Sense MCP Server

An MCP server for codebase context, built for AI coding agents. Your AI agent reads 19 files to answer "who calls this function?" because it has the text of your codebase but never the map. It re-derives structure on every task, burns tokens chasing grep chains, and hallucinates dependencies that don't exist. Sense indexes your repo once and serves a symbol graph plus semantic code search over MCP. Claude Code…

People who need coding agent tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-24 · ★ 34 · #135 OF 194 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Sense

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/luuuc/sense/releases/download/v0.84.3/sense_0.84.3_darwin_arm64.mcpb .mcpb bundle

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.luuuc is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Sense can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.14.2 · 2026-08-18

v1.14.1 · 2026-08-17

v1.14.0 · 2026-08-13

04 · Who maintains Sense

Sense is maintained by luuuc. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

05 · Facts

repository
github.com/luuuc/sense
website
https://luuuc.github.io/sense/
category
coding agent - ranked #135 of 194 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-18)
registry
io.github.luuuc/sense (active, first published 2026-05-15)
packages
mcpb:https://github.com/luuuc/sense/releases/download/v0.84.3/sense_0.84.3_darwin_arm64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/luuuc/sense/releases/download/v0.84.3/sense_0.84.3_darwin_amd64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/luuuc/sense/releases/download/v0.84.3/sense_0.84.3_linux_arm64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/luuuc/sense/releases/download/v0.84.3/sense_0.84.3_linux_amd64.mcpb

06 · Sense FAQ

What is Sense?

An MCP server for codebase context, built for AI coding agents. Your AI agent reads 19 files to answer "who calls this function?" because it has the text of your codebase but never the map. It re-derives structure on every task, burns tokens chasing grep chains, and hallucinates dependencies that don't exist. Sense indexes your repo once and serves a symbol graph plus semantic code search over MCP. Claude Code…

Is Sense still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-24 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

07 · Alternatives to Sense

Alternatives to Sense

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  5. Magic Cloud Self-hosted low-code platform (Docker); its MCP endpoint runs on your own instance, not via npx. ★ 1,180 · 2026-08-24
  6. LLM Sandbox Securely run LLM-generated code in isolated containers across 7 languages and 3 container backends. ★ 1,111 · 2026-08-23

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