# Vector Search Workflows

> Vector search indexing and querying workflows using MCP Vector Search, including setup, reindexing, auto-index strategies, and MCP integration.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-bobmatnyc-claude-mpm-skills-vector-search-workflows`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [bobmatnyc](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/bobmatnyc)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Search](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/search)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [bobmatnyc](https://github.com/bobmatnyc)
- **Source:** https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills/tree/main/toolchains/ai/techniques/vector-search-workflows

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-bobmatnyc-claude-mpm-skills-vector-search-workflows
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Vector Search Workflows (MCP Vector Search)

## Overview

Use `mcp-vector-search` to index codebases into ChromaDB and search via semantic embeddings. The recommended flow is `setup` (init + index + MCP integration), then `search`, and use `index` or `auto-index` to keep data fresh.

## Quick Start

```bash
pip install mcp-vector-search
mcp-vector-search setup
mcp-vector-search search "authentication logic"
```

`setup` detects languages, initializes config, indexes the repo, and configures MCP integrations (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.).

## Core Commands

### Indexing

```bash
mcp-vector-search index
mcp-vector-search index --force
mcp-vector-search index reindex --all --force
mcp-vector-search index reindex path/to/file.py
```

### Auto-Index Strategies

```bash
mcp-vector-search auto-index setup --method all
mcp-vector-search auto-index status
mcp-vector-search auto-index check --auto-reindex --max-files 10
mcp-vector-search auto-index teardown --method all
```

### Search

```bash
mcp-vector-search search "error handling patterns"
mcp-vector-search search "vector store initialization"
```

### Status + Doctor

```bash
mcp-vector-search status
mcp-vector-search doctor
```

## MCP Integration Pattern

`setup` uses native `claude mcp add` when available, otherwise falls back to `.mcp.json`.

Typical `.mcp.json` entry:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-vector-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "mcp-vector-search", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_ENABLE_FILE_WATCHING": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Reindex Triggers

- Dependency updates or parser changes
- Large refactors
- Adding new languages or file extensions
- Tool upgrades (version tracking triggers reindex)

## Local Patterns

- Use `uv` for dev installs: `uv sync --dev`
- Use `setup --force` to rebuild config + index after tool upgrades
- Keep file watching on via `MCP_ENABLE_FILE_WATCHING=true`

## Related Skills

- `toolchains/ai/protocols/mcp`
- `universal/main/mcp-builder`

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [bobmatnyc](https://github.com/bobmatnyc)
- **Source:** [bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills](https://github.com/bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-bobmatnyc-claude-mpm-skills-vector-search-workflows
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/bobmatnyc
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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