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Unofficial Relace MCP Server
Unofficial — Personal project, not affiliated with Relace.
Built with AI — Developed entirely with AI assistance (Antigravity, Codex, Cursor, Github Copilot, Windsurf).
MCP server providing AI-powered code editing and intelligent codebase exploration tools.
| Without | With agentic_search + fast_apply |
|---|---|
| Manual grep, misses related files | Ask naturally, get precise locations |
| Edits break imports elsewhere | Traces imports and call chains |
| Full rewrites burn tokens | Describe changes, no line numbers |
| Line number errors corrupt code | 10,000+ tokens/sec merging |
Features
- Fast Apply — Apply code edits at 10,000+ tokens/sec via Relace API
- Agentic Search — Agentic codebase exploration with natural language queries (
fast_searchis deprecated alias, removed in 0.2.5) - Agentic Retrieval — Two-stage semantic + agentic code retrieval (requires
RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS=1andMCP_SEARCH_MODE=indexedorboth) - Cloud Sync — Upload local codebase to Relace Cloud for semantic search
- Cloud Search — Semantic code search over cloud-synced repositories
- Dashboard — Real-time terminal UI for monitoring operations
Quick Start
Prerequisites: uv, git, ripgrep (recommended)
Using Relace (default) or RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS=1: get your API key from Relace Dashboard, then add to your MCP client:
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"relace": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["tool", "run", "relace-mcp"],
"env": {
"RELACE_API_KEY": "rlc-your-api-key",
"MCP_BASE_DIR": "/absolute/path/to/your/project"
}
}
}
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add relace \
--env RELACE_API_KEY=rlc-your-api-key \
--env MCP_BASE_DIR=/absolute/path/to/your/project \
-- uv tool run relace-mcp
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"relace": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["tool", "run", "relace-mcp"],
"env": {
"RELACE_API_KEY": "rlc-your-api-key",
"MCP_BASE_DIR": "/absolute/path/to/your/project"
}
}
}
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"relace": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uv",
"args": ["tool", "run", "relace-mcp"],
"env": {
"RELACE_API_KEY": "rlc-your-api-key",
"MCP_BASE_DIR": "${workspaceFolder}"
}
}
}
}
}
Codex CLI
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.relace]
command = "uv"
args = ["tool", "run", "relace-mcp"]
[mcp_servers.relace.env]
RELACE_API_KEY = "rlc-your-api-key"
MCP_BASE_DIR = "/absolute/path/to/your/project"
Configuration
| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
RELACE_API_KEY |
✅* | API key from Relace Dashboard |
RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS |
❌ | Set to 1 to enable cloud tools |
MCP_SEARCH_MODE |
❌ | Search mode: agentic (default), indexed, or both |
SEARCH_LSP_TOOLS |
❌ | LSP tools: 1 (all on), auto (detect installed servers), 0 (off, default) |
MCP_BASE_DIR |
❌ | Project root (auto-detected via MCP Roots → Git → CWD) |
MCP_LOGGING |
❌ | Set to 1 to enable file logging |
MCP_DOTENV_PATH |
❌ | Path to .env file for centralized config |
* Optional if both: (1) APPLY_PROVIDER and SEARCH_PROVIDER are non-Relace providers, and (2) RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS=false.
For .env usage, encoding settings, custom LLM providers, and more, see docs/advanced.md.
Tools
Core tools (fast_apply, agentic_search) are always available. fast_search is a deprecated alias for agentic_search (removed in 0.2.5). Cloud tools require RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS=1. agentic_retrieval requires both RELACE_CLOUD_TOOLS=1 and MCP_SEARCH_MODE=indexed or both.
For detailed parameters, see docs/tools.md.
Language Support
LSP tools use external language servers installed on your system.
| Language | Language Server | Install Command |
|---|---|---|
| Python | basedpyright | (bundled) |
| TypeScript/JS | typescript-language-server | npm i -g typescript-language-server typescript |
| Go | gopls | go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest |
| Rust | rust-analyzer | rustup component add rust-analyzer |
Dashboard
Real-time terminal UI for monitoring operations.
pip install relace-mcp[tools]
relogs
For detailed usage, see docs/dashboard.md.
Benchmark
Evaluate agentic_search performance using the Loc-Bench code localization dataset.
# Install benchmark dependencies
pip install relace-mcp[benchmark]
# Build dataset from Hugging Face
uv run python -m benchmark.cli.build_locbench --output artifacts/data/raw/locbench_v1.jsonl
# Run evaluation
uv run python -m benchmark.cli.run --dataset artifacts/data/raw/locbench_v1.jsonl --limit 20
For grid search, analysis tools, and metrics interpretation, see docs/benchmark.md.
Platform Support
| Platform | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | ✅ Fully supported | Primary development platform |
| macOS | ✅ Fully supported | All features available |
| Windows | ⚠️ Partial | bash tool unavailable; use WSL for full functionality |
Troubleshooting
| Error | Solution |
|---|---|
RELACE_API_KEY is not set |
Set the key in your environment or MCP config |
NEEDS_MORE_CONTEXT |
Include 1–3 anchor lines before/after target block |
FILE_TOO_LARGE |
File exceeds 10MB; split file |
ENCODING_ERROR |
Set RELACE_DEFAULT_ENCODING explicitly |
AUTH_ERROR |
Verify API key is valid and not expired |
RATE_LIMIT |
Too many requests; wait and retry |
Development
git clone https://github.com/possible055/relace-mcp.git
cd relace-mcp
uv sync --extra dev
uv run pytest
License
MIT
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