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Octocode: Research Driven Development for AI


Installation

Prerequisites: GitHub authentication required. See Authentication Setup.

npx octocode-cli install

Interactive setup wizard with GitHub OAuth, MCP server installation, and skills marketplace. Pass --ide <ide> for non-interactive install (e.g. npx octocode-cli install --ide cursor).

Alternative Methods

Add to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octocode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["octocode-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}
npx add-skill https://github.com/bgauryy/octocode-mcp/tree/main/skills/octocode-research

Related MCP server: GitHub Enterprise MCP Server

MCP Server

The Octocode MCP Server connects your AI assistant to code:

  • GitHub & GitLab: Search repositories, find usage patterns, read implementations, explore PRs

  • Local Tools: Search code, browse directories, find files in your local codebase

  • LSP Intelligence: Go to Definition, Find References, Call Hierarchy -- compiler-level understanding

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/de8d14c0-2ead-46ed-895e-09144c9b5071


Skills

Agent Skills are a lightweight, open format for extending AI agent capabilities. Skills index: skills/README.md

Skill

What it does

Researcher

Code search & exploration — local LSP + external (GitHub, npm/PyPI)

Research

Multi-phase research with sessions, checkpoints, state persistence

Engineer

Understand, write, analyze, audit code — AST + LSP + dependency graph

Plan

Evidence-based planning: Understand > Research > Plan > Implement

RFC Generator

Formal technical decisions with alternatives, trade-offs, and recommendations

PR Reviewer

PR & local code review across 7 domains with LSP flow tracing

Roast

Brutal code critique with file:line citations and severity levels

Prompt Optimizer

Turn weak prompts into enforceable agent protocols

Doc Writer

6-phase pipeline producing 16+ validated docs

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5b630763-2dee-4c2d-b5c1-6335396723ec


Documentation

For the full documentation index, start here: docs/README.md

Recommended quick links:

The Manifest

"Code is Truth, but Context is the Map." -- Read the Manifest for Research Driven Development to understand the philosophy behind Octocode.


Contributing

See the Development Guide for monorepo setup, testing, and contribution guidelines.


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Maintenance

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2wRelease cycle
12Releases (12mo)
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