nia

Nia provides an API layer that delivers up-to-date, continuously monitored context for AI coding agents. As an MCP server, it exposes a rich set of sources including code repositories, package indices, documentation, and research papers, enabling agents to query across libraries, docs, and projects with fast, context-rich results. This enables agents to perform universal search, package searches, repository indexing, and documentation lookups with persistent context sharing and auto-sync features. Use the server to empower agents with reliable context when tasks involve code understanding, dependency analysis, or architectural reasoning across large codebases.

To use Nia’s MCP capabilities, you interact with its endpoints for: 1) Universal search across indexed sources, 2) Instant package search across PyPI, NPM, Crates.io, and Go modules, 3) Repository indexing to bring GitHub projects into context, 4) Documentation and web content indexing for quick access to external sites, and 5) Research-oriented agents like Oracle or Deep Research for multi-source analysis. You can also enable local sync and auto-sync to keep sources up-to-date, and leverage context sharing to persist plans and decisions across agents. When integrating with your agents, you’ll typically pass queries that your MCP server will resolve against the indexed data and return structured contextual results suitable for subsequent agent reasoning.

Prerequisites:

• Node.js and npm (or pnpm/yarn as preferred)
• Internet access to fetch the MCP server package

Step-by-step:

1. Ensure your environment has Node.js installed. You can verify with: node -v npm -v

2. Install and run the Nia MCP server via npx (no permanent install required): -npx -y nozomio-labs-nia

3. Authenticate and configure API access if required by your setup (follow the on-screen prompts or check the provider’s docs).

4. If you prefer a local install for development, you can clone the repository (if available) and install dependencies: git clone https://github.com/nozomio-labs/nia # example URL cd nia npm install npm run start

5. Confirm the MCP server is running by visiting the configured endpoint or by checking the startup logs for a listening port (e.g., http://localhost:PORT) and the service health status.

Tips and common issues:

• Ensure your API keys or credentials (if required) are set in environment variables before starting the MCP server.
• If you encounter network errors during indexing, verify outbound access or proxy settings in your environment.
• Use Auto-Sync and Local Sync options to keep sources up-to-date; monitor indexing quotas if you’re on a tier-limited plan.
• Check for compatibility between agent tools and Nia MCP endpoints; some agents may require specific query formats or authentication methods.
• For private repos or restricted sources, configure access tokens or SSH keys as needed to enable indexing.
• If you change configuration, restart the MCP server to apply updates.