Slimdex — a local MCP server for narrow code retrieval. 21 tools give agents outlines, symbol lookups, dependency graphs, and persistent memory instead of whole-file reads, cutting token usage on real coding sessions. Self-measured: ~45% savings on output-heavy days, ~55–60% on navigation-heavy days, ~50% overall. Pre-1.0, unpublished.

Quick Install

Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "slimdex-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "Siddhukaushik/slimdex-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

README Excerpt

A local [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that helps coding agents **retrieve code narrowly** instead of reading whole files into context. An agent asks Slimdex for a specific outline, line range, symbol body, or reference list, rather than loading a file to find one thing. > **Status: pre-1.0.** It works on the repos it has been run

Tools (20)

SLIMDEX_NO_DEDUPESLIMDEX_PARSERSLIMDEX_PRETTYSLIMDEX_PROFILESLIMDEX_ROOTSLIMDEX_WATCHbatchbriefchanged_filescontext_packdep_graphfind_definitionfind_referencesfind_testsget_contextget_file_skeletonget_symbol_contextindex_repooutline_fileread_lines

slimdex-mcp

Quick Install

README Excerpt

Tools (20)

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