Locus MCP Gives Coding Agents Semantic Code Navigation via Language Servers
AI coding agents often struggle with structural questions that plain text search cannot answer reliably, such as true symbol definitions, affected callers, or expression types. Locus MCP is a semantic layer that connects MCP-compatible agents to language servers, exposing six tools for definitions, references, hover info, diagnostics, status, and rename previews. The tutorial walks through setting it up for a TypeScript project using typescript-language-server, requiring Node.js 22 or newer. Setup involves running an init command that generates configuration files and a check command that reports whether required binaries are available. The approach is meant to give agents better evidence before editing code, rather than replacing an IDE or automating refactors.
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