Install the Server

eye needs a small local runtime before any MCP client can launch it.

Requirements

• Node.js 20 or newer
• ctags on PATH, and it must be Universal Ctags
• rg on PATH

Install the external tools first:

• macOS (Homebrew): brew install universal-ctags ripgrep
• Ubuntu 24.04: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --yes universal-ctags ripgrep

On macOS, the Xcode-provided /usr/bin/ctags is not enough. Put the Homebrew ctags binary earlier on PATH.

Run without cloning

After the prerequisites are installed, most users can point their MCP client at the published package:

npx -y eye-mcp

Next step: project root detection and first-run config.