mcp-server-code-assist

mcp-server-code-assist: A Code Assistant MCP Server

Overview

A Model Context Protocol server for code modification and generation. This server provides tools to create, modify, and delete code via Large Language Models.

Tools

create
- Creates new files
- Input: XML instruction with path and content
- Returns: Confirmation of file creation
modify
- Modifies existing files with search/replace
- Input: XML instruction with path, search pattern, and new content
- Returns: Diff of changes
rewrite
- Completely rewrites a file
- Input: XML instruction with path and new content
- Returns: Confirmation of rewrite
delete
- Removes files
- Input: XML instruction with path
- Returns: Confirmation of deletion

XML Format

<Plan>
Describe approach and reasoning
</Plan>

<file path="/path/to/file" action="create|modify|rewrite|delete">
  <change>
    <description>What this change does</description>
    <search>
===
Original code for modification
===
    </search>
    <content>
===
New or modified code
===
    </content>
  </change>
</file>

Installation

Using uv (recommended)

uvx mcp-server-code-assist

Using pip

pip install mcp-server-code-assist
python -m mcp_server_code_assist

Configuration

Usage with Claude Desktop

"mcpServers": {
  "code-assist": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-code-assist"]
  }
}

"mcpServers": {
  "code-assist": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "--mount", "type=bind,src=/Users/username,dst=/Users/username", "mcp/code-assist"]
  }
}

Usage with Zed

Add to settings.json:

"context_servers": {
  "mcp-server-code-assist": {
    "command": {
      "path": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-code-assist"]
    }
  }
},

Development

cd src/code-assist
uvx mcp-server-code-assist

# For docker:
docker build -t mcp/code-assist .

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.

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security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Tools

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A Model Context Protocol server that provides tools for code modification and generation via Large Language Models, allowing users to create, modify, rewrite, and delete files using structured XML instructions.

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