Kindex MCP server
io.github.jmcentire/kindex·v0.37.0·33 starsPersistent knowledge graph and MCP server for AI workflows with git-tracked project context.
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Kindex tools (2)
write = sends, deletes, buys or postsRead from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.
memorySearch repo-local Kindex knowledge or capture unreviewed evidence. Capture never creates directives or permissions.
taskKindex durable repo task service. Explicit versioned operations; no ephemeral Claude task store.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan103 source files scanned20/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year6/10
Findings (1)
- mediumsubprocess with shell=True
exec.shell-truekindex-0.37.0/.pact/test-gen/analysis.json: …= subprocess.run(\n command, shell=True,\n capture_output=True, text…
How Kindex compares
Against every graded Developer tools MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 82/100
- higher than 60% of 1,119 Developer tools servers
- Tools
- 2
- the typical Developer tools server has 7
- Tools that change things
- 0%
- typical: 5%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
- GitHub stars
- 33
- more than 90% of 855 Developer tools servers
- Downloads a week
- 866
- more than 91% of 436 Developer tools servers with a package
What its tools let an agent do: 2 read
Install Kindex in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add kindex -- uvx kindex
What the publisher says
From the Kindex repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
Kindex
Every agent is smart inside its own silo. Kindex lets them work together.
Kindex does one thing. It knows what you know.
Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, OpenCode, Cursor, and other MCP-capable agents each remember for themselves, and none of them can read the others. Kindex is the local knowledge graph they all read and write: continuity across sessions and restarts, handoffs between vendors, shared decisions and constraints, and live coordination while several of them work at once. Available as a free MCP plugin or standalone CLI.
Memory plugins capture what happened. Kindex captures what it means and how it connects. Most memory tools are session archives with search. Kindex is a weighted knowledge graph with typed nodes, provenance, and decay, that surfaces constraints and decisions and manages exactly how much context to inject based on your available token budget.
Kindex is the index for an individual and a codebase: your own graph, and the repository's git-tracked .kin/. Kinbase is the company product above it, in development: engineering direction, architecture, standards, ownership, and history, held by named authorities and composed into every coding session. Same engine, same protocol, physically separate stores.
Docs: kindex.tools is the canonical public site, served by the companion Fly static app. This repo also publishes its docs/ directory at wandercom.github.io/kindex. Human setup lives in docs/human-guide.md; agent operating rules live in docs/mcp-agent-guide.md.
Install
Development preview: Claude function hooks and signet-eval coexistence adds repo-local durable tasks, secret minimization at Kindex-owned boundaries, and separately selectable modern/legacy adapters. The default remains compatible legacy hooks. Function hooks are qualified on Claude Code 2.1.274; this is not a promise that all Claude logs can be redacted or a published 1.0 release.
Pick whichever installer you already use. They all install the same kin and kin-mcp binaries.
# pip
pip install 'kindex[mcp]'
# uv (single binary, no virtualenv)
uv tool install 'kindex[mcp]'
# uvx (no install — runs from cache, useful for one-off MCP invocation)
uvx --from 'kindex[mcp]' kin-mcp --help
# from source
git clone https://github.com/wandercom/kindex && cd kindex && make installUpgrading to v0.36.0
[!WARNING]
Before upgrading, stop every Kindex daemon, MCP server, and older CLI
process. A v0.35.x process does not reject schema v12 and can write
non-canonical session paths after migration.
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Kindex: common questions
- Is Kindex MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (82/100). Read the Kindex safety report
- How do I install Kindex?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Kindex need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Kindex maintained?
- The last commit was 31 days ago (2026-10-03). The latest release is v0.37.0.
- What can I use instead of Kindex?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Repowise MCP server, Palinode MCP server and Overleaf MCP server. Compare all Kindex alternatives.
- How does Kindex compare with other Developer tools MCP servers?
- safety score 82/100 (higher than 60% of 1,119 Developer tools servers); tools 2 (the typical Developer tools server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 5%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.
Alternatives to Kindex
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