# Chunkhound (MCP server)

> Chunkhound is an MCP server that adds data and analytics tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Your entire engineering context, deeply understood. It has 1,445 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx chunkhound.

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/chunkhound/chunkhound |
| GitHub stars | 1,445 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: chunkhound |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Data & analytics |
| Latest release | v6.0.0 (Sep 14, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chunkhound": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "chunkhound"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio chunkhound -- uvx chunkhound
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chunkhound": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "chunkhound"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "chunkhound": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "chunkhound"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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