rag-code-mcp

🖥️ IDE Setup Guide

Manual configuration for RagCode MCP in various IDEs and AI assistants.

Note: The ragcode-installer automatically configures most IDEs. Use this guide only if you need manual setup or installed an IDE after running the installer.

📍 Configuration File Locations

IDE Config File Path
Windsurf ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
Cursor ~/.cursor/mcp.config.json
Antigravity ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json
Claude Desktop (Linux) ~/.config/Claude/mcp-servers.json
Claude Desktop (macOS) ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/mcp-servers.json
Claude Desktop (Windows) %APPDATA%\Claude\mcp-servers.json
VS Code + Copilot ~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/mcp-servers.json

🔧 Standard Configuration

Add this to your IDE’s MCP configuration file (create the file if it doesn’t exist):

Linux / macOS

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ragcode": {
      "command": "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/ragcode/bin/rag-code-mcp",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:11434",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "phi3:medium",
        "OLLAMA_EMBED": "mxbai-embed-large",
        "QDRANT_URL": "http://localhost:6333"
      }
    }
  }
}

Important: Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your actual system username.

On macOS, the path is typically /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/ragcode/bin/rag-code-mcp

Windows (Native)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ragcode": {
      "command": "C:\\Users\\YOUR_USERNAME\\.local\\share\\ragcode\\bin\\rag-code-mcp.exe",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:11434",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "phi3:medium",
        "OLLAMA_EMBED": "mxbai-embed-large",
        "QDRANT_URL": "http://localhost:6333"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windows with WSL

If you run RagCode inside WSL but use Windows IDEs:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ragcode": {
      "command": "wsl.exe",
      "args": ["-e", "/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/share/ragcode/bin/rag-code-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:11434",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "phi3:medium",
        "OLLAMA_EMBED": "mxbai-embed-large",
        "QDRANT_URL": "http://localhost:6333"
      },
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

Note: The localhost URLs work because WSL2 shares network ports with Windows.

🎯 IDE-Specific Instructions

Windsurf

  1. Open config file: ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
  2. Add the configuration above
  3. Restart Windsurf
  4. Check MCP status in Windsurf settings

Cursor

  1. Open config file: ~/.cursor/mcp.config.json
  2. Add the configuration above
  3. Restart Cursor
  4. Verify in Cursor’s MCP panel

VS Code + GitHub Copilot

Requirements:

Setup:

  1. Create/edit ~/.config/Code/User/globalStorage/mcp-servers.json
  2. Add the configuration above
  3. Restart VS Code
  4. Open Copilot Chat (Ctrl+Shift+I / Cmd+Shift+I)
  5. Enable Agent Mode (click “Agent” button)

Verify Integration:

Example Prompts:

Find all authentication middleware functions in this codebase
Show me the User model definition and all its methods
Search for functions that handle database connections

📖 Detailed Guide: See vscode-copilot-integration.md

Claude Desktop

Linux:

# Create config directory if needed
mkdir -p ~/.config/Claude

# Edit config
nano ~/.config/Claude/mcp-servers.json

macOS:

# Edit config
nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/mcp-servers.json

Windows:

Antigravity

  1. Open config file: ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json
  2. Add the configuration above
  3. Restart Antigravity

🔄 Re-running the Installer

If you install a new IDE after initial setup, you can re-run the installer to auto-configure it:

~/.local/share/ragcode/bin/ragcode-installer -skip-build -ollama=local -qdrant=docker

The -skip-build flag skips binary compilation and only updates IDE configurations.

✅ Verifying Setup

After configuration, verify RagCode is working:

  1. Open your project in the IDE
  2. Ask your AI assistant: 
    Use the search_code tool to find authentication functions
  3. Check for RagCode response - you should see results from semantic search

Troubleshooting Verification

If RagCode doesn’t respond:

  1. Check config file syntax: 
    cat ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json | jq .
  2. Check binary exists: 
    ls -la ~/.local/share/ragcode/bin/rag-code-mcp
  3. Check services running: 
    docker ps | grep ragcode
  4. Check logs: 
    tail -f ~/.local/share/ragcode/bin/mcp.log

🔗 Related Documentation

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