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maintenanceProduction-grade MCP server that gives AI agents safe access to your local dev environment: filesystem, databases, processes, and OpenAPI specs.
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dev-mcp
by CodeIbrah
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@dev-mcpsearch for repos about MCP"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
dev-mcp
A local MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI agents access to developer tooling — GitHub (read-only), documentation search, and web research — via stdio transport.
Built with Bun, TypeScript, the MCP SDK, and Zod.
Features
GitHub (read-only)
Tool | Description |
| Search repositories by query |
| Get repository details |
| Read a file from a repository |
| List issues with state/label filters |
| Get a single issue |
| List pull requests |
| Get the diff of a pull request |
| Search commits by message or author |
Context7 Documentation Search
Tool | Description |
| Search library documentation |
| Get specific documentation page |
| Get code examples |
| Look up API symbol documentation |
Exa Web Research
Tool | Description |
| Search the web |
| Fetch and convert a URL to markdown/text |
| Search code across GitHub |
| Generate a research brief by synthesizing top results |
Total: 16 tools
Related MCP server: GPT Commander
Prerequisites
Bun 1.3+ (runtime)
A GitHub Personal Access Token with
repo(read-only) andpublic_reposcopes
Quick Start
# Install dependencies
bun install
# Create your environment file
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and set GITHUB_TOKEN
# Run typecheck
bun run typecheck
# Start the server
bun startThe server listens on stdio, ready to receive MCP JSON-RPC messages.
Configuration
All configuration is via environment variables:
Variable | Required | Default | Description |
| Yes | — | GitHub PAT (read-only access) |
| No | — | Context7 API key |
| No | — | Exa API key |
| No | — | Sentry DSN for error reporting |
| No |
| Sentry environment tag |
| No |
| Log level ( |
| No |
| Runtime environment |
Architecture
src/
├── config/ # Environment validation (Zod schema)
├── core/ # MCP server, tool registry, transport
├── observability/ # Logger, Sentry integration
├── schemas/ # Zod schemas for all tool inputs
├── security/ # Input validation wrapper
├── tools/
│ ├── context7/ # Documentation search tools
│ ├── exa/ # Web search & research tools
│ └── github/ # GitHub API tools
└── utils/ # Error hierarchy (McpError)Development
bun run typecheck # Type-check all files
bun start # Start the server (stdio)The project uses Husky for pre-commit hooks and Turbo for task orchestration. A typecheck hook runs automatically before each commit.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
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Maintenance
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