Rails AI Context MCP Server
Give your AI coding assistant ground truth about your Rails app :star: If this gem saves you a correction loop, star it on GitHub!
People who work with developer tools, introspection and rails and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Ruby.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-11 · ★ 158 · #116 OF 229 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · Ruby · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Rails AI Context
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/crisnahine/rails-ai-context/releases/download/v5.26.0/rails-ai-context-mcp.mcpb .mcpb bundle 02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.crisnahine is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Rails AI Context can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Limitations (from the README)
[!WARNING] Each connected client that opens the SSE channel holds one server thread for the life of the connection. Fine for development; raise Puma's thread count or use the standalone HTTP process if several clients share the app.
Latest releases
v5.26.0 · 2026-09-11
Added · docs/RELEASING.md. Every release rediscovered the same list by reading · the release workflow: the changelog heading the notes are extracted from, the · two files carrying the version, and the end-to-end run…
v5.25.0 · 2026-09-03
Added · sprockets-rails, sprockets, sorcery and clearance join the notable · gem table, so rails_get_gems lists them and the rails_get_config assets · and auth lines name them from the lockfile rather than from a…
v5.24.0 · 2026-08-16
Fixed · Defects found by a QA round against GitLab, OpenProject, Canvas LMS, · Discourse and Mastodon. Every one of them exits 0. · The commands that read the app degrade the way tool does. context, · inspect, facts…
04 · Who maintains Rails AI Context
Rails AI Context is maintained by crisnahine. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/crisnahine/rails-ai-context
- category
- coding agent - ranked #116 of 229 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-09-18.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-11)
- registry
- io.github.crisnahine/rails-ai-context (active, first published 2026-03-19 · 96 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/crisnahine/rails-ai-context/releases/download/v5.26.0/rails-ai-context-mcp.mcpb
06 · Rails AI Context FAQ
What is Rails AI Context?
Give your AI coding assistant ground truth about your Rails app :star: If this gem saves you a correction loop, star it on GitHub!
Is Rails AI Context still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-11 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
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