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codebadger
by Lekssays
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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codebadger · Summary

Containerized MCP server for static code analysis using Joern's CPG with multi-language support.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

codebadger · Use cases

  • Security vulnerability detection in codebases
  • Code analysis and understanding of large projects
  • Integration with LLM assistants for program analysis

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

codebadger · Install

Installation

  1. Install prerequisites:

```bash # Docker and Docker Compose docker --version docker-compose --version

# Python 3.10+ python --version ```

  1. Install Python dependencies:

``bash python -m venv venv pip install -r requirements.txt ``

  1. Start Joern Docker services:

``bash docker compose up -d ``

  1. Start the MCP server:

``bash python main.py ``

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebadger": {
      "url": "http://localhost:4242/mcp",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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