"A tool for searching through my codebase" matching MCP servers:

Zero-config MCP server that connects local codebases to AI assistants, providing secure project tree, regex search, file reading, and tech stack tools locally.

Provides secure and efficient tools for codebase analysis, including file management, metadata retrieval, and dependency tree traversal. It allows LLMs to explore project structures and search for configuration files within a restricted root directory.

Encoding-aware, indentation-smart file tools for AI coding agents. 20+ tools including read/edit with automatic encoding detection, smart indentation conversion, SSH, SFTP, process management, and system utilities.

A secure file management MCP server enabling file operations like listing, reading, creating, renaming, moving, copying, deleting, and searching within a restricted workspace.

Local-first MCP runtime for coding agents with bounded workspace access, content-preconditioned writes, AST search, LSP navigation and diagnostics, and Git status/diff. Designed to give coding agents useful repository access without treating unrestricted shell access as the default integration boundary.

50 tools and 400 functions for working with Excel/.xlsx spreadsheets — read/write, recalculate formulas, diff, repair broken references, and audit. Built for AI agents.

An MCP server that exposes macOS Spotlight search as tools, wrapping mdfind and mdls to provide full-text and metadata file search across the system.

Enables local OCR transcription of images using tesseract.js, with optional low-token AI-generated descriptions, folder batch processing, and compatibility with MCP clients like ChatGPT, Claude, opencode, and Cursor.

A simple MCP server that recalls and saves memories from and to Apple Notes.

A powerful MCP server with 116 practical tools across 9 categories including compression, web, file system, data processing, text, system, utilities, subagent AI, and browser automation.

Local MCP server enabling Codex and ChatGPT to read/write files, execute commands, manage processes, use Git, and inspect images on the user's machine with full privileges.

A collection of small MCP servers for macOS automation that expose Apple Mail, MoneyMoney, and Spotlight functionality as tools via AppleScript and command-line, enabling AI applications to search mail, manage contacts and transactions, and perform system-wide file searches through natural language.

An MCP server that enables file system search and inspection, including directory listing, regex-based file name and content searches, and reading text, PDF, and DOCX files.

A secure, production-grade MCP server that provides filesystem operations, AST math evaluation, and system diagnostics for LLM agents.

A local-first MCP server that builds compact voice profiles from writing samples, then compares, rewrites, or generates new text in that voice.

Enables searching, reading, and summarizing local files and Google Drive content through natural language.

A modular, extensible MCP multi-server hub that gives LLMs sandboxed file access, Git operations, web fetching, and persistent memory, deployable via Ansible.

A TypeScript prototype for an MCP-style registry providing local utility tools for shell command execution, filesystem access, and search functionality. It features Zod input validation and project manifest resource exposure for embedding into larger MCP implementations.

Enables Claude Desktop to add, retrieve, update, delete, and list personal notes persisted in a local JSON file, with atomic saves and configurable note storage paths.

A custom MCP server with 6 utility tools (file search, file reading, math calculation, JSON formatting, time query, system info) that demonstrates MCP protocol workflow and integrates with LangChain agents.