Claude Debugs For You vs codebase-memory-mcp

A side-by-side comparison of two Developer Tools servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	Claude Debugs For You Let any LLM interactively debug your code in VS Code via breakpoints and expression evaluation. Unverified stdio (local) No auth TypeScript	codebase-memory-mcp Code intelligence engine that indexes repos into a persistent knowledge graph for AI coding agents. Unverified stdio (local) No auth C
Category	Developer Tools	Developer Tools
Language	TypeScript	C
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	None
GitHub stars	509	16k
Last commit	7 months ago	1 month ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	—	`curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp/main/install.sh \| bash`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Claude Debugs For You if you prefer its approach (let any llm interactively debug your code in vs code via breakpoints and expression evaluation).

Pick codebase-memory-mcp if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Add Claude Debugs For You

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-debugs-for-you": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/mcp-debug.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add codebase-memory-mcp

Install / run

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp/main/install.sh | bash

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codebase-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "/path/to/codebase-memory-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

FAQ

Claude Debugs For You or codebase-memory-mcp — which is better?

Pick Claude Debugs For You if you prefer its approach (let any llm interactively debug your code in vs code via breakpoints and expression evaluation). Pick codebase-memory-mcp if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you need the broadest set of tools.

Can I use both Claude Debugs For You and codebase-memory-mcp?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do Claude Debugs For You and codebase-memory-mcp work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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