socraticode

io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode

7/8 checks passed
Runs locally
6 secrets
★ 3.4k GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-15
Health score 75

About socraticode

socraticode is an MCP server published by the GitHub account giancarloerra. MCP server for enterprise local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package socraticode at version 1.16.1.

It asks for 6 secrets: OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, OLLAMA_API_KEY, LMSTUDIO_API_KEY, LITELLM_API_KEY and QDRANT_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 1.16.1 was published on 15 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 1 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`EMBEDDING_PROVIDER`	No	No	Embedding provider to use: ollama (default), openai, google, lmstudio, or litellm
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	No	Yes	API key for OpenAI embeddings (required only when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai)
`GOOGLE_API_KEY`	No	Yes	API key for Google embeddings (required only when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=google)
`OLLAMA_URL`	No	No	URL of the Ollama server (default: auto-detected; Docker-managed or http://localhost:11434)
`EMBEDDING_MODEL`	No	No	Embedding model name (defaults per provider; required for lmstudio and litellm)
`EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS`	No	No	Embedding vector dimensions (defaults per provider; required for lmstudio and litellm)
`OLLAMA_MODE`	No	No	Ollama mode: auto (default), docker, or external
`OLLAMA_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Optional API key for authenticated Ollama proxies
`LMSTUDIO_URL`	No	No	LM Studio OpenAI-compatible base URL (default: http://localhost:1234/v1)
`LMSTUDIO_API_KEY`	No	Yes	Optional API key when LM Studio authentication is enabled
`LMSTUDIO_ALLOW_MISSING_MODEL_LISTING`	No	No	Allow compatible embedding servers without a models endpoint to be probed directly
`LITELLM_URL`	No	No	LiteLLM OpenAI-compatible base URL (default: http://localhost:4000/v1)
`LITELLM_API_KEY`	No	Yes	LiteLLM master or virtual API key (required when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=litellm)
`LITELLM_SEND_DIMENSIONS`	No	No	Forward the dimensions parameter through LiteLLM when explicitly enabled
`QDRANT_MODE`	No	No	Qdrant mode: managed (default, Docker-managed) or external (user-provided instance)
`QDRANT_URL`	No	No	Full URL for remote/cloud Qdrant (e.g. https://xyz.cloud.qdrant.io:6333). Only needed when QDRANT_MODE=external
`QDRANT_API_KEY`	No	Yes	API key for remote Qdrant instance. Only needed when QDRANT_MODE=external

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/giancarloerra/socraticode
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Warn	Asks for 6 secrets: OPENAI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, OLLAMA_API_KEY, LMSTUDIO_API_KEY, LITELLM_API_KEY, QDRANT_API_KEY
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account giancarloerra
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	socraticode@1.16.1 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 129 files in socraticode@1.16.1: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 129 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 75 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity29 / 40

3,362 GitHub stars, 2,582 downloads last week, 0 Hacker News posts (0 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-23, last release 2026-10-15, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health15 / 15

77 closed of 78 issues.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

429 forks, 110 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.giancarloerra/socraticode`
Publisher	GitHub account giancarloerra
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account giancarloerra. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `socraticode` 1.16.1 (stdio)
Version	1.16.1
Published	2026-10-15
Last updated	2026-10-15
Source repository	https://github.com/giancarloerra/socraticode
Website	None linked
Category	Search & web (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socraticode": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "socraticode@1.16.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-giancarloerra-socraticode.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.