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codebase-chat

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About codebase-chat

codebase-chat is a local-first codebase analysis tool for developers, offering answers, search, and audits with file-and-line citations. It works through MCP in IDEs, as a CLI, or in a local dashboard, and supports deterministic offline reports.

Key features

  1. 01Code Q&A with file-and-line citations
  2. 02Search, explain, and audit repositories
  3. 03Offline deterministic health checks
  4. 04Change checks against a baseline
  5. 05Safe patch workflow and protected paths
  6. 06Local bilingual dashboard

Use cases

  1. 01Ask about code behavior inside an IDE
  2. 02Review changes against an audit baseline
  3. 03Gate CI with strict checks
  4. 04Generate code health reports offline

MCP support

The MCP server exposes 21 codebase tools to MCP clients, including environments such as Cursor, Claude, and Windsurf. Without an API key it uses prompt-only mode, leaving answer generation to the host model.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shinzarou-eng-codebase-chat": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "codebase-chat-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y codebase-chat-mcp

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmcodebase-chat-mcp0.10.1

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

The maintainer has not added details yet. Check the README in the repository.

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