Kodit

--- title: Integration With Coding Assistants description: How to integrate Kodit with AI coding assistants. weight: 3 --- The core goal of Kodit is to make your AI coding experience more accurate by providing better context. That means you need to integrate Kodit with your favourite assistant. ## MCP Connection Methods Kodit supports three different ways to run the MCP server, depending on your integration needs. Each method exposes the same code search capabilities, but differs in how the connection is established and which assistants/tools it is compatible with. See the [MCP Reference](../../reference/mcp/index.md) for comprehensive integration instructions for popular coding assistants like Cursor, Claude, Cline, etc. ### 1. HTTP Streaming (Recommended) This is the default and recommended method for most users. Kodit runs an HTTP server that streams responses to connected AI coding assistants over the `/mcp` endpoint. Configure your AI coding assistant to connect to `https://kodit.helix.ml/mcp` More information about the hosted service is available in the [hosted Kodit documentation](../../reference/hosted-kodit/index.md). #### Local HTTP Streaming 1. Start the Kodit server: ```sh kodit serve ``` _The Kodit container runs this command by default._ 2. Configure your AI coding assistant to connect to the `/mcp` endpoint, for example: `http://localhost:8080/mcp`. ### 2. STDIO Mode Kodit can run as an MCP server over standard input/output (STDIO) for direct integration with local AI coding assistants that support MCP stdio transport. No network port is opened. 1. Configure your AI coding assistant to start Kodit's STDIO server: ```sh kodit stdio ``` ### 3. SSE (Server-Sent Events) [Deprecated] Kodit also supports the older SSE protocol on the `/sse` endpoint. This is provided for backward compatibility with tools that require SSE. Configure your AI coding assistant to connect to `https://kodit.helix.ml/sse` #### Local SSE 1. Start the Kodit server: ```sh kodit serve ``` _The Kodit container runs this command by default._ 2. Configure your AI coding assistant to connect to the `/sse` endpoint, for example `http://localhost:8080/sse`. ## HTTP API Connection Methods Helix also exposes a REST API with an `/api/v1/search` endpoint to allow integration with other tools. See the [Kodit HTTP API documentation](../../reference/api/index.md) for more information.