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Jcodemunch MCP — AI skill for Claude Code

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Cut AI token costs 95%+ on code exploration.

How to install Jcodemunch MCP

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Jcodemunch MCP does

Cut AI token costs 95%+ on code exploration. The leading MCP server for precise, symbol-level GitHub code retrieval via tree-sitter AST. Works with Claude Code, Cursor & any MCP client. 313B+ tokens saved.

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README

jCodeMunch MCP

**The most token-efficient MCP server for precise source code retrieval via tree-sitter AST parsing.** Cut AI token costs 86-99% on code exploration (96% average, benchmarked at 27.4x fewer tokens than a grep-and-read agent) and stop burning your context window reading entire files.

**Real results, live from production** **838B+ tokens saved** · **136,000+ reporting installs** · **$4.2M+ in AI spend avoided** · **100,000+ kg CO₂ prevented** Counter figures as of 2026-08-17, valued at the $5/MTok Claude Opus **input** rate. All four only grow, so read them as floors. Live at **[jcodemunch.com](https://jcodemunch.com/)**.

Works with **Claude Code**, **Cursor**, **VS Code**, **Codex CLI**, **Windsurf**, **Continue**, and [any MCP-compatible client](CLIENTS.md).

[**Install now**](#install) · [**Quickstart**](QUICKSTART.md) · [**See the evidence**](#evidence) · [**Pricing**](https://jcodemunch.com/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=jcm_readme_top#pricing)

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**Free for personal use.** Use it to make money, and Uncle J. gets a taste. Fair enough? [Commercial licenses below.](#licensing-and-commercial-use) Our guarantee: if jCodeMunch doesn't pay for i