# Claude Context (Zilliz)

> Semantic code search over your whole codebase for Claude Code and other coding agents.

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 12,564
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 2 months ago (Jul 14, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context/tree/master/docs
- **Source code:** https://github.com/zilliztech/claude-context
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/claude-context
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## Best for
Very large codebases where grep-and-read exploration burns too much context.

## Avoid if
You can't use an embedding API and a Milvus or Zilliz Cloud instance; both are required.

## About Claude Context (Zilliz)
Claude Context, from Zilliz, adds semantic code search to Claude Code and other AI coding agents. It indexes a codebase into a vector database and brings only the relevant code into context, which the authors present as cheaper than loading whole directories for large codebases. It needs an embedding provider, OpenAI by default with alternatives supported, and a Milvus or Zilliz Cloud vector database.

## Connect to an MCP client
Launch command from the project's README: `OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-key> MILVUS_ADDRESS=<your-endpoint> MILVUS_TOKEN=<your-token> npx @zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest`

### Claude Code (Run in your terminal)

```shell
claude mcp add claude-context -e 'OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-key>' -e 'MILVUS_ADDRESS=<your-endpoint>' -e 'MILVUS_TOKEN=<your-token>' -- npx @zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest
```

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

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-context": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-key>",
        "MILVUS_ADDRESS": "<your-endpoint>",
        "MILVUS_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "claude-context": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-key>",
        "MILVUS_ADDRESS": "<your-endpoint>",
        "MILVUS_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-context": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<your-key>",
        "MILVUS_ADDRESS": "<your-endpoint>",
        "MILVUS_TOKEN": "<your-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

```toml
[mcp_servers.claude-context]
command = "npx"
args = ["@zilliz/claude-context-mcp@latest"]
env = { OPENAI_API_KEY = "<your-key>", MILVUS_ADDRESS = "<your-endpoint>", MILVUS_TOKEN = "<your-token>" }
```

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