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Grep Server

Verified Integration
Author: @erniebrodeur•Category: ServerApplication
GitHub Repository
JSON-RPC 2.0
Protocol Standard
Sub-second
Execution Latency
Active
Operational Status
Tags:#Claude#Search#Database#API#Git#Filesystem#AI#GitHub#Node.js

Client Configuration

— Connect Grep Server to Claude Desktop or Cursor in seconds
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grep-server": {
      "command": "pip",
      "args": [
        "install",
        "mcp-grep"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).
Architecture & Capabilities

System Overview

Exposes grep functionality through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Indexed Date

7/23/2026

License

Open Source

Protocol Layer

stdio / SSE RPC

Frequently Asked Questions

Architecture and operational details for Grep Server

You can search for patterns in files using regular expressions, perform case-insensitive matching, get context lines around matches, and recursively search directories, all through an MCP interface.

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