Install Canopy
Download the binary for your platform, run canopy index ., and you’re ready.
Canopy Documentation
Self-hosted code intelligence for AI coding agents. 21 MCP tools. No cloud. No API keys.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”Connect to Claude Code
Drop a single .mcp.json entry. Claude Code picks up all 21 Canopy tools automatically.
First workflow
Use canopy_prepare and canopy_validate to safely refactor with AI agents.
Understand Canopy
Why AST beats regex. How the dependency graph works. What the 21 tools do.
Documentation sections
Section titled “Documentation sections” Getting Started Install, index, and connect Canopy to your AI coding agent in under 10 minutes.
Concepts Understand what Canopy is (and isn't), how AST parsing works, and how the 21 tools fit together.
How-To Guides 15 task-oriented guides: editor setup, CI integration, custom health checks, debugging.
Reference Complete CLI and MCP tool reference, configuration, environment variables, error codes.
Troubleshooting Symptom-based diagnostic guides: activation failures, slow indexing, MCP connection issues.
Changelog Release history from v1.0.0 through the current release with migration notes.
Editor integrations
Section titled “Editor integrations”Canopy works with any MCP-compatible AI coding client:
Claude Code Anthropic's agentic CLI
Cursor AI-first editor
Zed High-performance editor
VS Code + Continue Open-source AI extension
Need something else?
Section titled “Need something else?”- Buying Canopy — see pricing and the 14-day free trial
- Running in CI — see GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
- Support — email [email protected]
- Reporting issues — email [email protected] with details