Serena MCP: The IDE For Your Agent
Provide agents with IDE-like capabilities for semantic code retrieval and editing across project files
About
Serena MCP provides a powerful IDE toolkit for AI agents, offering semantic code retrieval and editing capabilities across entire projects. Runs via PyPI with flexible context modes (agent, claude-code, vscode, etc.). Enables agents to understand, navigate, and modify codebases with semantic awareness rather than simple text matching.
- IDE for agents
- Semantic code retrieval
- Multi-file editing
- Python-based runtime
- 26.2k repo stars
- Updated July 7, 2026
- oraios/serena
Serena MCP: The IDE For Your Agent by the numbers
- Data as of Jul 9, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| repo stars | ★ 26.2k |
|---|---|
| Package | serena-agent |
| Transport | STDIO |
| Auth | None |
| Last updated | July 7, 2026 |
| Repository | oraios/serena ↗ |
What it does
Provide agents with IDE-like capabilities for semantic code retrieval and editing across project files
Who is it for?
Agents that need to understand and modify code across large projects
Skip if: Simple file reading tasks, non-code projects
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