Repository Search
About
Provides efficient file search functionality within repositories, respecting ignore patterns and offering configurable text content matching for development tools and applications.
Details
- Author
- happyzym
- Repository
- Astricaelus/mcp-server-reposearch
- GitHub stars
- 8
- Downloads
- 199
- Categories
- Developer Tools, Design, Workplace, File Management, AI, Search, Frontend, Infrastructure, Project Management, Other
Jump to
- Filter files via .reposearchignore (gitignore format)
- Search with regular expressions
- Option to include or exclude content in results
- Prevents token explosion in output
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Repository SearchCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@highlight/mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install and configure the MCP server with your MCP host (e.g., Cline). In your system prompt, tell Cline to stop using its built-in search_files tool so that it uses this server instead.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"repository search": {
"env": {},
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
Linux
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
Macos
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
Windows
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "cmd"
}
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