eth-mcp 0.3.0

RAG-powered MCP server for Ethereum consensus specs and EIPs

ethereum-mcp

RAG-powered MCP server for Ethereum consensus specs, EIPs, and client source code.

What It Does

Indexes and searches across:

• Consensus Specs - Official beacon chain specifications
• EIPs - Ethereum Improvement Proposals
• Builder Specs - MEV-boost and PBS specifications
• leanSpec - Python consensus specification implementation
• leanEthereum PQ - Post-quantum cryptography (leanSig, leanMultisig, etc.)
• Client Source Code - All major EL and CL implementations

Installation

# From PyPI
pip install ethereum-mcp

# From source
pip install -e .

# With client code parsing support
pip install -e ".[clients]"

# With Voyage API embeddings (best quality)
pip install -e ".[voyage]"

Quick Start

# Build the index (downloads specs + creates embeddings)
ethereum-mcp build

# Search the specs
ethereum-mcp search "slashing penalty"

# Check status
ethereum-mcp status

Features

Incremental Indexing

The v0.2.0 release introduces incremental indexing - only re-embeds changed files instead of rebuilding the entire index. This reduces update time from minutes to seconds.

# Update repos and incrementally re-index (fast!)
ethereum-mcp update

# Incremental index (default behavior)
ethereum-mcp index

# Preview what would change without indexing
ethereum-mcp index --dry-run

# Force full rebuild
ethereum-mcp index --full

How it works:

1. Tracks file hashes and modification times in a manifest
2. Detects which files changed since last index
3. Only re-embeds the changed content
4. Updates LanceDB incrementally (add/delete operations)

Configurable Embedding Models

Choose from multiple embedding models based on your quality/speed tradeoff:

# List available models
ethereum-mcp models

# Use a specific model
ethereum-mcp index --model codesage/codesage-large

Model	Dims	Quality	Speed	Notes
all-MiniLM-L6-v2	384	Fair	Fast	Default, good for quick searches
all-mpnet-base-v2	768	Good	Medium	Better quality
codesage/codesage-large	1024	Good	Medium	Code-specialized
voyage:voyage-code-3	1024	Excellent	API	Best quality, requires API key

Configure in ~/.ethereum-mcp/config.yaml:

embedding:
  model: "codesage/codesage-large"
  batch_size: 32

chunking:
  chunk_size: 1000
  chunk_overlap: 200

Expert Guidance

Curated knowledge beyond what's in the specs:

# Via CLI (when running as MCP server)
eth_expert_guidance("slashing")
eth_expert_guidance("mev")
eth_expert_guidance("maxeb")

Topics include: churn, slashing, maxeb, withdrawals, mev, pbs, epbs, mev_boost, flashbots

CLI Commands

# Full build pipeline
ethereum-mcp build                    # Specs + EIPs + leanEthereum
ethereum-mcp build --include-clients  # Include client source code
ethereum-mcp build --full             # Force full rebuild

# Individual steps
ethereum-mcp download                 # Clone all repos (specs, EIPs, leanEthereum PQ)
ethereum-mcp download --skip-lean-pq  # Skip leanEthereum post-quantum repos
ethereum-mcp download --include-clients
ethereum-mcp compile                  # Extract specs to JSON
ethereum-mcp index                    # Build vector embeddings
ethereum-mcp index --dry-run          # Preview changes
ethereum-mcp index --full             # Force full rebuild
ethereum-mcp index --model MODEL      # Use specific embedding model

# Update (git pull + incremental index)
ethereum-mcp update
ethereum-mcp update --full            # Update + force rebuild

# Search
ethereum-mcp search "slashing penalty"
ethereum-mcp search "attestation" --fork electra
ethereum-mcp search "EIP-4844" --limit 10
ethereum-mcp search "XMSS signature"  # Search leanEthereum PQ repos

# Info
ethereum-mcp status                   # Index status, manifest info
ethereum-mcp models                   # List embedding models

MCP Tools

When running as an MCP server:

Tool	Purpose
eth_search	Unified search across specs + EIPs
eth_search_specs	Specs-only search (no EIPs)
eth_search_eip	EIP-specific search
eth_grep_constant	Fast constant lookup
eth_analyze_function	Get Python implementation from specs
eth_get_current_fork	Current fork (Electra/Pectra)
eth_list_forks	All upgrades with dates/epochs
eth_get_spec_version	Index metadata
eth_expert_guidance	Curated expert interpretations
eth_search_lean_spec	Search leanSpec Python implementation
eth_search_lean_pq	Search leanEthereum post-quantum Rust code
eth_list_clients	List all EL/CL clients
eth_get_client	Details on specific client
eth_get_client_diversity	Diversity stats and health
eth_get_recommended_client_pairs	EL+CL pairing recommendations

leanEthereum Repositories

The leanEthereum organization develops post-quantum cryptography and formal specifications for Ethereum.

leanSpec (Python)

leanSpec is a Python implementation of the Ethereum consensus specification using Pydantic containers. Search with eth_search_lean_spec.

Post-Quantum Cryptography (Rust)

Repository	Description
leanSig	Post-quantum signature implementation
leanMultisig	XMSS aggregation zkVM for PQ multisig
multilinear-toolkit	Multilinear polynomial crypto library
fiat-shamir	Fiat-Shamir transform implementation

Search with eth_search_lean_pq or filter by repo:

eth_search_lean_pq("XMSS signature", repo="leanSig")
eth_search_lean_pq("multilinear polynomial", repo="multilinear-toolkit")

Other leanEthereum Repos

Repository	Language	Description
pm	Markdown	Meeting notes and agendas
leanSnappy	Python	Snappy compression

Client Source Code

Execution Layer Clients

Client	Language	Organization
Geth	Go	Ethereum Foundation
Reth	Rust	Paradigm
Nethermind	C#	Nethermind
Erigon	Go	Erigon

Consensus Layer Clients

Client	Language	Organization
Prysm	Go	Offchain Labs
Lighthouse	Rust	Sigma Prime
Teku	Java	ConsenSys
Nimbus	Nim	Status

MEV Infrastructure

Project	Description
mev-boost	MEV-boost middleware
Flashbots Builder	Block builder reference
mev-boost-relay	Relay implementation
rbuilder	Rust block builder

# Download specific clients
ethereum-mcp download-clients --client reth --client lighthouse

# Download MEV infrastructure
ethereum-mcp download-clients --client mev-boost --client flashbots-builder

Project Structure

src/ethereum_mcp/
├── server.py               # MCP server (FastMCP)
├── cli.py                  # CLI commands
├── config.py               # Configuration management
├── clients.py              # Client tracking and diversity
├── indexer/
│   ├── downloader.py       # Git clone specs + clients
│   ├── compiler.py         # Spec extraction
│   ├── client_compiler.py  # Multi-language client parsing
│   ├── chunker.py          # Document chunking + chunk IDs
│   ├── embedder.py         # Embeddings + LanceDB + incremental
│   └── manifest.py         # File tracking for incremental updates
└── expert/
    └── guidance.py         # Curated interpretations

Data Location

~/.ethereum-mcp/
├── config.yaml             # Configuration (optional)
├── manifest.json           # Index state tracking
├── consensus-specs/        # Cloned specs repo
├── EIPs/                   # Cloned EIPs repo
├── builder-specs/          # Cloned builder-specs repo
├── leanSpec/               # leanSpec Python implementation
├── leanSig/                # PQ signature (Rust)
├── leanMultisig/           # PQ multisig (Rust)
├── multilinear-toolkit/    # Crypto library (Rust)
├── fiat-shamir/            # Fiat-Shamir (Rust)
├── pm/                     # Meeting notes (Markdown)
├── leanSnappy/             # Compression (Python)
├── clients/                # Client source code (optional)
├── compiled/               # Extracted JSON
└── lancedb/                # Vector index

Upgrading

Schema Changes (v0.3.0+)

Version 0.3.0 added leanEthereum Rust repos with new metadata fields (signature, visibility, constant_name). If you're upgrading from an earlier version, you must rebuild the index:

# Download new repos and rebuild index
ethereum-mcp download
ethereum-mcp index --full

The --full flag is required because the LanceDB schema has changed. Incremental updates will fail with a schema mismatch error if you don't rebuild.

When to Use --full

Use ethereum-mcp index --full when:

• Upgrading to a version with schema changes
• Changing the embedding model
• Corrupted manifest or index
• You want a clean rebuild

Fork History

Fork	Epoch	Date	Description
Phase0	0	2020-12-01	Beacon chain genesis
Altair	74240	2021-10-27	Light clients, sync committees
Bellatrix	144896	2022-09-06	Merge preparation
Capella	194048	2023-04-12	Withdrawals enabled
Deneb	269568	2024-03-13	Proto-danksharding (EIP-4844)
Electra	364032	2025-05-07	MaxEB, consolidations
Fulu	411392	2025-11-15	PeerDAS, verkle prep

Development

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run tests with coverage
pytest --cov=ethereum_mcp

# Lint
ruff check src/

Running as MCP Server

# Start the server
eth-mcp

# Or with uvicorn for development
uvicorn ethereum_mcp.server:mcp --reload

Add to your Claude Code MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ethereum": {
      "command": "eth-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

• Incremental Indexing - How the incremental update system works
• CLAUDE.md - Quick reference for Claude Code

License

MIT