zilliztech claude-context MCP Gains 873 Stars in Trending Spike — Semantic Code Search Cuts Token Usage 40% for Claude Code and Other Agents

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Zilliz's claude-context MCP plugin adds hybrid BM25 + dense vector semantic code search to Claude Code and any MCP-compatible coding agent, retrieving only the relevant code from millions of lines instead of loading entire directories. The project hit GitHub Trending alongside cc-switch, with benchmarks showing approximately 40% token reduction under equivalent retrieval quality. Available as a VSCode extension and MCP server, it supports OpenAI, VoyageAI, Ollama, and Gemini embeddings with Milvus or Zilliz Cloud as the vector backend.