# Semble (MCP server)

> Semble is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents. It has 6,185 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx semble.

Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents Uses ~99% fewer tokens than grep+read Semble is a code search library built for agents. It returns the exact code snippets they need instantly, using ~99% fewer tokens than grep+read. Indexing and searching a full codebase end-to-end takes under a second for most repos, matching the retrieval quality of a code-specialized transformer while indexing ~380x faster and querying ~17x faster (see benchmarks).

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/MinishLab/semble |
| GitHub stars | 6,185 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: semble |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | v0.6.2 (Oct 5, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

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

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

### Claude Code

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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