AiDex FAQs

Question 1

What is AiDex and how does it help AI coding assistants?

Accepted Answer

AiDex is an MCP server that provides AI coding assistants with a persistent, pre-built index of your entire codebase. It instantly delivers precise code information, eliminating the need for AI to perform costly searches and read full files, thereby significantly accelerating AI interactions and saving context tokens.

Question 2

Which AI coding assistants are compatible with AiDex?

Accepted Answer

AiDex is built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and is compatible with any MCP-enabled AI assistant. This includes popular tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue.dev, and others that support the MCP standard.

Question 3

Is AiDex difficult to set up or integrate into my workflow?

Accepted Answer

No, AiDex is designed for straightforward integration. After a quick `npm install` and `npm run build`, you simply configure your MCP-compatible AI assistant (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) to use the AiDex server. Once configured, you can index your project with a single command and instruct your AI to use AiDex tools for all code-related queries.

Question 4

How does AiDex save AI context window usage compared to grep?

Accepted Answer

Traditional grep floods the AI's context with numerous text matches and requires reading entire files. AiDex, by contrast, uses Tree-sitter to parse code and index only relevant identifiers and structures. This means AI assistants receive highly precise results (e.g., exact method definitions) using 50-80% fewer tokens, reserving context for more complex tasks.

Question 5

What unique features does AiDex offer for code navigation and project understanding?

Accepted Answer

AiDex offers smart semantic code extraction, provides method signatures and project overviews without full file reads, supports incremental updates, cross-project linking, and time-based filtering for recent changes. It also includes persistent session notes, an interactive web viewer for project structure, and can query all file types (code, config, docs, assets).

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