Octocode MCP

What is Octocode MCP about?

Octocode MCP provides a comprehensive set of tools that let AI assistants analyze GitHub repositories, execute semantic code searches, inspect commits, PRs, and explore NPM/Python packages. It turns raw code bases into structured knowledge that can be consumed instantly by AI models.

How to use Octocode MCP?

1. Install the server via npx:

   npx octocode-mcp@latest
   

2. Authenticate with GitHub (set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable, GH_TOKEN, or use the GitHub CLI).
3. Invoke the tools from your AI assistant (e.g., Claude, Cursor) using MCP calls such as "search for React authentication patterns".
4. The server returns token‑optimized, JSON‑structured results that the assistant can directly present or act upon.

Key Features of Octocode MCP

• Advanced Semantic Code Search across millions of repositories.
• Repository Intelligence: structural analysis, dependency graphing, and file‑level insights.
• Commit & PR Analysis: track evolution, extract patterns, and generate documentation.
• Package Discovery: resolve NPM and Python packages to their source repos.
• Enterprise Integration: private repo access with organizational context.
• Eight Specialized Tools exposed via MCP for plug‑and‑play AI workflows.
• AI‑Optimized Output: minified, token‑efficient data formatted for LLM consumption.

Use Cases of Octocode MCP

• Developers: quickly find production‑grade implementations, generate boiler‑plate code, and create on‑demand documentation.
• Engineering Managers: gain visibility into cross‑team code patterns, enforce standards, and monitor architectural consistency.
• Security Researchers: scan for vulnerable code patterns and compliance violations across large codebases.
• Enterprises: unlock institutional knowledge, accelerate onboarding, and ensure reusable solutions across teams.
• Researchers & Analysts: perform large‑scale code‑base studies, track technology adoption, and map ecosystem relationships.

FAQ

Q: Do I need a GitHub token? A: Yes, for full functionality. Set GITHUB_TOKEN (or GH_TOKEN) or log in with the GitHub CLI.

Q: Can I use Octocode MCP with private repositories? A: Absolutely. Once authenticated, the server can access any repositories your token has permission to view.

Q: Which AI assistants are compatible? A: Any assistant that implements the Model Context Protocol, such as Claude, Cursor, and similar tools.

Q: How is the output formatted? A: JSON structures optimized for token efficiency, with optional natural‑language summaries.

Q: Is there an easy install for non‑technical users? A: The recommended one‑liner with npx handles download and execution without a global install.

Octocode Ecosystem

The Complete AI-Powered Code Analysis and Research Platform

🌟 What is Octocode?

Octocode is a revolutionary AI-powered code analysis and research platform that transforms how developers, teams, and organizations understand, explore, and work with codebases. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Octocode provides AI assistants with unprecedented capabilities to analyze GitHub repositories, search code semantically, and extract actionable insights from millions of open-source and private repositories.

🎯 The Vision

While most code context and research MCPs rely on documentation from a single repository, Octocode focuses on actual code analysis and documentation from real repositories at runtime, understanding complex flows anywhere in the GitHub ecosystem.

For Organizations: Unlock institutional knowledge trapped in private repositories, understand complex multi-service architectures, and maintain coding standards across teams through intelligent pattern recognition and cross-repository analysis.

For Public Search: Discover proven implementations from millions of open-source repositories, learn from the best practices of top developers, and find battle-tested solutions to any coding challenge through semantic code discovery.

Octocode can research and analyze any flow and complexity through smart research, leveraging real data and intelligent LLM communication.

In the age of AI-assisted development, the bottleneck isn't writing code—it's understanding existing codebases, discovering proven patterns, and extracting institutional knowledge. Octocode bridges this gap by making any codebase instantly accessible and comprehensible to AI assistants, enabling:

• 🧠 Instant Code Intelligence - Transform any repository into structured knowledge
• 🧩 Smart Context Generation - Instantly create rich, actionable context from any repository for AI applications
• 🔍 Semantic Code Discovery - Find implementations by describing what you need
• 🏢 Enterprise Knowledge Mining - Extract patterns and practices from organizational codebases
• ⚡ AI-Native Research - Purpose-built for modern AI-assisted development workflows
• 🌐 Ecosystem Analysis - Navigate complex relationships between repositories and dependencies
• 📊 Implementation-First Approach - Focus on actual code rather than just documentation

🎯 Who Is This For?

For Developers

Navigate complex multi-repo architectures, understand organizational issues at scale, and generate custom documentation on-demand from real code examples. Create contextual documentation directly in your IDE, or ask Octocode to learn from any repository and implement similar patterns in your current project.

For Product & Engineering Managers

Gain unprecedented visibility into application behavior through semantic code search, track development progress across teams, and understand the real implementation behind product features.

For Security Researchers

Discover security patterns, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues across both public and private repositories with advanced pattern matching and cross-codebase analysis.

For Large Organizations

Dramatically increase development velocity by enabling teams to instantly learn from existing codebases, understand cross-team implementations, and replicate proven patterns—transforming institutional knowledge into actionable development acceleration.

For Beginners & Advanced Vibe Coders

• Beginners: Take code from anywhere and understand it deeply. Learn from production codebases, discover proven patterns, and build confidence by seeing how experienced developers solve problems.
• Advanced Vibe Coders: Leverage quality context for superior code generation. Use comprehensive understanding from issues, PRs, and documentation to generate production-ready code that follows established patterns.

🌟 Featured On

Official MCP Server

modelcontextprotocol/servers

Community Collections

• punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers
• appcypher/awesome-mcp-servers
• Puliczek/awesome-mcp-security

MCP Directories & Tools

🏗️ The Octocode Ecosystem

The Octocode platform consists of specialized packages, each serving a critical role in the AI-powered code analysis pipeline:

📦 Core Packages

🔧 Octocode MCP - The Main Engine

The heart of the Octocode platform - A comprehensive MCP server that provides AI assistants with 8 specialized tools for GitHub repository analysis, code discovery, and package exploration.

Key Capabilities:

• Advanced Code Search - Semantic search across millions of repositories
• Repository Intelligence - Deep structural analysis and exploration
• Commit & PR Analysis - Understanding code evolution and development patterns
• Package Discovery - NPM and Python package research with repository connections
• Enterprise Integration - Private repository access with organizational intelligence

Perfect For: AI assistants that need comprehensive code research capabilities

📚 Read the Complete MCP Documentation →

🛠️ Octocode Utils - The Foundation

Shared utilities powering the entire ecosystem - Essential tools for content processing, AI optimization, and data transformation used across all Octocode packages.

Core Features:

• 🧠 AI-Optimized Content Processing - Transform any content for optimal AI consumption
• ⚡ Advanced Minification - Multi-strategy compression for 50+ file types
• 🔄 JSON-to-Natural Language - Convert structured data to human-readable format
• 🛡️ Production Ready - Comprehensive error handling and fallback mechanisms

Perfect For: Developers building MCP applications or AI content processing tools

📚 Read the Complete Utils Documentation →

🔗 Package Relationships

🤖 Understanding MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a revolutionary standard that enables AI assistants to connect with external tools and data sources securely and efficiently. Think of it as the "API standard" for AI applications.

Why MCP Matters

Traditional AI assistants are limited to their training data and can't access real-time information or perform actions in external systems. MCP solves this by providing:

• 🔌 Standardized Integration - Universal protocol for AI-tool communication
• 🛡️ Secure Architecture - Built-in security and permission management
• ⚡ Real-Time Capabilities - Access live data and perform actions
• 🔄 Bidirectional Communication - Tools can provide context and receive commands

MCP in the Octocode Context

Octocode leverages MCP to transform AI assistants into powerful code researchers:

AI Assistant  ←→  MCP Protocol  ←→  Octocode Tools  ←→  GitHub/NPM APIs
     ↑                                    ↓
   Natural                           Structured
   Language                            Data
   Queries                          & Actions

The Flow:

1. Developer asks AI assistant about code patterns or repositories
2. AI assistant communicates with Octocode via MCP protocol
3. Octocode tools execute advanced searches and analysis
4. Results flow back through MCP as structured, AI-optimized data
5. AI assistant provides intelligent insights based on real code

🚀 Quick Start

Setup

Get Octocode running in your AI assistant in just a few steps:

1. Install with Claude Desktop (Recommended)

claude mcp add octocode npx 'octocode-mcp@latest'

2. Authenticate with GitHub

# Option A: GitHub CLI (easiest)
gh auth login

# Option B: Set environment variable
export GITHUB_TOKEN="your_github_token"

# Option C: Authorization header format
export Authorization="Bearer your_github_token"

3. Start Using

Ask your AI assistant: "Use Octocode to find React authentication patterns"

Alternative Installation Methods

For AI-powered code research:

# NPM global install
npm install -g octocode-mcp

# Yarn global install  
yarn global add octocode-mcp

For custom development:

# MCP Server
npm install octocode-mcp

# Utilities
npm install octocode-utils

Authentication Setup

Configure GitHub access for enhanced capabilities:

Option 1: Environment Variable (Recommended)

{
  "octocode": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["octocode-mcp"],
    "env": {
      "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your_github_token"
    }
  }
}

Option 1b: Authorization Header Format

{
  "octocode": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["octocode-mcp"],
    "env": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer your_github_token"
    }
  }
}

Option 2: GitHub CLI (Automatic) Using GitHub CLI provides seamless authentication after running gh auth login:

{
  "octocode": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["octocode-mcp"]
  }
}

Authentication Fallback Chain

Octocode uses a smart authentication fallback system that tries multiple methods in order:

1. GITHUB_TOKEN - Direct GitHub token environment variable
2. GH_TOKEN - Alternative GitHub token environment variable
3. GitHub CLI - Automatically detected from gh auth login
4. Authorization - Bearer token from Authorization header format (Bearer {{token}})

🎯 Use Cases & Applications

🏢 Enterprise Teams

Organizational Intelligence

• Map coding standards across teams
• Extract institutional knowledge
• Analyze architectural patterns
• Discover internal libraries

Security & Compliance

• Scan for vulnerabilities
• Audit compliance
• Analyze access controls
• Track security patterns

👨‍💻 Individual Developers

Learning & Discovery

• Learn from production codebases
• Discover proven patterns
• Understand complex architectures
• Generate documentation

Development Acceleration

• Find existing solutions
• Understand dependencies
• Generate boilerplate code
• Research best practices

🔬 Researchers & Analysts

Code Analysis

• Large-scale pattern analysis
• Study coding evolution
• Analyze technology adoption
• Research vulnerabilities

Ecosystem Understanding

• Map package relationships
• Understand adoption trends
• Analyze project health
• Study collaboration patterns

🏗️ Architecture & Technical Excellence

For detailed technical architecture, implementation details, and advanced features, see our comprehensive Technical Architecture Documentation.

📚 Documentation & Resources

📖 Package Documentation

• 🔧 Octocode MCP - Complete MCP server documentation with 8 specialized tools
• 🛠️ Octocode Utils - Utilities and shared components for AI optimization
• 📊 Technical Architecture - Deep technical implementation details

🌐 External Resources

• Official Website - Product information and updates
• GitHub Repository - Source code and issues
• MCP Documentation - Official MCP protocol documentation
• Community Discussions - User community and support

💬 Support & Community

• GitHub Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
• X/Twitter - Updates and announcements
• Email Support - Direct developer contact

🎉 Join the Revolution

Octocode represents the future of AI-assisted development where artificial intelligence meets human creativity to unlock the full potential of the world's code. Whether you're a solo developer looking to learn from the best, an enterprise team seeking to leverage institutional knowledge, or a researcher analyzing code at scale, Octocode provides the tools and insights you need.

Start your journey today:

1. 🚀 Install Octocode MCP → 5-Minute Setup Guide
2. 🔍 Explore real examples → Usage Guide
3. ⚡ Master the tools → Tool Schemas
4. 🤝 Join the community → GitHub Discussions

🏆 Why Choose Octocode?

📄 License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.

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