Answer from structure
outline a file before you open it, search_symbols instead of grep, find_references
instead of grepping call sites. Pointers, not file bodies.
basemind
The context and communication layer for coding agents. Turn any repo into an always-current map of its code, documents, history, and memory — so agents answer from structure and search instead of burning their context window on grep and file reads.
Code map across 300+ languages · documents in 90+ formats · semantic + full-text search · git history & blame · shared memory · web crawl · agent-to-agent comms. One server does both jobs — and every answer comes back as paths, line numbers, and signatures, not whole files, so a question about your code costs a small fraction of the tokens it takes to read the source.
The operating rule: basemind first, shell/grep/git fallback
Section titled “The operating rule: basemind first, shell/grep/git fallback”Ask history directly
recent_changes, blame_symbol, commits_touching, diff_outline — git intelligence at
symbol resolution, in tens of microseconds.
Search everything
Semantic + full-text search over PDFs, Office, HTML, email, and images (OCR) — plus scraped web pages — with reranking and per-document summaries.
Coordinate agents
A shared channel for a team of agents on the same repo: rooms, inboxes, direct messages, and orchestration of many named subagents.
Install in one step
Section titled “Install in one step”The plugin sets up the server, helper skills, comms, and slash commands — and downloads the
basemind program for you on first use. Or install the program directly with a package manager.
/plugin marketplace add Goldziher/basemind/plugin install basemind@basemindcodex plugin marketplace add Goldziher/basemindcodex plugin add basemind@basemind/add-plugin basemindgemini extensions install https://github.com/Goldziher/basemindcopilot plugin marketplace add Goldziher/basemindcopilot plugin install basemind@basemindbrew install Goldziher/tap/basemindnpm install -g basemindpip install basemindMore hosts — Windsurf, Factory Droid, OpenCode, Kimi, Cline, Continue, and others — plus the plain MCP server and standalone CLI paths are in the full installation guide.
Explore
Section titled “Explore”IntroductionWhat basemind is and why it exists.
QuickstartScan a repo and ask your first questions.
How it worksOne scan, then instant answers held in memory.
MCP toolsEvery tool, what it returns, and when to reach for it.
CLI referenceThe scriptable surface, at 1:1 parity with the MCP tools.
PerformanceScan speed and microsecond git-history queries.