Self-hosted code intelligence over MCP. Indexes your repo into a hybrid graph + vector + keyword index so Copilot, Claude, Gemini, and Cursor can answer "what calls this?", "what breaks if I change X?", and "where do I add Redis?" with grounded, line-level citations — not hallucinations.

Why CodeIndexer?

LLMs are great at reasoning about code, but they need facts about your repo first. Without grounding:

"What calls process_payment?" → hallucinated callers
"Where should I add a Redis cache?" → generic boilerplate
"Is legacy_auth still used?" → wrong answer, no citations

CodeIndexer gives your LLM a real call graph, a semantic vector index, and a keyword index over your entire codebase — all exposed as MCP tools, available inside VS Code with zero manual setup.

Zero-Install Setup

Open VS Code in any repo → the extension handles everything:

Detects bundled Python source → creates a managed virtual environment in VS Code's global storage
Installs all dependencies automatically (pip, models — one-time, ~5–10 min)
Auto-indexes your workspace in the background on first open
File watcher — every save/create/delete triggers an incremental reindex of just that file (SHA-256 hash-checked, so unchanged saves are instant no-ops)

You need: Python 3.10+ on your PATH. That's it.

13 MCP Tools

Discovery tools return compact metadata (no source code) so the LLM can navigate cheaply. Content tools fetch the full implementation only when needed.

Discovery

Tool	What it answers
`codebase_overview`	What languages, how many elements, how reliable is semantic search?
`search_code`	"Find functions that handle authentication" — hybrid semantic + keyword
`find_symbol`	"Find the class named UserRepository" — by exact or partial name
`get_callers`	"What calls `save_to_db`?" — direct callers with file + line
`get_callees`	"What does `process_order` call?" — outgoing call list
`get_impact`	"What breaks if I change `validate_token`?" — transitive impact + affected files
`get_call_chain`	"How are `main` and `send_email` connected?" — shortest call path
`get_file_structure`	"What's in `auth/middleware.py`?" — all elements with signatures
`find_dead_code`	"Any functions with zero callers?" — orphan detection

Content

Tool	What it returns
`get_code`	Full source of a specific function, method, or class

Test Coverage

Tool	What it answers
`tests_for`	"Which tests cover `calculate_discount`?" — walks test→source edges
`tested_by`	"What source does `test_checkout_flow` exercise?"

Diff Analysis

Tool	What it answers
`diff_impact`	Given a unified diff or two git refs, which elements are touched and who calls them? Designed for PR-review agents.

Example Conversations

You: "I want to add Redis caching to the order service. Where exactly?"

LLM (using CodeIndexer): Calls search_code("order service data fetch"), then get_callers("get_order"), then get_impact("get_order") → returns exact file paths and line numbers where a cache layer would intercept the most traffic.

You: "Is legacy_report_builder still used anywhere?"

LLM: Calls get_callers("legacy_report_builder") → zero results → cross-checks find_dead_code → confirms it's safe to delete.

You: "What tests cover the payment flow?"

LLM: Calls tests_for("process_payment") → returns test file, line numbers, and test function names.

How It Works

LLM (Copilot / Claude / Gemini)
        │  MCP Protocol (stdio)
        ▼
  MCP Server (Node.js)
        │  HTTP
        ▼
  CodeIndexer API (FastAPI, Python)
        │
   ┌────┼─────────────┐
   ▼    ▼             ▼
NetworkX  Milvus Lite  BM25
(call graph) (vectors) (keywords)

Tree-sitter parses Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, Go, Rust into CodeElements
NetworkX stores CALLS, HAS_METHOD, INHERITS, and TESTS edges for graph queries
Milvus Lite stores 768-dim embeddings for semantic search
BM25 (rank-bm25) handles exact keyword and identifier search
Reciprocal Rank Fusion merges results from all three indexes

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
`codeindexer.pythonPath`	Auto-detect	Path to Python 3.10+ executable
`codeindexer.apiPort`	`8000`	Port for the CodeIndexer API server
`codeindexer.autoStartServer`	`true`	Start server automatically on activation

Commands

Indexing is fully automatic. These are escape hatches:

Command	When to use
CodeIndexer: Start API Server	Restart after a manual stop
CodeIndexer: Stop API Server	Shut down server and file watcher

Requirements

VS Code 1.99+
Python 3.10 or later on your PATH
~500 MB disk space for the managed venv and vector index (first-time setup)

Building from Source

cd vscode-extension
npm install
npm run compile   # bundles Python source + compiles TypeScript
npm run package   # produces codeindexer-mcp-x.x.x.vsix
code --install-extension codeindexer-mcp-*.vsix

Supported Languages

Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · C# · Go · Rust

More via tree-sitter grammar additions — contributions welcome.

Feedback & Issues

github.com/codeindexer/codeindexer/issues

CodeIndexer — Code Graph & Impact Analysis for AI