[rs545837]

Summary

I'm the maintainer of Sem. This adds an optional MCP cookbook entry for report-only local code navigation: locate an entity, request related source, record incomplete evidence, and hand off before changing code.

Three example files only; no default tools, runtime behavior, skills, registry or permissions changed. The pinned stdio configuration requires an explicit trusted checkout. The guide warns that the full server is not read-only, that repository selection is not a sandbox, and that structural evidence does not replace builds/tests.

Verification

An independent agent followed the repository's loop-verifier skill and approved the scoped contribution for maintainer review:

• JSON configuration, nine local links/anchors, and git diff --check passed.
• Live MCP SDK test loaded the actual example configuration, replacing only the repository placeholder with a temporary Git fixture.
• Eight tools discovered; sem_find returned parse_config at config.py:1.
• The context query returned the target source plus its load_config caller with no tool error.
• No model calls, repository validation commands, or edits through MCP were performed.

Content-only contribution (CONTRIBUTING path A); application/tool package suites were not run. This verifies the connector, not session-speed claims.

Checklist

• Linked from the MCP cookbook index
• No secrets or internal URLs
• Safety-sensitive content links to human gates and untrusted-input guidance
• No live state files added

AI assistance was used for implementation and verification. Maintainer review is requested; no auto-merge.

[github-actions]

Thanks @rs545837 for contributing a tool example — visible, reviewable PRs like this grow the reference for everyone.

What happens next

• Maintainer aims for same-day review on story, adopter, and scoped docs/example PRs (CONTRIBUTING.md).
• good first issue PRs: comment on the linked issue so we can assign and close on merge.

More ways to help

• Contributor quickstart + open issues
• Good first issue backlog

— loop-engineering maintainers

[cobusgreyling]

Leaving this open. The merge state is UNSTABLE, and there is no approving review.