Install Scout

Run Scout as a local MCP server for code search over any repository and any language, then connect it from your MCP client.

Choose your client below for setup instructions. Scout works with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Pi, and other MCP-compatible clients.

Scout ships as a self-contained native binary. npm and npx are one delivery channel; the install script and Homebrew install the same binary with no Node required.

Scout stands on its own: add it as an MCP server and use its find tool for text search across the whole repository, in any language. Glider and TGlider stay authoritative for C# and TypeScript/JavaScript — use their semantic tools for symbols, references and refactors, and Scout for everything they do not load.

Recommendation: prefer project/workspace configuration when your client supports it, so Scout indexes the repository you are working in.

Run command

npx -y @glidermcp/scout

Prerequisites

• An MCP-compatible client
• Node.js 18+ for the npx path, or no runtime at all with the install script / Homebrew binary
• A repository to search - any language, no project configuration needed

Optional global install / update

npm install -g @glidermcp/scout@latest

Client setup

With the content panel focused, use Arrow keys to navigate and Enter to select.