Kodit: A Code Indexing MCP Server
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👩💻 MCP server to index external repositories
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- Author
- helixml
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- Multiple search strategies: BM25 keyword, semantic vector, regex grep, and visual document search.
- MCP server compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and Kilo Code.
- REST API for programmatic access to repositories, search, and indexing status.
- Optional AI enrichments: architecture docs, API docs, database schema, cookbook examples, commit summaries.
- Document intelligence: index PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets with visual search.
- No external dependencies required (built‑in embedding model and SQLite storage).
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
Kodit: A Code Indexing MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Run Kodit with Docker (docker run -p 8080:8080 registry.helix.ml/helix/kodit:latest) or a pre‑built binary (./kodit serve). Add the MCP endpoint (http://localhost:8080/mcp) to your assistant’s configuration. Use the REST API at /api/v1/ for programmatic indexing and search.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"kodit: a code indexing mcp server": {
"kodit": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-p",
"8080:8080",
"registry.helix.ml/helix/kodit:latest"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"kodit": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-p",
"8080:8080",
"registry.helix.ml/helix/kodit:latest"
]
}
}Server
| Variable | Default | Description |
|----------|---------|-------------|
| HOST | 0.0.0.0 | Listen address |
| PORT | 8080 | Listen port |
| DATA_DIR | ~/.kodit | Data directory for models, clones, and database |
| DB_URL | (empty) | PostgreSQL connection string (uses SQLite if empty) |
| LOG_LEVEL | INFO | Logging verbosity: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR |
| LOG_FORMAT | pretty | Log format: pretty or json |
| API_KEYS | (empty) | Comma-separated API keys for write endpoints |
| WORKER_COUNT | 1 | Number of background workers |
| SEARCH_LIMIT | 10 | Default search result limit |
| DISABLE_TELEMETRY | false | Disable anonymous usage telemetry |
| HTTP_CACHE_DIR | (empty) | Directory for caching HTTP POST responses to disk; avoids repeated API calls during development |
| REPORTING_LOG_TIME_INTERVAL | 5 | Progress reporting interval in seconds |
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