A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent
Serena is an MCP server that gives coding agents IDE-like access to source code through symbols and relationships, including retrieval, editing, refactoring, and debugging. It is intended for AI agents working in codebases, especially when they need structured code-level operations.
Latest release v2.1.0 · 19 Oct 2026
3 files for GitHub Copilot, Codex, OpenCode and Claude Code: serena copilot-instructions.md, serena AGENTS.md, serena CLAUDE.md — 161 tokens loaded in every session.
▶ Serena MCP + ccusage: Save and Track Claude Usage Effectively JeredBlu · about oraios/serena · on YouTube → .github/copilot-instructions.md A 56 tok AGENTS.md A 100 tok CLAUDE.md A 5 tok These files are oraios/serena's own configuration — they tell GitHub Copilot, Codex, OpenCode and Claude Code how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.