vibe-hnindex

Local MCP server — index your repo once, search it in every AI session

Keyword (SQLite FTS5) · Semantic (Qdrant + Ollama embeddings) · Hybrid — your code stays on disk

MCP server (vibe-hnindex) latest: v0.12.0 · hnindex-cli v0.12.0 — Docs · Changelog · GitHub Releases

What this does

vibe-hnindex is a Model Context Protocol server. After you index a folder once, assistants (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Antigravity, …) can search that codebase with paths and line ranges — data is stored locally (SQLite + optional Qdrant). Embeddings use Ollama; vectors use Qdrant (Docker, local, or Qdrant Cloud with QDRANT_API_KEY).

Related MCP server: mcp-context

Documentation

📚 Full docs site: docs.hnindex.cloud — 16 pages covering Getting Started, Configuration, Tools Reference, Guides, and Code Agent.

Also available in-repo: docs/getting-started.md, docs/configuration.md, docs/tools-reference.md.

CLI installer (hnindex)

Optional — writes the MCP JSON for you (merge-safe, same npx -y vibe-hnindex block as in the docs):

npm install -g hnindex-cli

# Setup MCP config
hnindex init --mcp antigravity    # or: claude, cursor, windsurf, vscode, codex
hnindex init --list               # show all targets and paths

# Install AI agent skill (recommended)
hnindex init-skill --target claude    # or: antigravity, cursor, windsurf, vscode
hnindex init-skill --list             # show all skill targets

# Update
hnindex update                    # npm update -g hnindex-cli

See docs.hnindex.cloud for full documentation.

Install in 5 steps

1. Node.js — v20+ (nodejs.org). On Windows, Node 20 or 22 LTS is strongly recommended so npm install does not need a C++ compiler. See Troubleshooting → Windows if npm i vibe-hnindex fails.

2. Ollama — install from ollama.com, then: ollama pull bge-m3:567m and keep ollama serve running (or set OLLAMA_URL to a remote server).

3. Qdrant — for semantic/hybrid search: docker run -d --name qdrant -p 6333:6333 qdrant/qdrant (or use Qdrant Cloud). Keyword-only search works without Qdrant.

4. MCP config — add the server to your assistant’s MCP settings. Minimal example (self-hosted Qdrant):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibe-hnindex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "vibe-hnindex"],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_URL": "http://localhost:11434",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "bge-m3:567m",
        "QDRANT_URL": "http://localhost:6333",
        "SEARCH_STREAM_ENABLED": "true",
        "CODE_AGENT_ENABLED": "true",
        "CODE_AGENT_SCOPE": "moderate",
        "CHAT_MEMORY_ENABLED": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

5. Restart the IDE or assistant, then in chat ask to index a path and search — see First steps.

For Qdrant Cloud, add QDRANT_API_KEY and set QDRANT_URL to your HTTPS cluster URL — details in Getting started.

Optional rerank (RERANK_URL)

Semantic/hybrid search already uses Ollama (OLLAMA_URL, OLLAMA_MODEL e.g. bge-m3:567m) for query vectors and Qdrant for retrieval. After that, the server can reorder the top pool of hits:

• Without RERANK_URL: reorder by Qdrant semantic scores (no extra network service). This is enough for most setups, including when you only run Ollama + Qdrant.

• With RERANK_URL: POST JSON { "query", "documents" } to your URL; response { "scores": number[] } (same length as documents). Use a small HTTP service you host that wraps your reranker; Ollama does not expose this contract on :11434 by default.

Ollama vs rerank: pulling a reranker model in Ollama (e.g. qllama/bge-reranker-v2-m3) does not replace RERANK_URL—you still need an adapter service unless you only rely on the built-in Qdrant reorder. See Configuration → Rerank.

Timeouts

To prevent hanging when Ollama or Qdrant are unresponsive, vibe-hnindex applies timeouts on all external calls. You can tune these via environment variables:

Set any of these to a higher value if you have a slow machine or large dataset. Set to 0 to disable the timeout for that layer (not recommended).

Google Antigravity

Use the same mcpServers block as above, but save it in Antigravity’s MCP file:

Step-by-step: Integrations → Google Antigravity.

Features (short)

Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph Input["📂 Input"]
        A["💻 Your Codebase<br/>.ts .py .go .rs ..."]
    end

    subgraph Server["⚙️ vibe-hnindex MCP Server"]
        B["🔍 Search Router<br/>keyword | semantic | hybrid"]
        C["🔀 RRF Fusion"]
    end

    subgraph Storage["💾 Storage"]
        D[("SQLite<br/>FTS5 + Keyword")]
        E[("Qdrant<br/>Vector Embeddings")]
    end

    subgraph Memory["🧠 Chat Memory (v0.12)"]
        F[("SQLite<br/>Chat Context")]
        G[("Qdrant<br/>Chat Vectors")]
    end

    subgraph Infra["🏗️ Infrastructure"]
        H["Ollama<br/>Embeddings"]
        I["Qdrant<br/>localhost:6333"]
    end

    subgraph Output["🤖 AI Clients"]
        J["Claude · Cursor · Windsurf<br/>Antigravity · VS Code"]
    end

    A -->|"index_codebase"| Storage
    A -->|scan| H
    B -->|"keyword"| D
    B -->|"semantic"| E
    B -->|"hybrid"| C
    C --> D
    C --> E
    B -.->|"auto-track"| F
    F --> H
    H --> G
    D --> J
    E --> J
    H -.-> I

    style F fill:#6366f1,color:#fff
    style G fill:#6366f1,color:#fff
    style B fill:#f59e0b,color:#000
    style J fill:#22c55e,color:#fff

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Contributing

Issues and PRs: github.com/AndyAnh174/vibe-hnindex.

Contact

Ho Viet Anh (AndyAnh174) · hovietanh147@gmail.com · GitHub