Django Chainsaw MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 3 min ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

        module = __import__(settings.SETTINGS_MODULE, fromlist=["__file__"])

        result = subprocess.run(

    for path in root.rglob("*.py"):

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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 django-chainsaw-mcp -- uvx django-chainsaw-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "django-chainsaw-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "django-chainsaw-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.django-chainsaw-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["django-chainsaw-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "django-chainsaw-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "django-chainsaw-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "django-chainsaw-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "django-chainsaw-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: DJANGO_CHAINSAW_PROJECT_PATH (Absolute path to the Django project to analyse - the directory containing manage.py, or whichever directory the settings module is importable from. This server must run in an interpreter that can import that project, so install it into the project's own environment rather than an isolated one.), DJANGO_CHAINSAW_SETTINGS_MODULE (Dotted path to the settings module, for example myproject.settings. Point it at the settings the site actually runs on: a base or partial module can import cleanly and load no models, and the server says so when that happens.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.