Coding Assistant Server

🚀 Coding Assistant Server

The Coding Assistant Server is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enhances the capabilities of the Cline coding proxy. It offers intelligent code suggestions, reduces hallucinations, and builds a knowledge base by integrating project documentation and detecting technologies used in the codebase.

🚀 Quick Start

The Coding Assistant Server is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enhances the functionality of the Cline coding proxy. It provides intelligent code suggestions, reduces hallucinations, and documents the knowledge base through the integration of project documentation and the detection of technologies used in the codebase.

✨ Features

• Code Suggestions: Provide context-aware code suggestions based on your code snippets and project documentation.
• Document Integration: Load and vectorize documentation files from the docs directory or from provided URLs.
• Technology Detection: Automatically detect the programming languages, frameworks, and libraries used in the project.
• Automatic Documentation Retrieval: Find and add official documentation links for detected technologies to the knowledge base.
• Project Path Automation: Read the project path from project_path.txt for seamless integration with the current project in Cline.
• Multiple Document Sources: Accept multiple documents and links to enrich the knowledge base.

📦 Installation

Install via Smithery

To automatically install the Coding Assistant Server via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install coding-assistant-server --client cline

Prerequisites

• Node.js v14 or higher
• npm v6 or higher
• OpenAI API Key

Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone [Repository URL]
   

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd coding-assistant-server
   

3. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

4. Set up environment variables
   • Create a .env file in the root directory.
   • Add your OpenAI API key:

     OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
     

5. Build the project

   npm run build
   

💻 Usage Examples

Start the Server

Start the Coding Assistant MCP server:

node build/index.js

Integrate with Cline

1. Update MCP settings
   • Edit your MCP settings configuration file (e.g., cline_mcp_settings.json) to include the Coding Assistant Server:

     {
       "mcpServers": {
         "coding-assistant": {
           "command": "node",
           "args": ["/path/to/coding-assistant-server/build/index.js"],
           "env": {
             "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your_openai_api_key_here"
           }
         }
       }
     }
     

2. Set the project path
   • Create or update the project_path.txt file in the coding-assistant-server directory and add the absolute path of the current project:

     /path/to/your/project
     

3. Restart Cline
   • Restart Cline or reload the MCP settings to connect to the Coding Assistant Server.

Use the Tools

get_suggestions Tool

Provide code suggestions based on the provided code context.

Example Usage:

Cline uses the following tool on the coding-assistant MCP server:

get_suggestions

Get code suggestions based on the provided code context

Parameters

{
    "codeContext": {
      "code": "function helloWorld() { console.log('Hello, world!'); }",
      "language": "JavaScript"
    }
  }

Response

{
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "source": "example.txt",
      "content": "# Coding Assistant Documentation\n\nThis is an example documentation file for the Coding Assistant Server. You can add more documentation files here for the server to use.\n"
    }
  ]
}