io.github.harshithsunku/mcp-gtags-server MCP Server

Name: io.github.harshithsunku/mcp-gtags-server MCP Server
Author: io.github.harshithsunku

io.github.harshithsunku/mcp-gtags-server

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What is the io.github.harshithsunku/mcp-gtags-server MCP server?

Indexed C/C++ code navigation for AI agents — GNU Global (gtags) lookups over MCP, not grep scans.

How to install io.github.harshithsunku/mcp-gtags-server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

GTAGS_MCP_ROOT
Optional pinned project root. Usually unnecessary: the server uses the client's workspace roots or auto-detects the repo from its working directory.
GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP
Set to 0 to disable the automatic user-space install of the gtags/ctags toolchain on first use.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gtags-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gtags-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GTAGS_MCP_ROOT": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_ROOT>",
        "GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gtags-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gtags-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GTAGS_MCP_ROOT": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_ROOT>",
        "GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gtags-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gtags-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GTAGS_MCP_ROOT": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_ROOT>",
        "GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-gtags-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gtags-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GTAGS_MCP_ROOT": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_ROOT>",
        "GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP": "<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-gtags-server --env GTAGS_MCP_ROOT=<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_ROOT> --env GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP=<YOUR_GTAGS_MCP_AUTO_SETUP> -- uvx mcp-gtags-server