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Silica Core MCP

Silica Core is a lightweight, local evidence retrieval tool for coding agents. It indexes markdown, code, PDFs, and office files within a specified root folder and serves them via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides tools for searching, reading, and writing notes, enabling agents to retrieve precise source passages without requiring a model in the loop.

Package and access

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Silica Core MCP logo, by kiycohCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by kiycoh
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What you can do with it

  • Search for specific terms or symbols in code and documentation
  • Read file contents and retrieve specific passages
  • Write notes to the indexed folder
  • Pack code snippets for agent consumption

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.11.0
mcp-registry: io.github.kiycoh/silica-core@0.11.0Source repositoryProject website
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Packages and installation

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silica-core 0.11.0

pypiuvx
silica-core package definition
{
  "version": "0.11.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "silica-core",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "mcp",
      "valueHint": "subcommand",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Serve files, search, read, code_pack and write_note over stdio."
    },
    {
      "name": "--retrieval",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "local-hybrid",
      "description": "A static model in the server process, index and vectors built in the background at start; search is lexical until they land. `lexical` is the light server."
    }
  ],
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "--from",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "silica-core[mcp,dense]",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "The server lives behind the [mcp] extra, the local model behind [dense]; without them the install carries the CLI and no server."
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "SILICA_VAULT",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Folder to index and serve. Unset means the directory the client launched the server in."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "silica-core-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "silica-core==0.11.0",
        "mcp",
        "--retrieval=local-hybrid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SILICA_VAULT": "<YOUR_SILICA_VAULT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "silica-core-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "silica-core==0.11.0",
        "mcp",
        "--retrieval=local-hybrid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SILICA_VAULT": "<YOUR_SILICA_VAULT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "silica-core-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "silica-core==0.11.0",
        "mcp",
        "--retrieval=local-hybrid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SILICA_VAULT": "<YOUR_SILICA_VAULT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "silica-core-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "silica-core==0.11.0",
        "mcp",
        "--retrieval=local-hybrid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SILICA_VAULT": "<YOUR_SILICA_VAULT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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