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Serena can extend the functionality of your existing AI client via the **model context protocol (MCP)**.
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Most modern AI chat clients directly support MCP, including
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* terminal-based clients like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Gemini-CLI,
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* IDEs and IDE assistant plugins for VSCode, Cursor and JetBrains IDEs,
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* desktop and web clients like Claude Desktop or OpenWebUI.
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* IDEs and IDE assistant plugins for VSCode, Cursor and JetBrains IDEs (Copilot, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, etc.),
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* desktop and web clients like Claude Desktop, Codex App, or OpenWebUI.
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<img src="resources/serena-block-diagram.svg">
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To connect the Serena MCP server to your client, you either
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* provide the client with a launch command that allows it to start the MCP server, or
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* start the Serena MCP server yourself in HTTP mode and provide the client with the URL.
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Serena's tools are powered by two alternative language intelligence backends:
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* With the SolidLSP backend (default), language servers for the selected programming languages will be started
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automatically for your project.
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* With the JetBrains backend, the Serena JetBrains plugin must be installed in your IDE and
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the project you want to work on must open and set up.
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See the [Quick Start](#quick-start) section below for information on how to get started.
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## Programming Language Support & Semantic Analysis Capabilities

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