generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://brokkai.github.io/bifrost/mcp/
description: Brokk ships an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server as part of "bifrost", its multi-language
  static-analysis engine. It runs as a local stdio server that exposes structured code-analysis tools
  to coding agents. Started via `bifrost --root /path/to/project --mcp "symbol|extended"`, with toolsets
  selected on the command line. The server is bundled in the brokk-bifrost crate (crates.io) and the brokk-bifrost-searchtools
  PyPI package (see packages/brokk-packages.yml), and is also launched by brokk-cli. Tool list captured
  verbatim from the Bifrost MCP documentation.
server:
  name: bifrost
  transport: stdio
  start: bifrost --root /path/to/project --mcp "symbol|extended"
  install: cargo install brokk-bifrost --locked
  source: https://github.com/BrokkAi/bifrost
  docs: https://brokkai.github.io/bifrost/mcp/
toolsets:
  symbol:
  - name: search_symbols
    description: Locate symbols in the codebase.
  - name: get_symbol_sources
    description: Retrieve source code for specific symbols.
  - name: get_summaries
    description: Obtain summaries of code entities.
  - name: get_type_by_location
    description: Determine type information at a code location.
  - name: rename_symbol
    description: Refactor symbol names across the project.
  - name: usage_graph
    description: Visualize how symbols are used.
  - name: analyze_commit
    description: Examine changes in a git commit.
  - name: scan_usages_by_location
    description: Find usages at specific line numbers.
  - name: get_definitions_by_location
    description: Get definitions at specific locations.
  extended:
  - name: query_code
    description: Execute structural queries on code.
  - name: get_symbol_locations
    description: Find all occurrences of symbols.
  - name: get_symbol_ancestors
    description: Trace inheritance hierarchies.
  - name: find_filenames
    description: Search for files by name.
  - name: list_files
    description: Enumerate workspace files.
  - name: most_relevant_files
    description: Identify key files for a task.
  - name: search_git_commit_messages
    description: Query commit history.
  - name: get_git_log
    description: Access repository history.
  - name: get_commit_diff
    description: View changes between commits.
  - name: jq
    description: Process JSON data.
  - name: xml_skim
    description: Extract XML structure quickly.
  - name: xml_select
    description: Query XML documents.
  workspace:
  - name: refresh
    description: Rebuild the code index.
  - name: activate_workspace
    description: Switch analyzer root mid-session.
  - name: get_active_workspace
    description: Report current workspace.
  text:
  - name: get_file_contents
    description: Read file content.
  - name: search_file_contents
    description: Find text patterns in files.
  - name: find_files_containing
    description: Locate files with specific content.
  slopcop:
  - name: compute_cyclomatic_complexity
    description: Measure code complexity.
  - name: compute_cognitive_complexity
    description: Assess cognitive load.
  - name: report_comment_density_for_code_unit
    description: Analyze documentation coverage.
  - name: report_exception_handling_smells
    description: Detect error handling issues.
  - name: report_comment_density_for_files
    description: File-level documentation metrics.
  - name: analyze_git_hotspots
    description: Identify frequently-changed areas.
  - name: report_test_assertion_smells
    description: Flag problematic test patterns.
  - name: report_structural_clone_smells
    description: Find duplicated code.
  - name: report_long_method_and_god_object_smells
    description: Detect oversized abstractions.
  - name: report_dead_code_and_unused_abstraction_smells
    description: Locate unused code.
  - name: report_secret_like_code
    description: Flag potential credential leaks.
  cli:
  - name: classify_test_files
    description: Categorize test files.
  nlp:
  - name: semantic_search
    description: Find code through natural language queries (when NLP is enabled).
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: https://brokkai.github.io/bifrost/mcp/
  verified: probed
  probe: dead
  note: the endpoint this manifest claimed did not answer; recorded as none rather than deleted so the
    claim stays auditable
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census