Forge Documentation

Self-hosted code intelligence for AI coding agents. 21 MCP tools. No cloud. No API keys.

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Install Forge

Download the binary for your platform, run forge index ., and you’re ready.

Connect to Claude Code

Drop a single .mcp.json entry. Claude Code picks up all 21 Forge tools automatically.

First workflow

Use forge_prepare and forge_validate to safely refactor with AI agents.

Understand Forge

Why AST beats regex. How the dependency graph works. What the 21 tools do.

Getting Started Install, index, and connect Forge to your AI coding agent in under 10 minutes.

Concepts Understand what Forge 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.

Forge 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