CodeSift

Token-efficient code intelligence MCP server that indexes codebases with tree-sitter AST parsing and provides 150 tools for AI agents, using 61-95% fewer tokens than traditional grep/Read workflows.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 critical, 2 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: CODESIFT_OPENAI_API_KEY, CODESIFT_VOYAGE_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCLAUDECODE

configCLAUDE_BENCH_MODEL

configCLAUDE_SESSION_ID

configCODESIFT_CODEBASE_RETRIEVAL_CAP_MS

configCODESIFT_DATA_DIR— Storage directory for indexes ~/.codesift

configCODESIFT_DISABLE_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS— To disable local embeddings entirely (BM25-only), set =true. To pin a different local model, set CODESIFT_LOCAL_MODEL=<owner>/<model> (e.g. Xenova/bge-small-en-v1.5).

configCODESIFT_DISABLE_MONOREPO

configCODESIFT_EMBEDDING_PROVIDER

configCODESIFT_HOME

configCODESIFT_JOURNAL_ENABLED

configCODESIFT_LOCAL_MODEL— To disable local embeddings entirely (BM25-only), set CODESIFT_DISABLE_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS=true. To pin a different local model, set =<owner>/<model> (e.g. Xenova/bge-small-en-v1.5).

configCODESIFT_OLLAMA_URL— [Ollama](https://ollama.com/) (local) nomic-embed-text Free (local)

🔐 secretCODESIFT_OPENAI_API_KEY— "args": ["-c", "='sk-...' exec codesift-mcp"]

configCODESIFT_PARSER_INLINE

configCODESIFT_PARSER_POOL_SIZE

configCODESIFT_PARSER_TASK_TIMEOUT_MS

configCODESIFT_PARSE_TIMEOUT_MS

configCODESIFT_READ_HOOK_MIN_LINES

configCODESIFT_SECRET_SCAN— Enable/disable secret scanning true (set false to disable)

🔐 secretCODESIFT_VOYAGE_API_KEY— [Voyage AI](https://voyageai.com/) voyage-code-3 Best for code

configCODESIFT_WIKI_AUTO_REGEN

configCODESIFT_WIKI_OVERVIEW

configCODESIFT_WIKI_STALENESS_CHECK

configCODESIFT_WIKI_TELEMETRY

configCODESIFT_WIKI_V1

configCODEX_HOME

configCODEX_THREAD_ID

configHOOK_TOOL_INPUT

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verified: 6/11/2026, 12:22:08 PM

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