vecgrep 1.0.0

Cursor-style vector search MCP plugin for Claude Code

VecGrep

Cursor-style semantic code search as an MCP plugin for Claude Code.

Instead of grepping 50 files and sending 30,000 tokens to Claude, VecGrep returns the top 8 semantically relevant code chunks (~1,600 tokens). That's a ~95% token reduction for codebase queries.

How it works

1. Chunk — Parses source files with tree-sitter to extract semantic units (functions, classes, methods)
2. Embed — Encodes each chunk locally using all-MiniLM-L6-v2 (384-dim, ~80MB one-time download)
3. Store — Saves embeddings + metadata in SQLite under ~/.vecgrep/<project_hash>/
4. Search — Cosine similarity over all embeddings returns the most relevant snippets

Incremental re-indexing via SHA256 file hashing skips unchanged files.

Installation

Requires Python 3.12+ and uv.

pip install vecgrep        # standard pip
uv tool install vecgrep   # uv tool (isolated, recommended)

Claude Code integration

Add to your Claude Code MCP settings (~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json or via claude mcp add):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vecgrep": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["vecgrep"]
    }
  }
}

Or with the CLI:

claude mcp add vecgrep -- uvx vecgrep

uvx downloads and runs VecGrep in an isolated environment on first use — no cloning or manual setup required.

Tools

index_codebase(path, force=False)

Index a project directory. Skips unchanged files on subsequent calls.

index_codebase("/path/to/myproject")
# → "Indexed 142 file(s), 1847 chunk(s) added (0 file(s) skipped, unchanged)"

search_code(query, path, top_k=8)

Semantic search. Auto-indexes if no index exists.

search_code("how does user authentication work", "/path/to/myproject")

Returns formatted snippets with file paths, line numbers, and similarity scores:

[1] src/auth.py:45-72 (score: 0.87)
def authenticate_user(token: str) -> User:
    ...

[2] src/middleware.py:12-28 (score: 0.81)
...

get_index_status(path)

Check index statistics.

Index status for: /path/to/myproject
  Files indexed:  142
  Total chunks:   1847
  Last indexed:   2026-02-22T07:20:31+00:00
  Index size:     28.4 MB

Supported languages

Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Rust, Go, Java, C/C++, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin, C#

All other text files fall back to sliding-window line chunks.

Index location

~/.vecgrep/<sha256-of-project-path>/index.db

Each project gets its own isolated index. Delete the directory to wipe the index.