generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://docs.sourcebot.dev/docs/features/mcp-server
server:
  name: sourcebot
  transport: http
  route: /api/mcp
  demo_url: https://app.sourcebot.dev/api/mcp
  npm_package: '@sourcebot/mcp'
  auth: API key created in the instance Settings, passed as a header; the hosted EE flow can also use
    OAuth 2.0 (RFC 8414 authorization server at app.sourcebot.dev, DPoP + PKCE S256).
description: Sourcebot's "agent code context layer" — an MCP server that gives coding agents (Cursor,
  Claude Code, VS Code, and any MCP-compatible client) grounded search and navigation context across every
  repo indexed by a Sourcebot instance, not just the repo checked out locally.
tools:
- name: grep
  description: Search code using regex patterns across repositories.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#search
- name: list_repos
  description: List indexed repositories with filtering options.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#listRepositories
- name: read_file
  description: Retrieve source code from a specific file.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#getFileSource
- name: list_tree
  description: Display files and directories from a repository path.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#getFileTree
- name: list_commits
  description: Retrieve commit history for a repository.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#listCommits
- name: glob
  description: Find files matching glob patterns across repos.
- name: get_diff
  description: Compare two git refs in a repository.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#getDiff
- name: find_symbol_definitions
  description: Locate where symbols are defined.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#findDefinitions
- name: find_symbol_references
  description: Find all usages of a symbol.
  source_operation: openapi/sourcebot-public-openapi-original.json#findReferences
- name: list_language_models
  description: Discover available AI models configured on the instance.
- name: ask_codebase
  description: Query the codebase using natural language (Ask Sourcebot).
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://app.sourcebot.dev/api/mcp
  verified: probed
  probe: gated
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census