Skeletongraph MCP Server

SkeletonGraph indexes your repository with tree-sitter - no LLM - and hands a coding agent a ranked list of the functions relevant to its task, over MCP. It is also the instrument of a study of what better code retrieval actually buys an agent that has to fix the code, across two production agents, two Claude behavioral regimes, and two benchmarks. The short answer is below; it is more useful, and less flattering…

People who work with ai coding agents, code retrieval and swe bench and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-25 · ★ 7 · #97 OF 250 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Skeletongraph

before you install - you'll need

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add yashdoke7-skeletongraph -- uvx skeletongraph

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yashdoke7-skeletongraph": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "skeletongraph"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

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 local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package skeletongraph - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.yashdoke7 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Skeletongraph can do

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

Latest releases

v0.2.0 · 2026-09-25

SkeletonGraph is a zero-LLM structural code retriever for coding agents, served over MCP. This release adds a plain MCP mode, fixes version reporting, and publishes the full evaluation behind docs/RESULTS.md. · What…

v0.1.0 · 2026-07-25

SkeletonGraph v0.1.0 - zero-LLM structural code retrieval for AI coding agents. · Indexes a codebase with tree-sitter (no LLM), fuses BM25 lexical + dense semantic + structural reranking, and serves the result over MCP…

04 · Who maintains Skeletongraph

skeletongraph is maintained by yashdoke7. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/yashdoke7/skeletongraph
website: https://github.com/yashdoke7/skeletongraph
category: coding agent - ranked #97 of 250 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 2 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-25)
registry: io.github.yashdoke7/skeletongraph (active, first published 2026-07-25 · 2 versions)
packages: pypi:skeletongraph

06 · Skeletongraph FAQ

What is Skeletongraph?

Is Skeletongraph still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-25 and it shipped 2 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Skeletongraph?

Run `uvx skeletongraph`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Skeletongraph run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Skeletongraph

Alternatives to Skeletongraph

Maintained coding agent servers if Skeletongraph isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Skeletongraph doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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