Hosting

Self-hosted local process or optional Repowise hosted service

Transport

stdio by default; Streamable HTTP and legacy SSE are documented

Endpoint

Local process; no hosted endpoint documented

Authentication

No API key is required for local index-only mode. Optional model-written documentation requires a provider key or supported local provider; hosted mode uses a Repowise account.

Requirements

• Python; the official install guide uses pip or uv tool.
• Run repowise init in the repository to create the local index before starting MCP.

Setup steps

1. Install with `pip install repowise` or `uv tool install repowise`.
2. From the target repository, run `repowise init --no-prose -y` for the no-key local index-only setup. Use the interactive `repowise init` if you want optional model-written wiki pages.
3. Configure the MCP client with command `repowise` and args [`mcp`] using stdio, or use the documented Codex CLI command `codex mcp add repowise -- repowise mcp`.
4. Restart the client and inspect tools/list. A harmless verification call is `get_overview` for the indexed repository.

The repository homepage reports eight tools while the configuration reference documents a curated default profile of ten tools for single-repository mode, plus opt-in tools. Tool availability changes by mode and version.

• get_overview

  Summarize an initialized repository using its code graph and analysis.

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• get_context

  Return graph-grounded context for a file or code area.

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• search_codebase

  Search indexed repository code and documentation.

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• get_answer

  Answer a codebase question from the local index.

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• get_symbol

  Look up a code symbol.

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• get_risk

  Report code-change risk information.

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• get_why

  Retrieve recorded rationale or decision context.

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• get_dependency_path

  Inspect dependency relationships.

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This server’s available tools can vary by account, permissions, or configuration. The list shown is not its full runtime catalog.

• An index must be created for a repository before repository-specific tools can return useful results.
• Semantic search and model-written prose depend on optional embedding or model-provider configuration; index-only mode avoids external model usage.
• No MCP initialization, tools/list, or representative tool call was performed for this catalog entry.

• The Repowise homepage describes eight MCP tools; the configuration reference documents ten default tools for single-repository mode plus optional tools. Recorded representative tools and marked the inventory dynamic rather than claiming a complete exact count.

• official setup documentation

  Documents the local install, no-key index-only mode, repowise init workflow, stdio and Codex CLI setup, verification prompt, optional hosted mode, and optional provider keys.

• official tool configuration reference

  Documents the curated default MCP tool profile and opt-in tool controls, indicating version- and mode-dependent tool availability.

• verified repository owner avatar

  Verified GitHub organization avatar for the canonical Repowise repository, decoded and reviewed on light and dark contact sheets. Selection tier D: repository owner avatar.

• official or maintainer tool reference

  Official MCP overview lists a curated, versioned tool set; current docs distinguish full and lean profiles.

Documentation checked 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z. Connection has not been runtime tested.