch -- uvx skdev-codesearch-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"codesearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skdev-codesearch-mcp"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.codesearch]
command = "uvx"
args = ["skdev-codesearch-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"codesearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skdev-codesearch-mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"codesearch": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"skdev-codesearch-mcp"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
GROQ_API_KEYS (Optional. Groq keys for synthesis and query rewriting), TAVILY_KEYS (Optional. Tavily search lane), NV_KEY (Optional. NVIDIA embeddings for ranking), SE_KEY (Optional. Stack Exchange key (10k/day instead of 300)), S2_KEY (Optional. Semantic Scholar key (1 RPS)).
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Codesearch — questions
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