Sema MCP Server
A Lisp where LLM agents are language primitives, not an SDK - compiled to a fast bytecode VM, shipped as a single binary.
People who need documentation tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-08-21 · ★ 37 · #107 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
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01 · Install Sema
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/sema-lisp/sema/releases/download/v1.35.0/sema.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 vendor namespace com.sema-lang - domain-verified with the official MCP registry
03 · What Sema can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v1.35.0 · 2026-08-18
Release Notes · Added · Notebook LLM cost tracking (#68). Cost visibility is now ambient instead · of a (llm/session-usage) cell you remember to add. Every cell eval runs in · a per-leaf usage scope (the same mechanism…
v1.34.2 · 2026-08-04
Release Notes · Fixed · macOS Apple Silicon binaries are signed and published again. The · aarch64-apple-darwin build failed importing the Developer ID certificate · with MAC verification failed during PKCS12 import.…
v1.33.0 · 2026-07-29
Release Notes · Added · sema mcp list - lists every MCP server with cached credentials, one · line per server with its token status (token present / token expired). · Reads only the local credential store (never the…
04 · Who maintains Sema
Sema is maintained by sema-lisp. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/sema-lisp/sema
- category
- documentation - ranked #107 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-18)
- registry
- com.sema-lang/sema (active, first published 2026-07-17 · 7 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/sema-lisp/sema/releases/download/v1.35.0/sema.mcpb
06 · Sema FAQ
What is Sema?
A Lisp where LLM agents are language primitives, not an SDK - compiled to a fast bytecode VM, shipped as a single binary.
Is Sema still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-21 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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