Sensegrep MCP Server

Name: Sensegrep MCP Server
Author: io.github.Stahldavid

io.github.Stahldavid/sensegrep

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What is the Sensegrep MCP server?

Semantic + structural code search MCP server for AI-native development.

How to install Sensegrep

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

SENSEGREP_ROOT
Root directory to index and search. Defaults to current working directory.
SENSEGREP_PROVIDER
Embeddings provider: gemini, openai, or bedrock.
GEMINI_API_KEY
secret
Required only when SENSEGREP_PROVIDER=gemini.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sensegrep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sensegrep/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENSEGREP_ROOT": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_ROOT>",
        "SENSEGREP_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_PROVIDER>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sensegrep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sensegrep/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENSEGREP_ROOT": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_ROOT>",
        "SENSEGREP_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_PROVIDER>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sensegrep": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sensegrep/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENSEGREP_ROOT": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_ROOT>",
        "SENSEGREP_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_PROVIDER>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sensegrep": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sensegrep/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENSEGREP_ROOT": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_ROOT>",
        "SENSEGREP_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_SENSEGREP_PROVIDER>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add sensegrep --env SENSEGREP_ROOT=<YOUR_SENSEGREP_ROOT> --env SENSEGREP_PROVIDER=<YOUR_SENSEGREP_PROVIDER> --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> -- npx -y @sensegrep/mcp