> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mochiii.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mochiii documentation

> What Mochiii is, and where to start. These pages describe version 1.5.0.

Mochiii is a terminal coding assistant that works on the project folder you start it in.

It comes as a terminal app, and as a VS Code extension. These pages describe the terminal app, version 1.5.0.

## What you need to use it

* **A model.** Mochiii asks a language model to answer. You give it an API key from a model provider, or you point it at a model server running on your own computer.
* **A project folder.** Mochiii works on the folder it starts in. Start it inside a project, not in your home folder.

## Code search

Mochiii can build a search index of a project folder, so it can find the code that relates to your question. On first run in a folder it asks whether to build one. The index is made on your computer, and is kept in the `.mochiii/index` folder inside the project.

## MCP servers

You can add MCP servers to give Mochiii more tools. See [Add an MCP server](https://docs.mochiii.in/mcp/add-a-server.md).

## Where to start

> [card] [Install Mochiii](https://docs.mochiii.in/getting-started/install.md)
>
> Install the terminal app with npm and start it in a project.

> [!NOTE]
>
> This documentation is being written in stages. Only a few pages exist so far.


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