Use Scout with Claude Code for universal code search

Claude Code Setup

Configure Scout with Claude Code CLI.

Claude Code

Use stdio for local Scout setup. Project-scoped servers only run when you are in that project.

claude mcp add --transport stdio scout --scope project -- npx -y @glidermcp/scout

Global config runs in every Claude Code project. Scout works in any repository, so user scope is reasonable if you want universal search everywhere.

claude mcp add --transport stdio scout --scope user -- npx -y @glidermcp/scout

The Scout plugin is published from glidermcp/glidermcp.com and bundles the product skill plus stdio MCP config.

/plugin marketplace add glidermcp/glidermcp.com
/plugin install scout@glidermcp

With Node available, npx -y @glidermcp/scout runs the latest release with no separate install. On machines without Node, install the native binary instead and use scout as the command.

# Linux/macOS
curl -fsSL https://glidermcp.com/install.sh | sh

# Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install glidermcp/tap/scout

Configure Claude Code to launch Scout over stdio. Scout resolves the workspace root from the working directory, so prefer project/workspace scope when the client supports it.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scout": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@glidermcp/scout"]
    }
  }
}

If you installed the native binary with the install script or Homebrew, launch scout directly instead of going through npx.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scout": {
      "command": "scout"
    }
  }
}

Start a new client session and ask which Scout tools are available, then try a find query in the workspace.

After connecting Scout, add this product-specific instruction to your MCP client system prompt or project instructions so the agent chooses the right tool surface first.

Use the scout mcp find tool as the primary workspace search instead of shell grep, rg, or find. Strict modes (literal, regex, word) are exhaustive; fuzzy is ranked. If glider (C#) or tglider (TypeScript/JavaScript) is installed, prefer it for its language; use scout for every other language and as the universal fallback.