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Grep a million GitHub repositories via MCP

Grep just indexed a million GitHub repos over MCP. AI agents can now search public code at scale—without rate limits.

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Why it matters

Vercel's Grep tool enables AI applications and agents to query massive code repositories through a standardized interface (MCP), reducing friction for code-aware AI workflows and making it easier to build code-searching agents in Cursor, Claude, and custom deployments.

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  1. Grep now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP)

  2. Enables querying of 1 million public GitHub repositories

  3. Standard HTTP interface for AI apps and agents

  4. Works with Cursor, Claude, and custom integrations

  5. Positions code search as searchable index for AI workflows

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Publisher excerpt: now supports the , enabling AI apps to query a million public GitHub repositories using a standard interface. Whether you're building in Cursor, using Claude, or integrating your own agent, Grep can now serve as a searchable code index over HTTP.GrepModel Context Protocol (MCP)
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