---
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 runs an HTTP server that streams responses to connected AI coding assistants over
the `/mcp` endpoint.
See the [MCP Reference](../../reference/mcp/index.md) for comprehensive integration
instructions for popular coding assistants like Cursor, Claude, Cline, etc.
### Hosted
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
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`.
## 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.
