CodeWeave

CodeWeave is a local-first MCP server for deterministic code retrieval, safe editing, Git operations, and Bash execution against one repository.

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Highlights

• Serves one fixed Git worktree with snapshot, hash, and range-handle guards.

• Provides retrieval, semantic intelligence, previewed transactions, Bash, and scoped Git operations through a fixed 25-tool MCP surface.

• Keeps edits local and reports partial validation or transaction recovery truthfully rather than silently rolling back changes.

• Supports stdio for local clients and authenticated streamable HTTP for a trusted tunnel or reverse proxy.

Related MCP server: Git Code Review MCP

Requirements

• Rust stable when building from source

• Git and a valid Git worktree

• Bash (Git Bash is supported on Windows)

• Optional language servers: rust-analyzer, basedpyright, and typescript-language-server

Start

cargo build --release
./target/release/codeweave-rust init --config config.json --path /absolute/path/to/repo
./target/release/codeweave-rust doctor --config config.json
./target/release/codeweave-rust --config config.json --transport stdio

For streamable HTTP:

./target/release/codeweave-rust --config config.json --transport http

HTTP is stateless, uses JSON responses, and normally binds to loopback with a bearer token. The generated token file is created exclusively and with mode 0600 on Unix. Use a trusted TLS tunnel or reverse proxy for remote clients.

Configuration

Configuration requires configVersion: 2 and rejects unknown fields, including unknown nested fields. See config.example.json. Git and Bash are validated before the server accepts requests.

MCP tools

CodeWeave exposes one fixed 25-tool surface:

• workspace, code_retrieve, code_intelligence

• code_write, code_replace, code_replace_range, code_insert, code_delete, code_rename, code_preview, code_transaction

• git_status, git_diff, git_log, git_show, git_blame, git_preflight, git_stage, git_commit, git_restore, git_push

• bash, bash_status, bash_output, bash_cancel

All clients connected to one process share workspace mutations, generations, and Bash runs. workspace.changes is bounded process-local history; Git is the durable record. Restarting creates a new instance_id and resets generation.

Transaction guarantees

Edits enforce snapshot/file preconditions and replace each file atomically. Multi-file transactions use preflight plus best-effort compensation, but do not claim cross-file atomicity. Partial commits and restoration failures are reported explicitly. Validation never silently rolls back an applied edit.

Architecture and concurrency invariants are documented in docs/architecture.md. Client setup is covered under docs/connect-chatgpt.md and docs/connect-claude.md.