# MCP Codebase Mentor

> Use this tool when you need to initialize, understand, or navigate a complex codebase, as it provides tutorial generation, semantic search, and dual-layer indexing for efficient code exploration. It solves problems related to onboarding, knowledge discovery, and code maintenance, making it ideal for developers and teams working on large-scale projects. The MCP Codebase Mentor takes in code repositories as input and outputs personalized tutorials, search results, and code insights.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/skainguyen1412-mcp-codebase  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/skainguyen1412-mcp-codebase

## Description

An MCP server that acts as an AI mentor for any codebase using dual-layer indexing, enabling codebase initialization, tutorial generation, and semantic search.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ld32dz42tb)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/skainguyen1412/mcp-codebase>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "skainguyen1412-mcp-codebase"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/skainguyen1412-mcp-codebase` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/skainguyen1412-mcp-codebase/pull`

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