# Reverse Engineering Assistant (MCP server)

> Reverse Engineering Assistant is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for reverse engineering tasks in Ghidra 👩‍💻. It has 853 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx reverse-engineering-assistant.

A Ghidra extension that provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI-assisted reverse engineering ReVa (Reverse Engineering Assistant) is a Ghidra MCP server that enables AI language models to interact with Ghidra's powerful reverse engineering capabilities. ReVa uses state of the art techniques to limit context rot and enable long form reverse engineering tasks.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/cyberkaida/reverse-engineering-assistant |
| GitHub stars | 853 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Java |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: reverse-engineering-assistant |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | v7.3.1 (Sep 3, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reverse-engineering-assistant": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reverse-engineering-assistant"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio reverse-engineering-assistant -- uvx reverse-engineering-assistant
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reverse-engineering-assistant": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reverse-engineering-assistant"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "reverse-engineering-assistant": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reverse-engineering-assistant"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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