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MCP Neovim Server

bigcodegen/mcp-neovim-server

Connect Claude Desktop (or any Model Context Protocol client) to Neovim using MCP and the official neovim/node-client JavaScript library. This server leverages Vim's native text editing commands and workflows, which Claude already understands, to create a lightweight code or general purpose AI text assistance layer.

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Install

npx -y mcp-neovim-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "MCP Neovim Server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-neovim-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALLOW_SHELL_COMMANDS": "<ALLOW_SHELL_COMMANDS>",
        "NVIM_SOCKET_PATH": "<NVIM_SOCKET_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ALLOW_SHELL_COMMANDSNVIM_SOCKET_PATH
GitHub stars
116
Author
@bigcodegen
Category
Developer Tools, AI Chatbot
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Connects to your nvim instance if you expose a socket file, for example --listen /tmp/nvim, when starting nvim

  • Views your current buffers and manages buffer switching

  • Gets cursor location, mode, file name, marks, registers, and visual selections

  • Runs vim commands and optionally shell commands through vim

  • Can make edits using insert, replace, or replaceAll modes

  • Search and replace functionality with regex support

  • Project-wide grep search with quickfix integration

  • Comprehensive window management

  • Health monitoring and connection diagnostics

Tools (19)

  • vim_buffer

  • vim_command

  • vim_status

  • vim_edit

  • vim_window

  • vim_mark

  • vim_register

  • vim_visual

  • vim_buffer_switch

  • vim_buffer_save

  • vim_file_open

  • vim_search

  • vim_search_replace

  • vim_grep

  • vim_macro

  • vim_tab

  • vim_fold

  • vim_jump

  • vim_health

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop

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Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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