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Quickstart

From zero to an agent with whole-repo knowledge in under five minutes. No credit card — the free tier is enough to index a real project.

1. Create an account and connect a repository

Sign up at app.idencify.com (GitHub or email). Then connect a repository:

• GitHub App (recommended): install the Idencify GitHub App on the repos you choose. Idencify gets read-only access, indexes them, and re-indexes automatically on push.
• Public repo by URL: any public Git URL can be ingested from the dashboard or the REST API.

Indexing runs in the background — a medium-size repository (a few thousand files) takes a few minutes. You can watch progress in the dashboard.

2. Add the MCP server to your agent

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http idencify https://mcp.idencify.com/mcp

The first tool call triggers an OAuth 2.1 flow: your browser opens, you approve, and the session is authenticated. No keys to copy.

Cursor and other MCP clients

Add a remote server with this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idencify": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.idencify.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Clients that only support SSE can use https://mcp.idencify.com/mcp/sse.

3. Ask questions that need the whole repo

Try prompts that a context window alone cannot answer:

• "Before I change the signature of process_payment, use Idencify to analyze the impact."
• "Who transitively calls validate_token? Expand the call graph two levels."
• "Is there any dead code in this repository? Check with the graph, not grep."
• "What changed structurally between main and the last release? Give me a graph diff."

REST API (optional)

Everything is also reachable over REST with an API key (create one in the dashboard under Settings):

curl -X POST https://app.idencify.com/api/v1/ingest \
  -H "X-API-Key: idk_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"repository_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo"}'

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