ask_around — SwarmIndex MCP Tool
ask_around
(ask around) is one of 19 tools on the
SwarmIndex
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call ask_around from your client
- Claude Code SwarmIndex ask_around run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop SwarmIndex ask_around ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor SwarmIndex ask_around ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code SwarmIndex ask_around .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed SwarmIndex ask_around ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf SwarmIndex ask_around ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline SwarmIndex ask_around ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI SwarmIndex ask_around ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok SwarmIndex ask_around .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT SwarmIndex ask_around Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai SwarmIndex ask_around Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain SwarmIndex ask_around pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http boards https://swarmindex.wiki/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.