# Kivgraph blog

> A local cross-repository code intelligence MCP server for AI coding agents.

Practical articles about AI coding agents, MCP, code intelligence, semantic code search and software architecture.

Each link below points to the Markdown version of a published article. The HTML page is the same path without /raw and with a trailing slash.

- [How to Add an MCP Server to Claude Code: Step by Step](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/how-to-add-mcp-server-to-claude-code.md): Use claude mcp add to add an MCP server to Claude Code, then verify it with /mcp. This guide covers HTTP, stdio and Kivgraph setup. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/how-to-add-mcp-server-to-claude-code/
- [How to Add an MCP Server to OpenAI Codex CLI: Step by Step](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/how-to-add-mcp-server-to-codex-cli.md): Use codex mcp add to connect an MCP server to Codex CLI, then verify it with codex mcp list. Includes stdio, HTTP and Kivgraph setup. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/how-to-add-mcp-server-to-codex-cli/
- [Cross-Repository Code Intelligence: Monorepos & Polyrepos](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/cross-repository-code-intelligence.md): Use a cross-repository code graph to show which repositories consume shared symbols, dependencies and contracts before an AI coding agent changes them. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/cross-repository-code-intelligence/
- [How to Find the Blast Radius of a Code Change](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/find-the-blast-radius-of-a-code-change.md): Find a code change's blast radius by tracing callers, dependencies and cross-repository consumers before editing a shared symbol. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/find-the-blast-radius-of-a-code-change/
- [How to Give AI Coding Agents Better Code Context](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/give-ai-agents-better-code-context.md): Give AI coding agents better code context with symbol identity, references and bounded dependencies before asking them to edit a codebase safely. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/give-ai-agents-better-code-context/
- [MCP Servers for Coding Agents: A Practical Guide](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/mcp-servers-for-coding-agents.md): Choose an MCP server for coding agents by checking its tools, codebase context, language-aware relationships and local data handling. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/mcp-servers-for-coding-agents/
- [Semantic Code Search vs. grep: When to Use Each](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/semantic-code-search-vs-grep.md): Use grep for literal text and semantic code search for callers, dependencies and cross-repository impact when changing code. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/semantic-code-search-vs-grep/
- [What Is Code Intelligence for AI Coding Agents?](https://kivgraph.dev/raw/blog/what-is-code-intelligence.md): Code intelligence gives AI coding agents a semantic map of symbols, references, dependencies and change impact before they edit a codebase. HTML: https://kivgraph.dev/blog/what-is-code-intelligence/

Documentation index: https://kivgraph.dev/llms.txt
Repository: https://github.com/Luqueee/kivgraph